Creating a caching-only name server is the most basic type of BIND configuration. This configuration is the main building block for more advanced BIND configurations. Students will learn to configure a caching-only name server and test name resolution with the `nslookup` command.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Log in to the lab server with the `cloud_user` and issue `sudo -i` to gain root access.
$ ssh cloud_user@<"provided lab server IP"> Password:$ sudo -i [sudo] password for cloud_user: # # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023- Install the `bind` and `bind-utils` packages.
# yum install -y bind bind-utils- Verify the `named` configuration for `localhost`. Then check the configuration for syntax errors with the `named-checkconf` command.
# cat /etc/named.conf# named-checkconf- Start and enable the `named` service.
# systemctl start named # systemctl enable named- Run a DNS query against the DNS server defined in `/etc/resolv.conf`. Next, run a DNS query against `localhost`.
# nslookup google.com# nslookup google.com localhost
