Hi all, this is probably a very easy one but after spending some time looking ? I have setup the latest ISPConfig on debian as per the instructions. I have added a DNS Zone for my domain name. Now for any A records I have created, they work ok except for the server name part eg: if I do a nslookup www.mydomain.com *** Can't find server name for address 10.50.65.1: Query refused Server: UnKnown Address: 10.50.65.1 The rest of the reply will work for the www.mydomain.com. And the 2nd part is - I cannot querry any domain outside of the zones I have created, eg I cannot do a nslookup google.co.nz.
Make sure that you have working external dns servers listed in the /etc/resolv.conf file for external lookups. the mydns server itself answers only requests for local domains.
Ok so would it be best then to install dnscache to run along side MyDNS ? The reason I want a dns cache is that I could have over 1000 customers using my servers as DNS servers and therefore it would need to be able to answer any querry for any domain. Do you think that dnscache would be the best way to go under these circumstances ?
dnscache should be fine. to be able to run dnscache beside mydns, configure dnscache to listen only on 127.0.0.1 and then reconfigure mydns to listen only on your external IP addresses except of 127.0.0.1
Hi, thanks for your replies. I have read in the forum that both MyDNS and Bind are supported in ISPConfig3.0.2. I am running 3.0.2 so I am thinking that I should remove MyDNS and install Bind, so that I will have a DNS Cache and resolver. If I do this will the DNS tab in ISPConfig still work so I can add names and ip's etc... Is there a doc somewhere that I should follow, or do I just lookup how to install Bind and go for it ?
yes. Download the ispconfig 3.0.2.1 tar.gz, inside there is a docs folder which contains some guides that include the setup of BIND.
Hi, ok so I have build a new box and this time I am using Bind. The Bind dns querries ok to anything on the internet but if I make a new dns zone in the gui of ispconfig3 it ignores it and goes straight to the web. I have looked into the files and it is creating the files ok but doesn't seem to be using them. I created a test domain as per Till's examples in another post. They create ok and the file appears in the /etc/bind/pri.mydoman.tld, the file is referenced in /etc/named.conf.local. All seems ok but when I run dig @127.0.0.1 mydomain.tld ns2:~# dig @127.0.0.1 mydomain.tld ; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P3 <<>> @127.0.0.1 mydomain.tld ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 28003 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mydomain.tld. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 10283 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2010052901 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 1 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Sun May 30 14:07:36 2010 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 105 and also nslookup mydomain.tld. 127.0.0.1 ns2:~# nslookup mydomain.tld. 127.0.0.1 Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 ** server can't find mydomain.tld.: NXDOMAIN And here is a look for an external domian nslookup google.co.nz. 127.0.0.1 ns2:~# nslookup google.co.nz. 127.0.0.1 Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.co.nz Address: 66.102.7.104 Name: google.co.nz Address: 66.102.7.99 Any help would be appreciated, been trying now for some time.
Hi all, ignore my last message - I had a typo in the name and it is now all working. I have a cache dns server and a master server in one (Bind9)
