Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 14:42:56 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Leo Hauptmann" <leo.hauptmann@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DNS part of the manual Message-ID: <20060514144256.5a1cf45c.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4f592d0d0605140738o5be12a64xdfe75256aab5f9e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <4f592d0d0605140738o5be12a64xdfe75256aab5f9e4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 14 May 2006 17:38:11 +0300 "Leo Hauptmann" <leo.hauptmann@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried installing and configuring stuff using the FreeBSD manual as my > primary source of information. Generally the manual has been superb in that > but now I found the two chapters about DNS and Bind9 confusing. Although > these chapters are not supposed to be complete handbooks about the covered > topics I feel they do not cover the basics. > > The "26.7 BIND9 and FreeBSD" contains how to configure master zone and start > the daemon. Then I'll have to go back to "26.6 Domain Name System (DNS)" for > the rest of the basic configuration. That chapter has got lots of > information. It contains some basic terminology, concepts and configuration > situations. Then sandboxing which I understood is automatically done with > Bind9? > > What I was expecting was solid basic case: "How to build basic configuration > for running example.org authoritative DNS out of scratch". As far as I can > see some things on that track are not covered at all even as quick'n'dirty. > Like creating initial zone files for my "example.org". Instead of that the > manual goes through the configuration file - which is mostly very well > commented all by itself already. > > Also what I was wondering about was how to enable ddns. Okay, it's not that > hard. Basically it goes like: Add the key to the dhcpd and tell it where the > Bind is. Tell the Bind the key and enable the dynamic updates. What I quite > honestly couldn't figure out with some 60 minutes of Googling was how to get > the dhcp client to send the hostname. I found some methods but they used the > encryption key at the client too. It's not frankly very approach if you've > got lots of clients (desktops for instance). Then - what is the minimal > dynamic zone's zone file like? > > What I was after was two very basic and simple cases. Not throughoutly > explained but in a way that it would work[tm] and there could be after that > the "study more from these and these resources". 1-4 pages of solid > instructions. The cases being "Taking a minimal installation of FreeBSD, > enabling and configuring Bind to handle authoritatively the example.org" and > "enabling ddns for this example.org, including basic configuration of dhcpd, > bind, and the dhcp-client and the zone". Not for-complete-dummies, but > enough to get started. > > Especially finding good information about this ddns was quite hard. Lot's of > documents refer to different methods, special cases, software versions (such > as different dhcp clients) and so on. I would offer to help with the manual > (in case anyone feels the DNS chapters should be revised) but as I couldn't > figure out and get working everything, .. lol. sigh. The unfortunate part mitigating "two versions of Bind" and "word duplication." I tried. :( Seriously, I've racked my brain on this one, and I think they should just be merged with older information removed. Anyone on doc have ideas? -- Tom Rhodes
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