Saturday, November 22, 2025

BIND : Configure Secondary Server

 

BIND : Configure Secondary Server


 

Configure DNS Secondary Server.

On this example, it shows to configure DNS Secondary Server [ns.server.education] (192.168.100.85) that DNS Primary Server is [dlp.srv.world] (172.16.0.82) configured like here. Replace IP address and Hostname to your own environment.

[1]Configure on DNS Primary Server Host.
root@dlp:~# 
vi /etc/bind/named.conf.options
.....
.....
options {
        directory "/var/cache/bind";
.....
.....
        allow-query { localhost; internal-network; };
        // add secondary server to allow to transfer zone files
        allow-transfer { localhost; 192.168.100.85; };
        allow-recursion { localhost; internal-network; };
.....
.....

root@dlp:~# 
vi /etc/bind/srv.world.wan
$TTL 86400
@   IN  SOA     dlp.srv.world. root.srv.world. (
        ;; update serial numbere
        2025081905  ;Serial
        3600        ;Refresh
        1800        ;Retry
        604800      ;Expire
        86400       ;Minimum TTL
)
        IN  NS      dlp.srv.world.
        ;; add secondary server
        IN  NS      ns.server.education.
        IN  A       172.16.0.82
        IN  MX 10   dlp.srv.world.

dlp     IN  A       172.16.0.82
www     IN  A       172.16.0.83

root@dlp:~# 
systemctl restart named

[2]Configure on DNS Secondary Server Host.
root@ns:~# 
vi /etc/bind/named.conf.external-zones
// add target zone info
// for IP address, it's the Primary server's IP address

zone "srv.world" IN {
        type secondary;
        primaries { 172.16.0.82; };
        file "/etc/bind/secondary/srv.world.wan";
};

root@ns:~# 
mkdir /etc/bind/secondary

root@ns:~# 
chown bind:bind /etc/bind/secondary

root@ns:~# 
rndc reload
root@ns:~# 
ls /etc/bind/secondary

srv.world.wan   
# zone file has been transferred

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