BIND IPv6 DNS Server Configuration

austinium · 07-08-2009, 05:55 AM

hi,

I am new this (setting up DNS servers), I am trying to set up BIND(ver 9.3.4-P1) on RHEL 5 to handle IPv6 name resolution requests within a LAN. I am not trying to get it to provide DNS for the internet.

I've been referring to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/how-to-configure-dns-in-rhel-5-help..........-547819/

I am trying to figure out how to write the /etc/named.conf and the zone file.

So far I've been able to come up with the following named.conf

Code:

options {
             listen-on {any; };
             listen-onv6 {any; };
};

is there any how-to i should be reading? help!

Ygrex · 07-08-2009, 08:28 AM

I think it must be:

Code:

listen-on-v6 { any; };

and it is all the stuff you have to do in order to allow IPv6 resolving; simply add AAAA-records as well as A-records in zone-files you keep

austinium · 07-09-2009, 02:37 AM

hi,

thanks for the response.

this is what my /etc/named.conf looks like:

Code:

options {
             listen-on { any; };
             listen-on-v6 { any; };
             allow-query { any; };
};

zone localdomain        {
        type master;
        file "named.root";
};

the named.root file is as follows

Code:

.       3600000         in      ns      localdomain.

client.     3600000         in      AAAA      fe80::20c:29ff:fe77:6d21%4
client.     3600000         in      a6        0 fe80::20c:29ff:fe77:6d21%4

i've made these based on http://www.viagenie.qc.ca/en/ipv6/fu...-to.shtml#bind

i have named the domain localdomain because its my dnsdomainname.

service named status - comes up with named server running.
the DNS server's ipv6 address is fe80::219:b9ff:fe0e:300a/64

Does this look fine? i have tried adding this DNS server on WinXP using

Code:

netsh interface ipv6 add dns "Local Area Connection" fe80::219:b9ff:fe0e:300a/64

On the client I am not able to ping the client's hostname, it doesnt resolve the client's IPv6 address.

help!

Ashish Gangani · 07-17-2012, 09:54 AM

Hi,
Edit the file /etc/named.conf

Code:

# File : /etc/named.conf
options {
        directory "/var/lib/named";
        dump-file "/var/log/named_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/log/named.stats";
        listen-on-v6 { any; };
        notify no;
        include "/etc/named.d/forwarders.conf";
};

zone "." in {
        type hint;
        file "root.hint";
};

zone "localhost" in {
        type master;
        file "localhost.zone";
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
        type master;
        file "127.0.0.zone";
};

include "/etc/named.conf.include";
logging {
        category default { log_syslog; };
        channel log_syslog { syslog; };
};
zone "ashish.com" in {
        allow-transfer { any; };
        file "master/ashish.com";
        type master;
};

Edit the file /var/lib/named/master/ashish.com

Code:

$TTL 2d
@               IN SOA          server1.ashish.com.  root.server1.ashish.com. (
                                2012071801      ; serial
                                3h              ; refresh
                                1h              ; retry
                                1w              ; expiry
                                1d )            ; minimum

ashish.com.    IN NS           server1.ashish.com.
server1        IN AAAA         2001:1:1::1
client1        IN AAAA         2001:1:1::2
ashish.com     IN NS           server1

Edit file /etc/resolv.conf

Code:

search ashish.com
nameserver 2001:1:1::1