//
// Sample named.conf BIND DNS server 'named' configuration file
// for the Red Hat BIND distribution.
//
// See the BIND Administrator's Reference Manual (ARM) for details, in:
// file:///usr/share/doc/bind-*/arm/Bv9ARM.html
// Also see the BIND Configuration GUI : /usr/bin/system-config-bind and
// its manual.
//
options
{
// Put files that named is allowed to write in the data/ directory:
directory "/var/named"; // the default
dump-file "data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "data/named_stats.txt";
memstatistics-file "data/named_mem_stats.txt";
};
logging
{
/* If you want to enable debugging, eg. using the 'rndc trace' command,
* named will try to write the 'named.run' file in the $directory (/var/named).
* By default, SELinux policy does not allow named to modify the /var/named directory,
* so put the default debug log file in data/ :
*/
channel default_debug {
file "data/named.run";
severity dynamic;
};
};
//
// All BIND 9 zones are in a "view", which allow different zones to be served
// to different types of client addresses, and for options to be set for groups
// of zones.
//
// By default, if named.conf contains no "view" clauses, all zones are in the
// "default" view, which matches all clients.
//
// If named.conf contains any "view" clause, then all zones MUST be in a view;
// so it is recommended to start off using views to avoid having to restructure
// your configuration files in the future.
//
view "localhost_resolver"
{
/* This view sets up named to be a localhost resolver ( caching only nameserver ).
* If all you want is a caching-only nameserver, then you need only define this view:
*/
match-clients { localhost; };
recursion yes;
# all views must contain the root hints zone:
include "/etc/named.root.hints";
/* these are zones that contain definitions for all the localhost
* names and addresses, as recommended in RFC1912 - these names should
* not leak to the other nameservers:
*/
include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
};
view "internal"
{
/* This view will contain zones you want to serve only to "internal" clients
that connect via your directly attached LAN interfaces - "localnets" .
*/
match-clients { localnets; };
recursion yes;
// all views must contain the root hints zone:
include "/etc/named.root.hints";
/* these are zones that contain definitions for all the localhost
* names and addresses, as recommended in RFC1912 - these names should
* not leak to the other nameservers:
*/
include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
// These are your "authoritative" internal zones, and would probably
// also be included in the "localhost_resolver" view above :
zone "my.internal.zone" {
type master;
file "my.internal.zone.db";
};
zone "my.slave.internal.zone" {
type slave;
file "slaves/my.slave.internal.zone.db";
masters { /* put master nameserver IPs here */ 127.0.0.1; } ;
// put slave zones in the slaves/ directory so named can update them
};
zone "my.ddns.internal.zone" {
type master;
allow-update { key ddns_key; };
file "slaves/my.ddns.internal.zone.db";
// put dynamically updateable zones in the slaves/ directory so named can update them
};
};
key ddns_key
{
algorithm hmac-md5;
secret "use /usr/sbin/dns-keygen to generate TSIG keys";
};
view "external"
{
/* This view will contain zones you want to serve only to "external" clients
* that have addresses that are not match any above view:
*/
match-clients { any; };
recursion no;
// you'd probably want to deny recursion to external clients, so you don't
// end up providing free DNS service to all takers
// all views must contain the root hints zone:
include "/etc/named.root.hints";
// These are your "authoritative" external zones, and would probably
// contain entries for just your web and mail servers:
zone "my.external.zone" {
type master;
file "my.external.zone.db";
};
};