Bind

BIND

BIND is the ISC's Domain Name Server software. It is included in many Linux distributions. This page will provide an introduction to BIND, as well as a simple configuration file. For more detailed information, see the Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual.

A Simple Configuration

options {
     directory "/etc/namedb";           // Working directory
     allow-query { any; };              // This is the default
     recursion no;                      // Do not provide recursive service
};

// Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback address 127.0.0.1
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
     type master;
     file "localhost.rev";
     notify no;
};
// We are the master server for example.com
zone "example.com" {
     type master;
     file "example.com.db";
     // IP addresses of slave servers allowed to transfer example.com
     allow-transfer {
          192.168.4.14;
          192.168.5.53;
     };
};
// We are a slave server for eng.example.com 
zone "eng.example.com" {
     type slave;
     file "eng.example.com.bk";
     // IP address of eng.example.com master server
     masters { 192.168.4.12; };
};

(From the Bind 9 ARM)

You will also need to set up zone files. Zone files are files that contain the data for the zone.

Controlling the Server

rndc start starts the server.

rndc stop stops the server.

rndc restart stops and then starts the server.

rndc reload causes the server to reload its configuration and zone files.

See Also

• avahi