BIND: a DNS server

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BIND is an excellent, high quality DNS server. Its configuration is complex though.

Documentation Resources

I've found the official documentation not very useful or clear. The following links are better:

There is also a book by Apress, Pro DNS and BIND, that can be useful.

Basics

  • There is a main configuration file (/etc/bind/named.conf) that references zones for which the DNS daemon assumes responsibility. I think it is important to first understand what types of services a DNS server can perform: primary, secondary, cache, forward.
  • There is a separate file for each such zone, that actually contains the record entries.