Building a Local DNS Server

In this guide we will be covering building a BIND9 DNS server on Ubuntu 19.10 Server. For more information about Berkeley Internet Named Domain visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIND We utilized this DNS Server for the installation of VCSA since it requires DNS (if you want less headaches).
Step 1: Install BIND9
sudo -i
apt-get install bind9
# verify the service is running once the install is complete
Step 2: Basic Configuration
edit /etc/bind/named.conf.local Replace "domain" with the name of your domain
//
// Do any local configuration here
//
// Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your
// organization
//include "/etc/bind/zones.rfc1918";
zone "AJ.labz"{
type master;
//file "/etc/bind/zones/db.domain.com";
file "/etc/bind/zones/db.aj.labz
};
//reverse lookup zone
zone "3.2.1.in-addr.arpa" {
type master;
//file "/etc/bind/zones/rev.db.in-addr.arpa";
file "/etc/bind/zones/db.50.24.10";
};
Now create the “zones” directory as specified above
mkdir /etc/zones
cd /etc/zones
create the files as specified above
touch /etc/zones/db.aj.labz
touch /etc/zones/db.50.24.10
edit /etc/zones/db.aj.labz
$TTL 900
@ IN SOA ns1.aj.labz. admin.aj.labz. (
1 ;<serial-number>
900 ;<time-to-refresh>
900 ;<time-to-retry>
604800 ;<time-to-expire>
900 ) ; <minimum-TTL>
;List Nameservers
IN NS ns1.aj.labz.
IN NS ns2.aj.labz.
;address to name mapping
esxi.aj.labz. IN A 10.24.50.100
vsphere.aj.labz. IN A 10.24.50.101
ns1.aj.labz. IN A 10.24.50.2
ns2.aj.labz. IN A 10.24.50.2
edit /etc/zones/db.50.24.10
$TTL 900
@ IN SOA ns1.aj.labz. admin.aj.labz. (
2 ;<serial-number>
900 ;<time-to-refresh>
900 ;<time-to-retry>
604800 ;<time-to-expire>
900) ;<minimum-TTL>
; name servers
IN NS ns1.aj.labz.
IN NS ns2.aj.labz.
; PTR Records
101.50 IN PTR vsphere.aj.labz. ; 10.24.50.101
100.50 IN PTR esxi.aj.labz. ; 10.24.50.100
restart BIND9 to enforce the changes
/etc/init.d/bind9 restart
Step 3: Test DNS Server
nslookup 10.24.50.100 10.24.50.2
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