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--- ubuntu:bind:configure_bind9 [2020/12/09 14:02] – peter
+++ ubuntu:bind:configure_bind9 [2020/12/09 16:06] (current) – peter
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 ===== Configuration Options =====
-BIND9 can be configure in many different ways, mostly:
+BIND9 can be configured in many different ways, mostly:
-  * **Caching nameserver:**  BIND9 will find the answer to name queries and remember the answer when the domain is queried again.
+  * **[[Ubuntu:Bind:Configure Bind9:Caching Nameserver|Caching Nameserver]]:**  BIND9 will find the answer to name queries and remember the answer when the domain is queried again.
-  * **Primary nameserver:**  BIND9 reads the data for a zone from a file on its host and is authoritative for that zone.
+  * **[[Ubuntu:Bind:Configure Bind9:Primary Nameserver|Primary Nameserver]]:**  BIND9 reads the data for a zone from a file on its host and is authoritative for that zone.
-  * **Secondary nameserver**  BIND9 gets the zone data from another nameserver that is authoritative for the zone.
+  * **[[Ubuntu:Bind:Configure Bind9:Secondary Nameserver|Secondary Nameserver]]:**  BIND9 gets the zone data from another nameserver that is authoritative for the zone.
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+===== Configuration Files =====
+The DNS configuration files are stored in **/etc/bind**.
+The primary configuration file is **/etc/bind/named.conf**, which in the layout provided by the package just includes these files.
+  * **/etc/bind/named.conf.options:**  Global DNS options.
+  * **/etc/bind/named.conf.local:**  For your zones.
+  * **/etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones:**  Default zones such as localhost, its reverse, and the root hints.
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  The root nameservers used to be described in the file **/etc/bind/db.root**.
+This is now provided instead by the **/usr/share/dns/root.hints** file shipped with the dns-root-data package, and is referenced in the **named.conf.default-zones** configuration file mentioned above.
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  BIND9 can be configured to be a caching name server, primary, and secondary at the same time: it all depends on the zones it is serving.
+A server can be the **Start of Authority (SOA)** for one zone, while providing secondary service for another zone.
+All the while providing caching services for hosts on the local LAN.
+</WRAP>