Configure Linux as secondary DNS Server

js_valencia · 07-28-2006, 06:23 PM

Hi all.

I have a question regarding the configuration of a linux machine so it will run as a secondary DNS.

I have a network enviorement where I run a windows 2003 server as primary DNS server.
This situation has been setup because of some hosting stuff we do on the 2003 server.

Now I want to run a second server but with linux on it, and on there I would like to run a 2nd DNS Server and set it all up so that webhosting also will work.

Is there anyway someone could explain me on how to achieve this the best way?

The Linux machine is running FC4. I got access through webadmin and through SSH.

Is there a step by step explination availabe on how to set the FC4 server as secondary DNS?

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Jorge Valencia

musicman_ace · 07-28-2006, 11:51 PM

Install BIND and edit the config file to something like this

Code:

zone "YourDomain.com" IN {
    type slave;
    file "/var/named/slave/domain.com";
    masters { 10.1.1.3; };
};

The "masters" IP address is the primary DNS server's IP address.

If you are backing up All the ActiveDirectory zones, there are 7 zones for a single Windows 2003 domain. If you are just backing up just a single DNS zone, then the above code would work.