This can be a little complicated if you are doing it by hand and you are doing it for the first time. First you have to decide what DNS software you want to use. BIND is one of the most common DNS servers. I've configured it by hand once or twice, but to be honest, it isn't easy. If you want to use BIND, I would recommend using Webmin (http://www.webmin.com) for configuration. It simplifies things somewhat. If you want to use something a little simpler than BIND, I recommend MyDNS (http://mydns.bboy.net/). It is a fairly simple DNS server that uses MySQL or PostgreSQL as the backend. I've used it and found it relatively fast and fairly easy to configure. If, however, you want something that is very, very simple to install and use, I recommend dnsmasq (http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html). Essentially dnsmasq is a caching DNS proxy. For small- to medium-sized networks, this is usually sufficient. It is VERY easy to configure and runs without using a great deal of resources. Assuming you have your upstream DNS servers listed in your /etc/resolv.conf file, then you can run dnsmasq with no additional configuration. Compile it, install it, run it....simple as that.
Sandra
2016-05-20 12:11:28 UTC
this is not a trivial task and has to many steps to be effectively answered here. You're about to setup a file server, print server and DNS. All involve many detailed steps. If you have specific questions, then you'll be able to get specific answers here. Best of luck!
beck
2006-03-06 01:31:15 UTC
1. Install bind package.
2. Edit bind.conf or named.conf depend on you distribution.
3. Edit your zone files.
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