Create Primary DNS Server 1. Get your IP numbers for Primary and Secondary DNS first. 2.

Create a list of host names and correspondence IP addresses in /etc/hosts file 3. #mkdir /etc/named.data 4. #cd /etc/named.data 5. Create a file named param that will be used by hosts_to_named to create DNS data files Ex. -d boota.com -n 192.168.3 -z 192.168.3.10 -b /etc/named.boot -s (-d = domain name, -n = network number, -z = configuration file for secondary server and IP no. of primary server to download data files, -b for boot files used by named process, -s adds a name server (NS) resource record in configuration file. 6. #hosts_to_named f param 7. download the db.cache file from internet copy it to /etc/named.data directory 8. modify /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file (NAMED=1) to start named process automatically with m/c boots 9. /sbin/init.d/named start Create Secondary DNS Server 1. #mkdir /etc/named.data 2. copy boot.sec file as /etc/named.boot from the primary server if you dont have much disk space. or copy boot.sec.save file as /etc/named.boot if you have much space to keep database file. 3. copy db.127.0.0 from the primary server to /etc/named.data directory 4. copy db.cache from the primary server to the /etc/named.data directory

5. if you want to create local database files download the remaining files from /etc/named.data from primary server to local /etc/named.data directory. 6. update the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file to start named at boot time. 7. start named using /sbin/init.d/named start Create Caching DNS Server 1. #mkdir /etc/named.data 2. copy named.cacheonly from primary sever as /etc/named.boot 3. copy db.127.0.0 from primary server to /etc/named.data directory 4. copy db.cache from primary server to /etc/named.data directory 5. update the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file to start named at boot time 6. start named /sbin/init.d/named start command Configuring DNS client 1. edit /etc/nssswitch.conf file & enter hosts: dns files 2. edit /etc/resolve.conf and enter the name servers Ex. search xyz.com nameserver 192.168.3.10 nameserver 192.168.3.12 Updating Database files on Primary Server 1. edit and update /etc/hosts file on primary server 2. # cd /etc/named.data 3. run to regenerate database files 4. # hosts_to_named -f param 5. reload using sig_named restart command