I’ve never had a problem using yum and CentOS, you are right that the packages don’t tend to be latest and greatest. You can added repos that support CentOS 5/6 with the packages you are looking for, simplifying the process. My preference is still to use CentOS 5, the GNOME and KDE interfaces are both laughable on 6 (sad that the interface + packages have moved so closely to a desktop computer anymore). I’m not one to use the minimal install, but then again I selectively select the packages I desire to get the machine going and then add/remove software once it’s configured with an internet connection.
That One Guy, the honest and absolutely EASIEST way to setup BIND is grab CentOS 5, then install the Server package BIND. Additionally adding to the super-easiness, install a package called “system-config-bind”. You can use the search function to find it easy enough. Once everything is installed, go to terminal through the GUI and run “system-config-bind” by just typing and hit enter. It will bring up a pretty nifty and easy interface to allow you to customize a lot of your DNS server. Anything super-granular and you will need to run through manually editing config files, but this is enough to get brand new machines up and running. We don’t run a slave-master setup so I can’t help you there. Both of ours are listed as authorative caching open recursion servers (ie they are both Masters) with an ACL that allows only our 3 /22’s to talk to them via udp. AFAIK the package for system-config-bind is still non-existent as of this writing for CentOS 6. -Tim From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 4:10 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus I already have installed bind through webmin, it is a newer version, just by a couple revisions but the ubuntu one wont update any more its BIND version 9.8.2 I can manually add the slave zone and test the transfer it updates from the master, I just assumed I should be able to add it as another slave and have it populate all the way On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: You need a named.conf that defines the slave zones and the IP address of the master. But first step is to download/compile/install the latest version of BIND, it’s actually quite easy. I doubt you can get the version you want via yum update because CentOS is based on RHEL which is always a few steps behind. Given the DNS attacks, you want the latest BIND. You might then want to lock out the package from being updated by yum. From: That One Guy via Af<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 4:36 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus So Im at a new Centos with webmin fresh bind install. We have one master, one slave server I have never set up bind, this was done before me. If I were to take down the old slave server and bring this one up on its IP will the master update this one, or is there a config I need to move over. Im more comfotable doing the slave first. These are all webmin, but the original is ubuntu and the new is centos On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Paul Stewart via Af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: I always install CentOS bare bones …. “minimal server” is what the installation will call it. This way you can install whatever you like after installation and not worry about removing many dozen packages you don’t need… Just my preference anyways…. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:24 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus 2 questions in this 1. when running through the current centos installation, what do i select for the server type, for powercode it says select basic server 2. is there a guide for building dedicated centos servers based on server purpose? I assume there are packages I dont need to install if its only got this purpose On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Paul Stewart via Af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: CentOS+BIND+Webmin ☺ I can’t remember but Usermin might be the part you’re looking for specific to users updating their own DNS….. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 1:21 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus Is there a good, simple package for locally hosted DNS Servers for people like me who dont want to get too far into managing the linux at a granular level? we are used to the webmin interface. It would be nice if it had the option to set up client accounts for some clients to manage their own DNS but not view others, but thats in no way a deal breaker -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
