Simple DNS server (was Re: [nzlug] mdadm and lvm on a live distro?)

[Warren]

I've seen and utilised simple tools like this before ... However, I would
question whether webmin would do the trick for you?

I have a separate box here acting as my main DNS server - I simply setup
bind, webmin and the webmin module for bind and have been accessing it via a
browser no problems...

And, after managing DNS zone files by hand, it certainly works extremely
simply.  When I want to manage my zone, I simply point my web browser at:
ns.deity.net.nz ...

As you grow or your requirements for DNS change, webmin does have extra bits
in there.

HTH,
Warren.


On 2007/03/9 15:04, "Nevyn" <nevynh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was using it at one stage but it only seemed to work half the time.
> Never looked into why it seemed so unreliable. It's always vexed me
> why no one's written a simple gui to add hosts to a bind style dns
> server.
> 
> I.e. enter in an ip address, a domain name and the purpose of the
> machine/connection (I.e. mail, general etc.) and write a zones file if
> it's not already there, append to a zones file if it is there, do the
> same for the reverse lookup side of things etc.
> 
> On 3/9/07, Howard <howard-nzlug at fox.co.nz> wrote:
>> on 8/03/2007 1:00 a.m. Nevyn wrote:
>>> Then there's always the other little fun bit - making sure I
>>> have a DNS server somewhere so that I don't have to remember silly
>>> 'lil numbers. This is definitely something I don't wanna have to do as
>>> they always seem so full blown and ugly. I.e. all I want to do is say
>>> "This is the name, map it to this ip addy" and be done with it.
>> 
>> Hi Nevyn
>> 
>> check out Dnsmasq, which comes with IPCop, DD-WRT and other small
>> firewall type distros.
>> 
>> http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
>> 
>> It is a simple DNS proxy & dhcp server in one which serves a local
>> /etc/hosts to the network so you don't have to manage local hosts files.
>> 
>> You can see how simple the setup is in this howto:
>> http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/print.php/3377351
>> 
>> cheers
>> Howard
>> 

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