{"id":637,"date":"2019-12-20T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelstoica.com\/?p=637"},"modified":"2020-03-18T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T10:00:19","slug":"ubuntu-dns-server-for-vmware-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelstoica.com\/site\/ubuntu-dns-server-for-vmware-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu DNS Server for VMware environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was rebuilding\u00a0my homelab from scratch , I thought that would be a good idea to setup the DNS server for my VMware environment on a Ubuntu server.<\/p>\n

So I installed Ubuntu server on a VM and after the installation finished I did a\u00a0sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade\u00a0<\/em> and then installed BIND to configure DNS\u00a0sudo apt-get install bind9.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once installed go to\u00a0\/etc\/bind<\/em> and here add the zone in\u00a0named.conf.local<\/em><\/p>\n

\/\/<\/p>\n

\/\/ Do any local configuration here
\n\/\/<\/p>\n

\/\/ Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your
\n\/\/ organization
\n\/\/include “\/etc\/bind\/zones.rfc1918”;
\nzone “mdc.local”{
\ntype master;
\nfile “\/etc\/bind\/zones\/mdc.local.db”;
\n};
\nzone “1.168.192.in-addr.arpa”{
\ntype master;
\nfile “\/etc\/bind\/zones\/rev.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa”;
\n};<\/p>\n

Now you need to create the zone files:<\/p>\n

mkdir\u00a0\/etc\/bind\/zones<\/em><\/p>\n

vim \/etc\/bind\/zones\/mdc.local.db<\/em><\/p>\n

vim \/etc\/bind\/zones\/rev.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This is how it should look like:<\/p>\n

mdc.local.db<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ 1D IN SOA srv-dns.mdc.local. hostmaster.mdc.local. (
\n2002022401 ; serial
\n3H ; refresh
\n15 ; retry
\n1w ; expire
\n3h ; minimum
\n)
\nmdc.local. IN NS srv-dns.mdc.local.<\/p>\n

srv-dns IN A 192.168.1.10
\nvcsa IN A 192.168.1.20
\nesxi01 IN A 192.168.1.17
\nesxi02 IN A 192.168.1.18
\nesxi03 IN A 192.168.1.19<\/p>\n

rev.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ IN SOA srv-dns.mdc.lab.local. admin.mdc.local. (
\n2006081401;
\n28800;
\n604800;
\n604800;
\n86400;
\n)<\/p>\n

IN NS srv-dns.mdc.local
\n10 IN PTR mdc.local
\n20 IN PTR vcsa.mdc.local
\n17 IN PTR esxi01.mdc.local
\n18 IN PTR esxi02.mdc.local
\n19 IN PTR esxi03.mdc.local<\/p>\n

After you configured these you will have to edit\u00a0\/etc\/resolv.conf\u00a0<\/em>as well to add your domain name and IP:<\/p>\n

nameserver 192.168.1.10
\nsearch mdc.local<\/p>\n

Now since all the configuration is done you will need to restart BIND using service bind9 restart.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I was rebuilding\u00a0my homelab from scratch , I thought that would be a good idea to setup the DNS server for my VMware environment…<\/p>\n

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