DNS

• DNS - Domain naming system.

• DNS service locates and translates

domain names into corresponding
associated IP addresses.

• DNS configuration.

• It requires the following software

packages to be installed.
• bind
• Caching-name server
• bind-utils
DNS Configuration

Thus the DNS makes it possible to ping an

host by its domain name by resolving the
domain name into IP address.
DNS Configuration

Forward zone lists the name

servers outside the network that
should be searched when the
networks name server fails.
 Service profile

• Packages - bind, bind-utils,

• caching-nameserver
• Configuration files - /etc/named/named.conf
• /var/named/named.local
• Daemons - named
• Port number - 53
DNS Configuration

Install bind-utils which

provides
Install many
bind, this utilities
package
like includes
host, dig web
and nslookup
page
manuals and
documentation

Install caching-name
server which provides a
working named.conf
configuration file
DNS Configuration

Open this file for mentioning

the home directory for DNS.
DNS Configuration

Here DNS home directory

is /var/named/chroot.
DNS Configuration

View the home

directory files.
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Open the configuration

file named.conf.
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Now you are seeing

the contents of
named.conf file.
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This file contains
the ip address and
the locations of all
the dot servers.

Forward zone mapping

between fully qualified
domain to particular ip
address.
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DNS Configuration

Enter theand paste the forward

Copy
forward
and file
reverse zones and edit
name.
Enter thethem as follows.
domain name
here.

Enter the
reverse
Enterfile
the IP
name.
address in
reverse order.
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Save and exit the

file
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Copying the syntax file

named.local to example.for
and example.rev.
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Open the forward

file.
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Enter the fully qualified

name of the name
It is interpreted as the server.
name of the originating
domain.
Enter the
Enter
authorised
the fully name
qualified
server for
name
this of
zone.
host.

Enter the last number segment

of the host address in the
reverse zone file.
DNS Configuration

Replace local host to fully

qualified name using as
given below.
DNS Configuration

Now the localhost is replaced as

server1.example.com.
DNS Configuration

Canonical name, is used to

Enter
define an the
aliasipfor
address for
a hostname.
specified
Set www asdomain name.
the cname for
server1.example.com.
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Open the
example.rev file.
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DNS Configuration

Replace localhost to
server1.example.com using as
below.
DNS Configuration

Now the localhost is replaced

by server1.example.com.
DNS Configuration

In a PTR record, you can specify

just that last number segment of
the address.
DNS Configuration

Open the
resolve.conf file.
 DNS Configuration

Mention the nameserver

ipaddress and domain name here.
DNS Configuration

Now named service

is restarted.
DNS Configuration

Thus the DNS makes it possible to ping an

host by its domain name by resolving the
domain name into IP address.
DNS Configuration

Thus the DNS makes it possible to ping an

host by its domain name by resolving the
domain name into IP address.
DNS Configuration

dig command shows ip address

of the specified fully-qualified
domain name .
DNS Configuration

Nslookup is a dns diagnostic tool

used to query a dns server.
Using nslookup you can identifies
nameserver for particular doamin.
Using nslookup you can identifies
address for particular FQDN.
Using nslookup you can identifies
FQDN for particular IP address.
DNS Configuration

Thus the DNS makes it possible to ping an

host by its domain name by resolving the
domain name into IP address.
DNS Configuration

In client side open the

/etc/resolv.conf file.
 DNS Configuration

Mention the nameserver

ipaddress and domain name
here.
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Thus the DNS makes it possible to ping an

host by its domain name by resolving the
domain name into IP address.
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It shows the simple lookup of

host,thus
Using its show
nslookup youthe
can identifies
corresponding
MX recordipforaddress to thedomain.
particular
specified fully quailed domain
name.

Using nslookup you can identifies

nameserver for particular domain.
DNS Configuration

Open the forward

file.
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In this file we can add additional

entry MX(mail exchange record )
and
In this file we can add its corresponding ip address
additional
entry station105 machine and192.168.0.100.
its
corresponding ip address
192.168.0.100
DNS Configuration

Open the reverse

file.
DNS Configuration

Similarly we can add another

pointer record 105 for
station105.example.com.
DNS Configuration

Now named service

is restarted.
DNS Configuration

Using nslookup you can identifies

MX record for particular domain.
Using nslookup you can identifies
address for particular FQDN.

Using nslookup you can identifies

PTR record for particular FQDN.
DNS Configuration

Open the configuration

file named.conf.