ISPConfig Local DNS server settings (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Hi there,

I have just completed the install of ISP config on my local server and everything is running very smooth. I would like to create websites locally without having to edit my pc host file every time I set up a local site on my server. I also want all of the pc's on my network to go via this server.

How is this possible I am very new to DNS so some light reading would be great thanks in advance for you response.

 

*Bump*

Sorry wondered if this is possible?

 

You must create a local DNS server and then use it in your router settings so that the router tells the client PCs (via DHCP) to use that nameserver.

You can use the DNS module in ISPConfig to create DNS zones.

 

thanks for your reply.

How would I check that the setting I have put into ISP config are running correctly?

 

OK so I set up a Zone and when I do a nslookup of the domain on the the server I get the following error:

eden@eden:/etc/bind$ nslookup eden.local
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.1, trying next server
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.1, trying next server
Server: ::1
Address: ::1#53

** server can't find eden.local: SERVFAIL

When I do an NSLookup of the IP I get the following:

eden@eden:/etc/bind$ nslookup 192.168.0.3
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

** server can't find 3.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN

###################################################

Not sure where I am going wrong here? Screenshots of my zone page attached.

 

you should have a file pri.eden.local in your /etc/bind/ folder , check if it's there

 

Thanks for your reply.

Yes it is there it contains the following:

#######################################

$TTL 3600
@ IN SOA ns1.eden.local. [email protected]. (
2012062702 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
7200 ; refresh, seconds
540 ; retry, seconds
604800 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds
;

eden.local. 3600 A 192.168.0.3
eden.local. 3600 MX 10 mail.eden.local.
eden.local. 3600 NS ns1.eden.local.
eden.local. 3600 NS ns2.eden.local.
mail 3600 A 192.168.0.3
www 3600 A 192.168.0.3

 

can you post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf ?
also is your bind/named service started ?

 

the etc/resolv.conf

Yes the bind name service is running, but to be sure I just done a "sudo service bind9 start"...

 

the first entry in your resolv.conf should be

Code:

nameserver 127.0.0.1

check your /etc/network/interfaces and make sure there is an entry like

Code:

dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1

do a network restart

Code:

/etc/init.d/networking restart

it should work now

 

Thanks for your reply, where do I change the resolv.conf as when I change it directly it rests back to the above value?

 

as far as i know in /etc/network/interfaces you specify the order of the nameservers with
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.3 ... , and after a network restart is should update the /etc/resolv.conf with the values in order specified in /etc/network/interfaces .
if this doesn't work for you check /etc/network/run/eth0 or something like that
you can read more about this here http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/

 

Thanks for your posts, I am still getting the following error:

 

how about

Code:

nslookup www.eden.local 

does it give you the same error?

 

Yes same error

 

can you post the contents of the files named.conf and pri.eden.local ?
i'm trying to reproduce the error on a test server (ubuntu 12.04+ispconfig3) but it just doesn't happen

 

Thanks your help its appriciated.

this is my /etc/bind/named.conf

this is the /etc/bind/named.conf.local

This is the /etc/bind/pri.eden.local

 

you don't have an A record for ns1 , you can solve this by adding a record like this

Code:

ns1 3600 A 192.168.0.3

or replace

Code:

eden.local. 3600 NS ns1.eden.local.

with

Code:

eden.local. 3600 NS eden.local.

or something else your server will respond to ... like localhost

 

Thanks that worked a treat. But I cant seem to be able add sub domains to different sites. For example:

testing.eden.local

 

Also my /etc/bind/pri.eden.local is getting overwritten on reboot?