Named.conf
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| + | '''Named.conf''' is the configuration file for BIND, and is normally located at /etc/namedb/named.conf for either BIND8 or BIND9. One of its most important functions is telling '''named''' where to find its [[zone files]]. | ||
'''named.conf''' both controls system-wide configuration of BIND and tells BIND where to find the files used to control individual domains (usually called '''zones''' in the BIND parlance). Here is an example section of '''named.conf''' telling the system where to find a zone file: | '''named.conf''' both controls system-wide configuration of BIND and tells BIND where to find the files used to control individual domains (usually called '''zones''' in the BIND parlance). Here is an example section of '''named.conf''' telling the system where to find a zone file: | ||
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| − | and here is the corresponding | + | == Zone files == |
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| + | and here is the corresponding '''zone file''' from /etc/namedb/zones/freebsdwiki.net: | ||
$ORIGIN net. | $ORIGIN net. | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 20 May 2006
named.conf
Named.conf is the configuration file for BIND, and is normally located at /etc/namedb/named.conf for either BIND8 or BIND9. One of its most important functions is telling named where to find its zone files.
named.conf both controls system-wide configuration of BIND and tells BIND where to find the files used to control individual domains (usually called zones in the BIND parlance). Here is an example section of named.conf telling the system where to find a zone file:
zone "freebsdwiki.net" {
type master;
file "zones/freebsdwiki.net";
};
Zone files
and here is the corresponding zone file from /etc/namedb/zones/freebsdwiki.net:
$ORIGIN net.
$TTL 5m
freebsdwiki IN SOA www.jrssystems.net. postmaster.www.jrssystems.net. (
1 ; serial
4h ; refresh
15m ; retry
8h ; expire
4m) ; negative caching TTL
IN NS ns1.jrssystems.net.
IN NS ns2.jrssystems.net.
MX 10 mail.jrssystems.net.
IN A 66.45.234.42
$ORIGIN freebsdwiki.net.
www IN A 66.45.234.42
ns1 IN A 66.45.234.42
ns2 IN A 199.227.10.54
This is a very simple (but serviceable) zone file. For a more complex example, see also DNS record types.
