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DNS and BIND: Create a Caching Name Server

Creating a caching name server is the most basic BIND configuration. This configuration is the main building block for other more advanced BIND configurations. Students will learn to configure a caching name server and test name resolution with the `nslookup` command.

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Level

Beginner

Duration

15m

Published

Oct 18, 2019

Challenge

Install the bind and bind-utils Packages
```
$ yum install -y bind bind-utils
```
Challenge

Verify the named Configuration for localhost
```
$ cat /etc/named.conf
```
Challenge

Check the named Configuration with the named-checkconf Command
```
$ named-checkconf
```

Challenge

Start and Enable the named Service

$ systemctl start named
$ systemctl enable named

Challenge

Test that Records are Returned for google.com Using the /etc/resolv/conf and the localhost Name Server Configurations
```
$ nslookup google.com
$ nslookup google.com localhost
```

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