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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title">
<a name="Bv9ARM.ch03"></a>Chapter�3.�Name Server Configuration</h1></div></div></div>
<div class="toc">
<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
<dl class="toc">
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#sample_configuration">Sample Configurations</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#cache_only_sample">A Caching-only Name Server</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#auth_only_sample">An Authoritative-only Name Server</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#load_balancing">Load Balancing</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#ns_operations">Name Server Operations</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#tools">Tools for Use With the Name Server Daemon</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#signals">Signals</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
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<p>
      In this chapter we provide some suggested configurations, along
      with guidelines for their use.  We suggest reasonable values for
      certain option settings.
    </p>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="sample_configuration"></a>Sample Configurations</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="cache_only_sample"></a>A Caching-only Name Server</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
          The following sample configuration is appropriate for a caching-only
          name server for use by clients internal to a corporation.  All
          queries
          from outside clients are refused using the <span class="command"><strong>allow-query</strong></span>
          option.  The same effect can be achieved using
          suitable
          firewall rules.
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting">
// Two corporate subnets we wish to allow queries from.
acl corpnets { 192.168.4.0/24; 192.168.7.0/24; };
options {
     // Working directory
     directory "/etc/namedb";

     allow-query { corpnets; };
};
// Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback
// address 127.0.0.1
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
     type master;
     file "localhost.rev";
     notify no;
};
</pre>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="auth_only_sample"></a>An Authoritative-only Name Server</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
          This sample configuration is for an authoritative-only server
          that is the primary server for "<code class="filename">example.com</code>"
          and a secondary server for the subdomain "<code class="filename">eng.example.com</code>".
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting">
options {
     // Working directory
     directory "/etc/namedb";
     // Do not allow access to cache
     allow-query-cache { none; };
     // This is the default
     allow-query { any; };
     // Do not provide recursive service
     recursion no;
};

// Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback
// address 127.0.0.1
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
     type master;
     file "localhost.rev";
     notify no;
};
// We are the primary server for example.com
zone "example.com" {
     type master;
     file "example.com.db";
     // IP addresses of secondary servers allowed to
     // transfer example.com
     allow-transfer {
          192.168.4.14;
          192.168.5.53;
     };
};
// We are a secondary server for eng.example.com
zone "eng.example.com" {
     type slave;
     file "eng.example.com.bk";
     // IP address of eng.example.com primary server
     masters { 192.168.4.12; };
};
</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="load_balancing"></a>Load Balancing</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
        A primitive form of load balancing can be achieved in
        the <acronym class="acronym">DNS</acronym> by using multiple records
        (such as multiple A records) for one name.
      </p>
<p>
        For example, assuming three HTTP servers with network addresses
        of 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, and 10.0.0.3, a set of records such as the
        following means that clients will connect to each machine one-third
        of the time:
      </p>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col width="0.875in" class="1">
<col width="0.500in" class="2">
<col width="0.750in" class="3">
<col width="0.750in" class="4">
<col width="2.028in" class="5">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  Name
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  TTL
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  CLASS
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  TYPE
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  Resource Record (RR) Data
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">www</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">600</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">IN</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">A</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">10.0.0.1</code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p></p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">600</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">IN</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">A</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">10.0.0.2</code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
                <p></p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">600</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">IN</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">A</code>
                </p>
              </td>
<td>
                <p>
                  <code class="literal">10.0.0.3</code>
                </p>
              </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p>
        When a resolver queries for these records, <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> rotates
        them and responds to the query with the records in a different
        order.  In the example above, clients randomly receive
        records in the order 1, 2, 3; 2, 3, 1; and 3, 1, 2. Most clients
        use the first record returned and discard the rest.
      </p>
<p>
        For more detail on ordering responses, check the
        <span class="command"><strong>rrset-order</strong></span> sub-statement in the
        <span class="command"><strong>options</strong></span> statement, see
        <a class="xref" href="Bv9ARM.ch06.html#rrset_ordering" title="RRset Ordering">RRset Ordering</a>.
      </p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="ns_operations"></a>Name Server Operations</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="tools"></a>Tools for Use With the Name Server Daemon</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
          This section describes several indispensable diagnostic,
          administrative, and monitoring tools available to the system
          administrator for controlling and debugging the name server
          daemon.
        </p>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="diagnostic_tools"></a>Diagnostic Tools</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
            The <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>host</strong></span>, and
            <span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span> programs are all command-line tools
            for manually querying name servers.  They differ in style and
            output format.
          </p>
<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt><span class="term"><a name="dig"></a><span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>
                  <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span>
                  is the most versatile and complete of these lookup tools.
                  It has two modes: simple interactive
                  mode for a single query, and batch mode, which executes a
                  query for
                  each in a list of several query lines. All query options are
                  accessible
                  from the command line.
                </p>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">dig</code>  [@<em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em>]  <em class="replaceable"><code>domain</code></em>  [<em class="replaceable"><code>query-type</code></em>] [<em class="replaceable"><code>query-class</code></em>] [+<em class="replaceable"><code>query-option</code></em>] [-<em class="replaceable"><code>dig-option</code></em>] [%<em class="replaceable"><code>comment</code></em>]</p></div>
<p>
                  The usual simple use of <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span> takes the form
                </p>
<p class="simpara">
                  <span class="command"><strong>dig @server domain query-type query-class</strong></span>
                </p>
<p>
                  For more information and a list of available commands and
                  options, see the <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span> man
                  page.
                </p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>host</strong></span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p>
                  The <span class="command"><strong>host</strong></span> utility emphasizes
                  simplicity
                  and ease of use.  By default, it converts
                  between host names and Internet addresses, but its
                  functionality
                  can be extended with the use of options.
                </p>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">host</code>  [-aCdlnrsTwv] [-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em>] [-N <em class="replaceable"><code>ndots</code></em>] [-t <em class="replaceable"><code>type</code></em>] [-W <em class="replaceable"><code>timeout</code></em>] [-R <em class="replaceable"><code>retries</code></em>] [-m <em class="replaceable"><code>flag</code></em>] [-4] [-6]  <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em>  [<em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em>]</p></div>
<p>
                  For more information and a list of available commands and
                  options, see the <span class="command"><strong>host</strong></span> man
                  page.
                </p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p><span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span>
                  has two modes: interactive and
                  non-interactive. Interactive mode allows the user to
                  query name servers for information about various
                  hosts and domains, or to print a list of hosts in a
                  domain. Non-interactive mode is used to print just
                  the name and requested information for a host or
                  domain.
                </p>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">nslookup</code>  [-option...] [[<em class="replaceable"><code>host-to-find</code></em>] |  [- [server]]]</p></div>
<p>
                  Interactive mode is entered when no arguments are given (the
                  default name server is used) or when the first argument
                  is a
                  hyphen ("-") and the second argument is the host name or
                  Internet address
                  of a name server.
                </p>
<p>
                  Non-interactive mode is used when the name or Internet
                  address
                  of the host to be looked up is given as the first argument.
                  The
                  optional second argument specifies the host name or address
                  of a name server.
                </p>
<p>
                  Due to its arcane user interface and frequently inconsistent
                  behavior, we do not recommend the use of <span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span>.
                  Use <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span> instead.
                </p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title">
<a name="admin_tools"></a>Administrative Tools</h4></div></div></div>
<p>
            Administrative tools play an integral part in the management
            of a server.
          </p>
<div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
<dt>
<a name="named-checkconf"></a><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>named-checkconf</strong></span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
                  The <span class="command"><strong>named-checkconf</strong></span> program
                  checks the syntax of a <code class="filename">named.conf</code> file.
                </p>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkconf</code>  [-jvz] [-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em>] [<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>]</p></div>
</dd>
<dt>
<a name="named-checkzone"></a><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>named-checkzone</strong></span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
                  The <span class="command"><strong>named-checkzone</strong></span> program
                  checks a zone file for
                  syntax and consistency.
                </p>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">named-checkzone</code>  [-djqvD] [-c <em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em>] [-o <em class="replaceable"><code>output</code></em>] [-t <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em>] [-w <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em>] [-k <em class="replaceable"><code>(ignore|warn|fail)</code></em>] [-n <em class="replaceable"><code>(ignore|warn|fail)</code></em>] [-W <em class="replaceable"><code>(ignore|warn)</code></em>]  <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em>  [<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>]</p></div>
</dd>
<dt>
<a name="named-compilezone"></a><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>named-compilezone</strong></span></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>
                  This tool is similar to <span class="command"><strong>named-checkzone,</strong></span> but
                  it always dumps the zone content to a specified file
                  (typically in a different format).
                </p></dd>
<dt>
<a name="rndc"></a><span class="term"><span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span></span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
                  The remote name daemon control
                  (<span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span>) program allows the
                  system
                  administrator to control the operation of a name server.
                  If <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> is run without any
                  options,
                  it displays a usage message as follows:
                </p>
<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc</code>  [-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config</code></em>] [-s <em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em>] [-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em>] [-y <em class="replaceable"><code>key</code></em>]  <em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>  [<em class="replaceable"><code>command</code></em>...]</p></div>
<p>See <a class="xref" href="man.rndc.html" title="rndc"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">rndc</span></span>(8)</a> for details of
                  the available <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> commands.
                </p>
<p>
                  <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> requires a configuration file,
                  since all
                  communication with the server is authenticated with
                  digital signatures that rely on a shared secret, and
                  there is no way to provide that secret other than with a
                  configuration file.  The default location for the
                  <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> configuration file is
                  <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.conf</code>, but an
                  alternate
                  location can be specified with the <code class="option">-c</code>
                  option.  If the configuration file is not found,
                  <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> also looks in
                  <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.key</code> (or whatever
                  <code class="varname">sysconfdir</code> was defined when
                  the <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> build was
                  configured).
                  The <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> file is
                  generated by
                  running <span class="command"><strong>rndc-confgen -a</strong></span> as
                  described in
                  <a class="xref" href="Bv9ARM.ch06.html#controls_statement_definition_and_usage" title="controls Statement Definition and Usage">the section called &#8220;<span class="command"><strong>controls</strong></span> Statement Definition and
          Usage&#8221;</a>.
                </p>
<p>
                  The format of the configuration file is similar to
                  that of <code class="filename">named.conf</code>, but is
                  limited to
                  only four statements: the <span class="command"><strong>options</strong></span>,
                  <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>server</strong></span>, and
                  <span class="command"><strong>include</strong></span>
                  statements.  These statements are what associate the
                  secret keys to the servers with which they are meant to
                  be shared.  The order of statements is not
                  significant.
                </p>
<p>
                  The <span class="command"><strong>options</strong></span> statement has
                  three clauses:
                  <span class="command"><strong>default-server</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>default-key</strong></span>,
                  and <span class="command"><strong>default-port</strong></span>.
                  <span class="command"><strong>default-server</strong></span> takes a
                  host name or address argument and represents the server
                  that
                  is contacted if no <code class="option">-s</code>
                  option is provided on the command line.
                  <span class="command"><strong>default-key</strong></span> takes
                  the name of a key as its argument, as defined by a <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span> statement.
                  <span class="command"><strong>default-port</strong></span> specifies the
                  port to which
                  <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> should connect if no
                  port is given on the command line or in a
                  <span class="command"><strong>server</strong></span> statement.
                </p>
<p>
                  The <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span> statement defines a
                  key to be used
                  by <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> when authenticating
                  with
                  <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>.  Its syntax is
                  identical to the
                  <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span> statement in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
                  The keyword <strong class="userinput"><code>key</code></strong> is
                  followed by a key name, which must be a valid
                  domain name, though it need not actually be hierarchical;
                  thus,
                  a string like "<strong class="userinput"><code>rndc_key</code></strong>" is a valid
                  name.
                  The <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span> statement has two
                  clauses:
                  <span class="command"><strong>algorithm</strong></span> and <span class="command"><strong>secret</strong></span>.
                  While the configuration parser accepts any string as the
                  argument
                  to <span class="command"><strong>algorithm</strong></span>, currently only the strings
                  "<strong class="userinput"><code>hmac-md5</code></strong>",
                  "<strong class="userinput"><code>hmac-sha1</code></strong>",
                  "<strong class="userinput"><code>hmac-sha224</code></strong>",
                  "<strong class="userinput"><code>hmac-sha256</code></strong>",
                  "<strong class="userinput"><code>hmac-sha384</code></strong>",
                  and "<strong class="userinput"><code>hmac-sha512</code></strong>"
                  have any meaning.  The secret is a Base64-encoded string
                  as specified in RFC 3548.
                </p>
<p>
                  The <span class="command"><strong>server</strong></span> statement
                  associates a key
                  defined using the <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span>
                  statement with a server.
                  The keyword <strong class="userinput"><code>server</code></strong> is followed by a
                  host name or address.  The <span class="command"><strong>server</strong></span> statement
                  has two clauses: <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span> and <span class="command"><strong>port</strong></span>.
                  The <span class="command"><strong>key</strong></span> clause specifies the
                  name of the key
                  to be used when communicating with this server, and the
                  <span class="command"><strong>port</strong></span> clause can be used to
                  specify the port <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> should
                  connect
                  to on the server.
                </p>
<p>
                  A sample minimal configuration file is as follows:
                </p>
<pre class="programlisting">
key rndc_key {
     algorithm "hmac-sha256";
     secret
       "c3Ryb25nIGVub3VnaCBmb3IgYSBtYW4gYnV0IG1hZGUgZm9yIGEgd29tYW4K";
};
options {
     default-server 127.0.0.1;
     default-key    rndc_key;
};
</pre>
<p>
                  This file, if installed as <code class="filename">/etc/rndc.conf</code>,
                  allows the command:
                </p>
<p>
                  <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>rndc reload</code></strong>
                </p>
<p>
                  to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 953 and causes the name server
                  to reload, if a name server on the local machine is
                  running with
                  following controls statements:
                </p>
<pre class="programlisting">
controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1
            allow { localhost; } keys { rndc_key; };
};
</pre>
<p>
                  and it has an identical key statement for
                  <code class="literal">rndc_key</code>.
                </p>
<p>
                  Running the <span class="command"><strong>rndc-confgen</strong></span>
                  program
                  conveniently creates an <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code>
                  file, and also displays the
                  corresponding <span class="command"><strong>controls</strong></span>
                  statement needed to
                  add to <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
                  Alternatively,
                  it is possible to run <span class="command"><strong>rndc-confgen -a</strong></span>
                  to set up
                  an <code class="filename">rndc.key</code> file and not
                  modify
                  <code class="filename">named.conf</code> at all.
                </p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="signals"></a>Signals</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
          Certain Unix signals cause the name server to take specific
          actions, as described in the following table.  These signals can
          be sent using the <span class="command"><strong>kill</strong></span> command.
        </p>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col width="1.125in" class="1">
<col width="4.000in" class="2">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
                  <p><span class="command"><strong>SIGHUP</strong></span></p>
                </td>
<td>
                  <p>
                    Causes the server to read <code class="filename">named.conf</code> and
                    reload the database.
                  </p>
                </td>
</tr>
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<td>
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