Forwarding DNS Server

Filed under Linux, documentation by admin | 0 comments


  • options {
    directory “/var/named”;
    forwarders {172.16.10.1; 172.16.10.2;};
    forward only;
    };

    I had to setup a forwarding DNS servers today and since I had never done it before I was looking for a quick way.

    I installed the bind rpm package that comes with RHEL5 and was puzzled since it did not create the /etc/named.conf. So I created one with this content:

    options {
    directory “/var/named”;
    forwarders {10.1.1.1; 10.1.1.2;};
    forward only;
    };

    Changed the ownership to named:named and started the service.
    Quite simple and in our lab it is a simple way to address an issue with routes to access a DNS Server.

    Posted on February 4

    • Leave a reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.