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BIND9 / DNS Server Installation

This will configure split DNS. This will allow you to create a local DNS zone “scottworld.net” which will handle all local requests. It will be an extension of scottworld.net which is the registered domain. Requests for scottworld.net hosts (and other traffic) that are not local are forwarded out to the internet.

Install bind.

apt install bind9

Shut down the service for configuration

systemctl stop bind9.service

Update bind to use IP 4 addresses only

This will prevent a whole bunch of IP6 fails and your log filling up.

nano /etc/default/named

Add / edit the following lines

#
# run resolvconf?
RESOLVCONF=no

# startup options for the server
OPTIONS="-u bind -4"

Define the zones for the local domain

We will now edit named.conf.local and set up the zones we are using for DNS.

sudo nano /etc/bind/named.conf.local

Add a zones and their location for the local domain and the access rights. Here we define 2 zones, a forward and reverse zone.

include "/etc/bind/rndc.key";

zone "scottworld.net" {
        type master;
        file "/var/lib/bind/zones/db.scottworld.net";
        check-names ignore;
        allow-update { key rndc-key; };
        
};

zone "3.10.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        file "/var/lib/bind/zones/db.10.3";
        check-names ignore;
        allow-update { key rndc-key; };
};

Set up a Zones Folder

Create a zone folder to host the zone files in /var/lib/bind/

mkdir /var/lib/bind/zones

Configure the local forward lookup zone

nano /var/lib/bind/zones/db.scottworld.net

Here we also add to STATIC hosts as A records (contained in the zone file)

$ORIGIN .
$TTL 604800     ; 1 week
scottworld.net          IN SOA  solaris.scottworld.net. mark.scottworld.net. (
                                1          ; serial
                                604800     ; refresh (1 week)
                                86400      ; retry (1 day)
                                2419200    ; expire (4 weeks)
                                604800     ; minimum (1 week)
                                )
                        NS      solaris.scottworld.net.
                        A       10.3.200.1
$ORIGIN scottworld.net.
amazon-5f60112a9        A       10.3.50.13
amazon-c01e642c8        A       10.3.50.12
asteriod                A       10.3.101.2
BackCam                 A       10.3.50.31
Chromecast              A       10.3.50.14
comet                   A       10.3.200.3
cyd                     A       10.3.50.24
ddhomerun               A       10.3.50.1
Dining-main             A       10.3.50.5
Dining-uplighter1       A       10.3.50.17
Dining-uplighter2       A       10.3.50.18
DoorBell                A       10.3.50.32
envoy                   A       10.3.50.2
FrontCam                A       10.3.50.30
gateway                 A       10.3.1.1
HotWaterRelay           A       10.3.50.33
ipPhone                 A       10.3.50.40
Landing-main            A       10.3.50.10
Lounge-colin            A       10.3.50.21
Lounge-floor            A       10.3.50.16
Lounge-larry            A       10.3.50.15
Lounge-main             A       10.3.50.4
mame                    A       10.3.50.20
mars                    A       10.3.200.2
mimas                   A       10.3.101.3
MiniR2                  A       10.3.50.23
mqtt                    CNAME   mars
patio                   A       10.3.50.6
porch                   A       10.3.50.7
PowerCord               A       10.3.50.19
printer                 A       10.3.101.100
roku                    A       10.3.50.9
saturn                  A       10.3.101.1
scottcloud              CNAME   solaris
scotthome               CNAME   solaris
scottscreen             A       10.3.50.3
solaris                 A       10.3.200.1
WAPLoft                 A       10.3.1.2
WAPLounge               A       10.3.1.3
wiki                    CNAME   scottworrs.cluster020.hosting.ovh.net.
wikimin                 CNAME   solaris
www                     CNAME   scottworrs.cluster020.hosting.ovh.net.
yamaha                  A       10.3.50.8

Configure the local reverse lookup zone

nano /var/lib/bind/zones/db.10.3
$ORIGIN .
$TTL 604800     ; 1 week
3.10.in-addr.arpa       IN SOA  solaris.scottworld.net. mark\@scottworld.net. (
                                1          ; serial
                                604800     ; refresh (1 week)
                                86400      ; retry (1 day)
                                2419200    ; expire (4 weeks)
                                604800     ; minimum (1 week)
                                )
                        NS      solaris.scottworld.net.
$ORIGIN 1.3.10.in-addr.arpa.
1                       PTR     gateway.scottworld.net.
2                       PTR     WAPLoft.scottworld.net.
3                       PTR     WAPLounge.scottworld.net.

$ORIGIN 50.3.10.in-addr.arpa.
1                       PTR     ddhomerun.scottworld.net.
10                      PTR     Landing-main.scottworld.net.
12                      PTR     amazon-c01e642c8.scottworld.net.
13                      PTR     amazon-5f60112a9.scottworld.net.
14                      PTR     Chromecast.scottworld.net.
15                      PTR     Lounge-larry.scottworld.net.
16                      PTR     Lounge-floor.scottworld.net.
17                      PTR     Dining-uplighter1.scottworld.net.
18                      PTR     Dining-uplighter2.scottworld.net.
19                      PTR     PowerCord1.scottworld.net.
2                       PTR     envoy.scottworld.net.
20                      PTR     mame.scottworld.net.
21                      PTR     Lounge-colin.scottworld.net.
23                      PTR     MiniR2.scottworld.net.
24                      PTR     cyd.scottworld.net.
3                       PTR     scottscreen.scottworld.net.
30                      PTR     FrontCam.scottworld.net.
31                      PTR     BackCam.scottworld.net.
32                      PTR     DoorBell.scottworld.net.
33                      PTR     HotWaterRelay.scottworld.net.
4                       PTR     Lounge-main.scottworld.net.
40                      PTR     ipPhone.scottworld.net.
5                       PTR     Dining-main.scottworld.net.
6                       PTR     patio.scottworld.net.
7                       PTR     porch.scottworld.net.
8                       PTR     yamaha.scottworld.net.
9                       PTR     roku.scottworld.net.

$ORIGIN 100.3.10.in-addr.arpa.

$ORIGIN 101.3.10.in-addr.arpa.
1                       PTR     saturn.scottworld.net.
100                     PTR     printer.scottworld.net.
2                       PTR     asteroid.scottworld.net.
3                       PTR     mimas.scottworld.net.

$ORIGIN 200.3.10.in-addr.arpa.
1                       PTR     solaris.scottworld.net.
2                       PTR     mars.scottworld.net.
3                       PTR     comet.scottworld.net.

; also list other computers

Allow the openVPN network to used locally cached DNS entries

nano named.conf.options

add these lines to the options file.

allow-query-cache { localnets; 10.3.0.0/16; };
allow-recursion { localnets; 10.3.0.0/16; };

Set folder permissions and test

Set the permissions on the folder / zone files so BIND can write to them.

chown bind:bind /var/lib/bind/zones -R
chmod 770 /var/lib/bind/zones
chmod 660 /var/lib/bind/zones/*

Restart BIND

systemctl start bind9.service

Test that the dns lookups works with the local server:

dig @10.3.200.1 google.com

The response should be:

root@solaris:~# dig google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36080
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 11, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.                    IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.69
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.65
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.71
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.70
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.73
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.78
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.66
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.68
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.67
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.64
google.com.             32      IN      A       173.194.34.72

;; Query time: 1412 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.3.1#53(192.168.3.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 30 10:15:47 2012
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 204

Test that the reverse lookup works:

host 10.3.200.1

Response:

root@solaris:/var/lib/bind/zones# host 10.3.200.1
1.200.3.10.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer solaris.
1.200.3.10.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer solaris.local.

REMEMBER 'Do not forget to update the serial every time you make any changes to a zone file.'

To make a change to DNS.

rndc freeze <zone you want to freeze>
nano /var/lib/bind/zones/<file you want to change>
Make sure you update the serial number
rndc thaw <zone you want to unfreeze>

Update Netplan to use yourself as DNS

nano /etc/netplan/00-solaris.yaml

Change the nameserver to yourself 10.3.200.1

netplan apply