HOW TO: Install BIND DNS 9.2 with RNDC Controls
I recently got BIND 9.2 compiled and running with RNDC controls under MAC OS X 10.1.3
Since BIND 9.2 uses the new RDNC controls instead of sending HUP signals to named or ndc I have written this HOW TO just for BIND 9.2. Please note that these instructions for section 3 and 4 WILL NOT work with previous versions of BIND (like 8.2) There are plenty of HOW TO's on the net if you need help with those versions.
Please also take note that I wrote this HOW TO to configure BIND to be a master server for a domain. I use this to host my own domain for testing stuff with Apache.
Oh and last thing, make sure you can use "sudo" or you won't get very far in this HOW TO
This whole install and config will take you a long time so block off some time before trying it out
The following HOW TO is split into six sections:
Section 1 - Configure, compile, and install
Section 2 - Creating zone data files
Section 3 - Creating the named conf file
Section 4 - Creating the RNDC config file and generating keys
Section 5 - Starting and controlling the BIND server
Section 6 - Making the BIND server start automatically on system startup
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I recently got BIND 9.2 compiled and running with RNDC controls under MAC OS X 10.1.3
Since BIND 9.2 uses the new RDNC controls instead of sending HUP signals to named or ndc I have written this HOW TO just for BIND 9.2. Please note that these instructions for section 3 and 4 WILL NOT work with previous versions of BIND (like 8.2) There are plenty of HOW TO's on the net if you need help with those versions.
Please also take note that I wrote this HOW TO to configure BIND to be a master server for a domain. I use this to host my own domain for testing stuff with Apache.
Oh and last thing, make sure you can use "sudo" or you won't get very far in this HOW TO
This whole install and config will take you a long time so block off some time before trying it out
The following HOW TO is split into six sections:
Section 1 - Configure, compile, and install
Section 2 - Creating zone data files
Section 3 - Creating the named conf file
Section 4 - Creating the RNDC config file and generating keys
Section 5 - Starting and controlling the BIND server
Section 6 - Making the BIND server start automatically on system startup
--> Commands are shown in blue colors
--> Code is shown in red colors and quotes
---> Names of files are shown in green colors