Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 12:51:42 -0800 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS Message-ID: <CAFuo_fxnt%2BEWtKHaBnMHDx6UiYHt84=P1QNuGqigkj-EZHJCwA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHsiZG9aah6nS3sQ==JNMw5x426vxUa6MfgcJqLSv0s9YXdY7A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHsiZG8z8eNTLKzPvAsVm7ZTBwkNGLA%2BcLjQ2gJJvez6Aj8ChQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHsiZG-tMwY2xjLx4Td24--FgXgEqqJW6e_JPkJnSznY1dEo5w@mail.gmail.com> <CAHsiZG9aah6nS3sQ==JNMw5x426vxUa6MfgcJqLSv0s9YXdY7A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Daniel Lewis
<innervisionnetwork@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Im new to freebsd 8.2 and the unix world. How do i setup dns to support my
> domain
>
Hi Daniel,
You probably want to use ISC bind in /usr/ports/dns
I recommend you read the O'Reilly book DNS and BIND.
Basic process -
Install and configure bind. If possible set up on two or more machines/ip.
IMHO it's less hassle to set up duplicate masters and rsync changes from
your 'main' install instead of setting up master/slave configurations.
create zone file for your domain, ie
$TTL 86400
example.com. IN SOA ns1.example.com. ns@example.com. (
2012010210
28800
7200
1209600
86400 )
example.com. NS ns1.example.com.
example.com. NS ns2.example.com.
example.com. MX 0 mail.example.com.
example.com. A 192.168.0.133
www.example.com. A 192.168.0.133
* IN CNAME www.example.com.
cname is good for people who enjoy making typos like wwww and ww
add your domain zone file to named.conf, ie
zone "example.com" IN {
type master;
file "example.com.hosts";
};
reload nameserver
rndc reload
export your nameservers to root ns, this process varies for registrar -
look for "use my own nameserver" or "create nameservers based on domain" in
your registrar help docs. Maybe you can contact internic/nsi directly
instead (?). Back in the old days users just spread around copies of the
hosts file.
Have fun.
Waitman Gobble
San Jose California USA
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