MyDNS to Bind on CentOS 5.4 x64

I'm using CentOS 5.4 64bit, i have found that there is problem with MyDNS (transfer data to seconrady DNS). I try to install MyDNS-NG but it donot support 64bit mysql-devel i think (it is error when make).

So i back to my old love - bind (i'm get used to it a little bit because i use openbsd and it is there rock solid with nice chroot).

The question is how to make it work.
First what i have found is info in the archive with ispconfig - /docs/INSTALL_CENTOS_5.4_dovecot_bind.txt.

So i made every step from that file, but i think something may be wrong there (last step do not work, because bind is searching for file, that is not made with steps, so i made file myself - named.conf.local).

After that named start to work.
Then i made changes in ispconfig control panel, in system->services->dns (i put correct path to the files there), after that i made "manual update" from here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44277.
And here are the questions now:
How to make old DNS entries from ispconfig work with new DNS server?
Will ISPConfig automatically generate correct files for named, or do i have to make them myself from null?
How can i know that ISPConfig noticed change of DNS server and start to work with it. and if there are problems connecting ISPConfig with new DNS server app, where can i find logs for that?
Thanks for any answer

 

Could you post the output of 'ls' or 'dir' from your bind directory?

Thanks

Marty

 

Hello and thank You for anstwers!

Code:

# cd /var/named/
# ls -a
.  ..  chroot  data  slaves
# cd chroot/
# ls -a
.  ..  dev  etc  proc  var
# cd etc
# ls -a
.  ..  localtime  named.conf  named.conf.local  rndc.key
# cd ..
# cd var
# ls -a
.  ..  log  named  run  tmp
# cd named
# ls -a
.  ..  chroot  data  named.local  named.root  slaves

Well i did that already, i did manual update with services reconfiguration, i said that

Isn't that same what can i find in /var/log/messages ?
I'm asking if ISPConfig make log of it's own operations. For example when i make new DNS zone, when can i find if the file were made fine, or there was error, or when add new user, when can i find what changes ISPConfig did in the system?

Then please correct /docs/INSTALL_CENTOS_5.4_dovecot_bind.txt file, because it asks to run BIND without that file, and it will not work without it, and people like me do not know if it;s good or bad, and why.

Best Regards

Update:
My system->DNS settings are:
BIND user: root
BIND Group: named (there is no user or group "bind" in the system)
BIND zonefiles directory: /var/named/chroo/var/named
BIND named.conf path: /var/named/chroo/etc/named.conf
/var/named/chroo/etc/named.conf.local

 

Please anyone help
How to make named working with ispconfig on centos 5.4 x64.
Did anyone try this and get working?
Can anyone tell me steps one by one?

 

I enabled DEBUG mode, and it helped a lot.
I did have typo in the path settings.
Well i fixed it and now there is another problem.
I changed some DNS zones and ispconfig generate all files, but:
1) there was no allow transfer in named.conf.local
and i have find out that someone create dns zone, but without any data in it, so i deleted this dns zone and... named wasn;t refreshed anymore.
I enabled DEBUG mode again and what i have found was:

2010-06-04 14:22 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already a lockfile set. Waiting another 10 seconds...
2010-06-04 14:22 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already a lockfile set. Waiting another 10 seconds...
2010-06-04 14:22 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already a lockfile set. Waiting another 10 seconds...
2010-06-04 14:22 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already an instance of server.php running. Exiting.
2010-06-04 14:21 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already a lockfile set. Waiting another 10 seconds...
2010-06-04 14:21 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already a lockfile set. Waiting another 10 seconds...
2010-06-04 14:21 hosting.xxx.de Debug There is already a lockfile set. Waiting another 10 seconds...

So what i have made was:
# rm -f /usr/local/ispconfig/server/temp/.ispconfig_lock && /usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.php
04.06.2010-14:18 - DEBUG - Set Lock: /usr/local/ispconfig/server/temp/.ispconfig_lock
04.06.2010-14:18 - DEBUG - Found 8 changes, starting update process.
04.06.2010-14:18 - DEBUG - Call function 'soa_delete' in plugin 'bind_plugin' raised by event 'dns_soa_delete'.
#

What to do next? I think it cannot delete SOA from file or something?

 

Thanks, now it started to work, but still no allow-transfer in named.conf.local.
For example:

Code:

zone "somedomain.tld" {
        type master;
        file "/var/named/chroot/var/named/pri.somedomain.tld";
};

I think there should be

Code:

zone "somedomain.tld" {
        type master;
        file "/var/named/chroot/var/named/pri.somedomain.tld";
        allow-transfer { 123.123.123.123; };
        notify yes;

};

How can i fix this? Without that there is error like:
Jun 4 16:17:30 hosting named[12465]: client 123.123.123.123#4987: query 'somedomain.tld/SOA/IN' denied

Some TIP for any other that will read it.
Add port 953 in firewall settings of ISPConfig, without it
# /etc/init.d/named status
rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refused

 

The problem was another documentation mistake (file INSTALL_CENTOS_5.4_dovecot_bind.txt).

There is info what to paste into the named.conf file, and there is line:
[code[ allow-query { localhost; };[/code].
It is blocking connection between anything (like secondary dns or any dns queries from outside). After i excluded this line in config files, it started to work correctly.
Well i still think it should use notify and allow transfer options, but at least it works