DNS Configuration in Fedora 4

This is only to set up a DNS environment for an application testing, so it only setup a simple domain look up function, and doesn't use so much functions, such as bind-chroot

DNS setup steps:

1. Design the mapping between domain name and IP address. Here, I use zhanqiang.net and 192.168.1.110;

2. Check if BIND(Berkeley Internet Name Domain) has been installed: rpm -qa | grep bind

3. Add some lines in /etc/named.conf

change
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zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {

type master;
file "named.zero";
allow-update { none; };

};
include "/etc/rndc.key";

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to
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zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {

type master;
file "named.zero";
allow-update { none; };

};

zone "zhanqiang.net" IN {

type master;
file "zhanqiang.net.zone";
allow-update { none; };

};

include "/etc/rndc.key";
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4. create and edit /var/named/zhanqiang.net.zone
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$TTL 86400
@　　　IN　　SOA 　　dns.zhanqiang.net.　　root.zhanqiang.net. (

1997022700 ; Serial
28800 ; Refresh
7000 ; Retry
1800000 ; Expire
86400 ) ; Minimum

@　　IN　　NS　　　 dns.zhanqiang.net.
@　　IN　MX　10　　　dns.zhanqiang.net.
dns　　　　IN　A 192.168.1.110
www　　　　IN　CNAME 　　　　dns
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5. restart named(DNS) service: service named restart

6. check firewall if the port 53 has been blocked;

7. run neat or edit /etc/resolve.conf for changing the network card DNS setting in order to use the DNS service in 192.168.1.110

8. test the DNS with ping, host, and nslookup commands

Now it is done.