Nameserver or A Entry

agriz · 12-01-2011, 02:38 PM

Hi

Add an A Entry for Your Hostname
ns1.server.com some ip
ns2.server.com some ip

How do i do this without cpanel or whm?

Thanks

agriz · 12-01-2011, 02:43 PM

vi /etc/hosts

Quote:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
someip ns1.server.com ns1
anotherip ns2.server.com ns2

::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

Is that correct?

bathory · 12-01-2011, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agriz

vi /etc/hosts

Is that correct?

This will work only for the host you've edited /etc/hosts. If you want ns1.server.com and ns2.server.com to be accessible by any host, you need to add A records for them in your domain zone file.

Regards

agriz · 12-01-2011, 04:33 PM

Is it named.conf?
Should i install Bind for this?

Do i need to create every file manually for this? Or is there any app for this?

bathory · 12-01-2011, 04:54 PM

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Is it named.conf?
Should i install Bind for this?

If your box is the authoritative nameserver for the domain server.com, then yes.
You need to install bind, edit named.conf to add the definition for the server.com zone and create the zone file for the server.com domain
It's the zone file where you add the NS, A, MX and any others records needed.

Quote:

Do i need to create every file manually for this? Or is there any app for this?

If you don't want to do it by hand, there are some tools that will help you on dns management, like webmin

Regards

agriz · 12-02-2011, 01:19 AM

Thanks for the info.
I will check webmin.

I have no idea how to create those files.

bathory · 12-02-2011, 01:55 AM

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I have no idea how to create those files.

Come on. There are tons of howtos about configuring dns.
Find one for your distro and you'll be fine.

Regards

agriz · 12-02-2011, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bathory

Come on. There are tons of howtos about configuring dns.
Find one for your distro and you'll be fine.

Regards

Thanks for the advice. I will try to find one for centos 6

I will update here.

agriz · 12-02-2011, 03:54 AM

Quote:

# 172.16.0.80/29
# network address⇒ 172.16.0.80
# range of network⇒ 172.16.0.80 - 172.16.0.87
# how to write⇒ 80.0.16.172.in-addr.arpa

How did the range work here?
I have got similar IP range from my hosting.

http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_6&p=dns
I am using this tutorial.

Quote:

Private IP address [10.0.0.0/24]

I didn't get something like this. What to do?

bathory · 12-02-2011, 04:29 AM

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How did the range work here?
I have got similar IP range from my hosting.

What do you mean? Post your IP range (or subnet), eventually masking the first 2 octets.
Or have a look here about subnetting

Regards

agriz · 12-02-2011, 05:21 AM

173.44.135.160/29

bathory · 12-02-2011, 06:07 AM

For this subnet, the zone name is 160/29.135.44.173.in-addr.arpa.
But you should first contact your ISP to see:
1. if he gives you that subnet reverse dns administration (Classless in-addr.arpa delegation)
2. verify the above zone name

agriz · 12-02-2011, 06:10 AM

It is dedicated server. Should i ask the service provider?
If it is from web hosting, They should support it. shouldn't they?

bathory · 12-02-2011, 06:58 AM

You should ask whoever sold you that subnet.
If it's a hosting company, I guess they should do this for you.

agriz · 12-02-2011, 05:36 PM

Can you point any chroot bind with master and slave settings?
I am trying in internet for centos 6. I didn't find it for centos 6