Install BIND to configure DNS server which resolves domain name or IP address.
[1] Install BIND.
[root@futurelinux ~]# dnf install bind bind-utils -y
[2] Configure BIND.
[root@futurelinux ~]# vi /etc/named.conf
options {
listen-on port 53 { any; }; # change ( listen all )
listen-on-v6 port 53 { any; }; # change ( listen all )
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
secroots-file "/var/named/data/named.secroots";
recursing-file "/var/named/data/named.recursing";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
allow-query { any; };
allow-transfer { none; };
...
[3] Create the following files.
[root@futurelinux ~]# touch /var/named/data/cache_dump.db
[root@futurelinux ~]# touch /var/named/data/named.secroots
[root@futurelinux ~]# touch /var/named/data/named.recursing
[root@futurelinux ~]# touch /var/named/data/named_stats.txt
[root@futurelinux ~]# touch /var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt
[4] Set directory and file permissions.
[root@futurelinux ~]# chown named:named -R /var/named
[root@futurelinux ~]# chown named:named -R /run/named
[5] If SELinux is active, set up SELinux policies.
[root@futurelinux ~]# restorecon -R /var/named
[root@futurelinux ~]# restorecon -R /run/named
[6] Add the named service to startup services and start the service.
[root@futurelinux ~]# systemctl enable named
[root@futurelinux ~]# systemctl start named
[7] If firewalld is active, allow dns service.
[root@futurelinux ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=dns
success
[root@futurelinux ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success
