Setup DNS Server for Ubuntu

Prerequisites

• initial setup ubuntu
• setup static ip

Install BIND

update

apt update

install bind

apt install bind9 bind9utils bind9-doc

edit setup to use ipv4 in /etc/default/named

OPTIONS="-u bind -4"

to use the setting use command

systemctl restart bind9

in /etc/bind/named.conf.options

vi /etc/bind/named.conf.options

acl "trusted" {
        10.128.10.11;    # ns1 
        10.128.20.12;    # ns2
        10.128.100.101;  # host1
        10.128.200.102;  # host2
};

options {
        recursion yes;                 # enables recursive queries
        allow-recursion { trusted; };  # allows recursive queries from "trusted" clients
        listen-on { 10.128.10.11; };   # ns1 private IP address - listen on private network only
        allow-transfer { none; };      # disable zone transfers by default

        forwarders {
                8.8.8.8;
                8.8.4.4;
        };
...
}

vi /etc/bind/named.conf.local

zone "nyc3.example.com" {
    type primary;
    file "/etc/bind/zones/db.nyc3.example.com"; # zone file path
    allow-transfer { 10.128.20.12; };           # ns2 private IP address - secondary
};

zone "128.10.in-addr.arpa" {
    type primary;
    file "/etc/bind/zones/db.10.128";  # 10.128.0.0/16 subnet
    allow-transfer { 10.128.20.12; };  # ns2 private IP address - secondary
};

mkdir /etc/bind/zones
cp /etc/bind/db.local /etc/bind/zones/db.nyc3.example.com
vi nano /etc/bind/zones/db.nyc3.example.com

$TTL    604800
@       IN      SOA     ns1.nyc3.example.com. admin.nyc3.example.com. (
                  3     ; Serial
             604800     ; Refresh
              86400     ; Retry
            2419200     ; Expire
             604800 )   ; Negative Cache TTL
;
; name servers - NS records
     IN      NS      ns1.nyc3.example.com.
     IN      NS      ns2.nyc3.example.com.

; name servers - A records
ns1.nyc3.example.com.          IN      A       10.128.10.11
ns2.nyc3.example.com.          IN      A       10.128.20.12

; 10.128.0.0/16 - A records
host1.nyc3.example.com.        IN      A      10.128.100.101
host2.nyc3.example.com.        IN      A      10.128.200.102

cp /etc/bind/db.127 /etc/bind/zones/db.10.128
vi /etc/bind/zones/db.10.128

$TTL    604800
@       IN      SOA     nyc3.example.com. admin.nyc3.example.com. (
                              3         ; Serial
                         604800         ; Refresh
                          86400         ; Retry
                        2419200         ; Expire
                         604800 )       ; Negative Cache TTL
; name servers
      IN      NS      ns1.nyc3.example.com.
      IN      NS      ns2.nyc3.example.com.

; PTR Records
11.10   IN      PTR     ns1.nyc3.example.com.    ; 10.128.10.11
12.20   IN      PTR     ns2.nyc3.example.com.    ; 10.128.20.12
101.100 IN      PTR     host1.nyc3.example.com.  ; 10.128.100.101
102.200 IN      PTR     host2.nyc3.example.com.  ; 10.128.200.102

Check config file

named-checkconf

systemctl restart bind9