BIND Installation On CentOS

By Rhesa Mahendra Published: 2010-03-16 15:29

BIND Installation On CentOSWhat is bind?

BIND is alternative software for translating domain names into IPaddresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they are easier toremember. So if we will browse the Internet we don(TM)t need toremember IP addresses. For example, the domain name www.yourdomain.com mighttranslate to 192.168.0.1 .

1. You Can Check BIND Packet

[root@server named]# rpm -qa bind*

bind-libs-9.2.4-2 bind-utils-9.2.4-2 bind-9.2.4-2

2. Setting Computer NS1 With IP 192.168.0.1 As Nameserver And Domain Name yourdomain.com
[root@server ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver192.168.0.1

3. Setting File /etc/named.conf

[root@server ~]# nano /etc/named.conf

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// // a caching only nameserver config // controls { inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; }; };

zone "localhost" IN { type master; file "localhost.zone"; allow-update { none; }; };

zone "yourdomain.com" IN { type master; file "/var/named/yourdomain.com.zone";

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BIND Installation On CentOS allow-update { none; }; };

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zone "0.168.192.in-addr.arpa" IN { type master; file "/var/named/0.168.192.rev"; allow-update { none; }; };

include "/etc/rndc.key";

4. Setting File /var/named/yourdomain.com.zone

First you must create the file yourdomain.com.zone; you can use thissyntax:
[root@server ~]# nano /var/named/yourdomain.com.zone

$TTL @ 100 1H 1M 1W 1D ) @ @ ns1 @ mail WWW

86400 IN SOA ; serial ; refresh ; retry ; expiry ; minimum IN NS IN A IN A IN MX 10 IN A IN A ns1.yourdomain.com. 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 mail.yourdomain.com. 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 yourdomain.com. root.yourdomain.com. (

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5. Setting File /var/named/0.168.192.rev

First you must create the file 0.168.192.rev; you can use thissyntax:
[root@server ~]# nano /var/named/0.168.192.rev

$TTL @ 100 1H 1M 1W 1D) @ 1

86400 IN SOA ; serial ; refresh ; retry ; expiry ; minimum IN NS IN PTR ns1.yourdomain.com. binggo.yourdomain.com. yourdomain.com. root.yourdomain.com. (

6. nslookupyourdomain.com
[root@server ~]# nslookup yourdomain.com

Server: Address:

192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1#53

Name: yourdomain.com Address: 192.168.0.1

7. dig yourdomain.com
[root@server ~]# dig yourdomain.com

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DiG 9.2.4 yourdomain.com ;;global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<-opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10576 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra;QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;yourdomain.com. ;; ANSWER SECTION: yourdomain.com.

IN

86400

IN

192.168.0.1

;; AUTHORITY SECTION: yourdomain.com. 86400

IN

NS

ns1.yourdomain.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.yourdomain.com. 86400 IN A ;; Query time: 8 msec ;; SERVER:192.168.0.1#53(192.168.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sat Aug 2 10:56:162008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 85

192.168.0.1

8. Configuration For NS 1 Is Finished

If you see errors, you can try to change the permissions of the folder /var/named.
[root@server ~]# chmod 777 -Rvf /var/named/

mode of`/var/named/(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) mode of `/var/named/named.zero(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) mode of `/var/named/localhost.zone(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) mode of `/var/named/198.99.208.rev(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx)

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mode mode mode mode mode mode mode mode

of `/var/named/data(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/named.local(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/named.ca(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/named.ip6.local(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/localdomain.zone(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/yourdomain.com.zone(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/named.broadcast(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) of `/var/named/slaves(TM) changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx)

9. Check The /var/log/messages Log To Find Out If There Are Errors

[root@server ~]# tail /var/log/messages

Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: listening on IPv4 interface venet0:0, 192.168.0.1#53 Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953 Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 100 Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: zone yourdomain.com/IN: loaded serial 100 Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42 Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: running Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: zone yourdomain.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 100) Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: sending notifies (serial 100) Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: received notify for zoneyourdomain.com(TM) Aug 2 10:53:57 server named[20094]: received notify for zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa(TM)

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