running my own DNS 1

[peterve]

Suppose I have a leased line to internet<br>
How would my setup look like to run my own DNS server for a domain name I'm going to register with InterNIC<br>
What should be in my DNS server setup ?<br>
How do I have to configure my server to enable DNS lookup from internet-users ?<br>
Thanks<br>
Peter VE

 

[Steve Bowman]

Nothing against providing dns but and ain't there always a but, if you are only going to have 1 domain and you have a leased line from your ISP you really should consider letting your ISP do your dns. I run several domains and more then 6 web servers I do my own dns. To do it properly you need (should have) 2 dns servers (Primary and Secondary) both must have an internet IP address either static or mapped through your router or firewall. Once you have that you can install your dns services on nt after this is done you create a zone this zone would be for the domain like mydomain.net you then need to set up the reverse resolution zones let say your ISP provided internet ip addresses where 192.168.10.xxx you would set up a zone 192.in-addr.arpa you can now setup the hosts under your doamin/zone like

http://www as

192.168.10.2 ftp as 192.168.10.3 ... the other thing to consider is if your dns goes down or you don't have something set correctley internet users will not be able to resolve through your dns so as you can see if your only using one domain and your hosts are few and will remain static using your ISP for dns is raelly best it can save you a lot of heartache and headache in the long run. Running DNS can be neat stuff and all but sometimes it just ain't worth the trouble <p>Steve Bowman<br><a href=mailto:steve.bowman@wayservices.com>steve.bowman@wayservices.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[peterve]

Hi,<br>
<br>
So far the easy stuff, I know how to set up the DNS<br>
(I already knew, I've described the question wrong I guess... ;-)<br>
But :<br>
Who do I have to contact to make sure the names for my domain are resolved on my server ?<br>
InterNic ? My ISP ?<br>
Do they have to make a NS record in their DNS server ?<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Peter VE

 

[Steve Bowman]

when you register your domain you need to provide dns names and ip address(s) you also need to register hostnames for your dns with InterNic<br>
like <br>
ns0.mydomain.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx<br>
ns1.mydomain.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx<br>
that is all there is to it <p>Steve Bowman<br><a href=mailto:steve.bowman@wayservices.com>steve.bowman@wayservices.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[peterve]

In other words :<br>
I can run my own DNS server, for let's say<br>
mydomain.com<br>
I register mydomain.com with Internic.<br>
My primary dns server is let's say ns1.mydomain.com with ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1<br>
My secundary DNS server is let's say ns2.mydomain.com with ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2<br>
What do I have to give to Internic :<br>
The dns server names, and their ip addresses ?<br>
That's all? And in my personal DNS setup, I can add as much hosts as I want for that domain ?<br>
Ok, I'm starting to get it.<br>
Now, let's say I work at Internic.<br>
What do I have to do in the DNS server ?<br>
Just add 2 NS records in the DNS server <br>
NS record for ns1.mydomain.com with xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1<br>
and<br>
NS record for ns2.mydomain.com with xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2<br>
Is that correct ?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Peter VE<br>
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