Ubuntu - How to install DNS Server at Ubuntu Server

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After doing trial and error process is long, I finally managed to install ubuntu dns server in my favorite server. Actually, I've managed to install dns server and do the configuration via webmin, but as a true fan of ubuntu certainly not happy when not managed to do via the console.One thing you should consider :

To facilitate the install dns server in ubuntu, then we must prepare :

• Ip Address to DNS Server, here I use the ip address 10.14.10.100
• Nameserver, here I use the nameserver ns.udiniqgeek.com with ip address 10.14.10.100
• Domain Name, here I use the domain name udiniqgeek.comwith ip address 10.14.10.100
• Mail domain, here I use mail.udiniqgeek.com with ip address 10.14.10.100

An initial step is to download the package bind9 dns server by doing the following command:

• root@server:/# aptitude update && aptitude install bind9

After doing the above command, it will be installed bind9 automatically and if the install process is complete it will return to the position prompt. The next step is to set up the folder /etc/bind/:

• root@server:/# cd /etc/bind/
  

After being on the folder /etc/bind/ please do the ls command to find out what folders are in /etc/bind:

• root@server:/etc/bind# ls

and usually the folder that appears in /etc/bind/ by default when you first install is as follows :

db.0	db.local	named.conf.local	zones.rfc1918
db.127	db.empty	db.root	named.conf.options
db.255	named.conf	rndc.key

Ok, next step is we need to create a database for the domain name we will create the dns server and as plan at the beginning, a domain which we will create is udiniqgeek.com with MX mail.udiniqgeek.com, and here I am will create a database udiniqgeek.com.hosts and resolver file with 10.14.10.100.rev.

To simplify the configuration database, the following steps :

• root@server:/etc/bind# vim udiniqgeek.com.hosts

$ttl 38400

udiniqgeek.com. IN SOA ns.udiniqgeek.com. admin.udiniqgeek.com. (

1259911717

10800

3600

604800

38400 )

udiniqgeek.com. IN NS ns.udiniqgeek.com.

ns.udiniqgeek.com. IN A 10.14.10.100

mailserver.udiniqgeek.com. IN A 10.14.10.100

udiniqgeek.com. IN MX 10 mailserver.udiniqgeek.com

If the database already udiniqgeek.com.hosts ok, then we create a file resolver, the following steps:

• root@server:/etc/bind# vim 10.14.10.100.rev

$ttl 38400

100.10.14.10.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA ns.udiniqgeek.com. admin.udiniqgeek.com. (

1259914694

10800

3600

604800

38400 )

100.10.14.10.in-addr.arpa. IN NS ns.udiniqgeek.com.

100.10.14.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ns.udiniqgeek.com.

100.10.14.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR mailserver.udiniqgeek.com.

Next we must create the main file bind at folder /etc/bind/named.conf.local, the following steps:

• root@server:/etc/bind# vim named.conf.local

zone "udiniqgeek.com" {

type master;

file "/etc/bind/udiniqgeek.com.hosts";

};

zone "100.10.14.10.in-addr.arpa" {

type master;

file "/etc/bind/10.14.10.100.rev";

};

To refine bind configuration, please edit the nameservers are in the folder /etc/resolv.conf, the command:

• root@server:/etc/bind# vim /etc/resolv.conf

search udiniqgeek.com

nameserver 10.14.10.100

The next step is to restart bind you to all the config can be run, run the following command:

• root@server:/etc/bind# /etc/init.d/bind9 restart

To check domain name, please do the following commands :

1. To check the SOA record, therein including the series of the new zone we created, run the following command:
   • root@server:/etc/bind# dig @localhost soa udiniqgeek.com
2. To check your MX records, use the following command:
   • root@server:/etc/bind# dig @localhost mx udiniqgeek.com
3. To Check with nslookup
• root@server:/etc/bind# nslookup mailserver.udiniqgeek.com

Source: http://www.udiniqgeek.com/dns_server.html