How To Configure Bind as a Caching and Forwarding DNS Server

[glenn0]

I currently am using WHM with a standard BIND setup but would like to run a namecache in the form of a caching resolver using BIND.

I have found an excellent 'how to' here: https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...hing-or-forwarding-dns-server-on-ubuntu-14-04 , but it doesn't seem to apply to my current WHM/BIND setup.

Can anybody point me in the right direction to set this up please?

Thank you.

 

[lx24]

Hi,

What is your named.conf configuration?

 

[glenn0]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, although I'm unsure what you are asking, sorry. My WHM/BIND setup is the default setup if that helps?

If I refer to the howto I mentioned above, should I be following what it says but using named.conf instead of named.conf.options it mentions?

Again, thank you for any help with this.

 

[lx24]

I guess you have centos. You have to add the code in your named.conf file,

listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; any; };
allow-query     { localhost; any; };
allow-query-cache       { localhost; any; };

Um ,you can refer : http://www.tecmint.com/install-caching-only-dns-server-in-centos/

Note that you should not do installation part, since BIND already installed by cpanel.. Just refer the configurations

 

[glenn0]

I guess you have centos. You have to add the code in your named.conf file,

listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; any; };
allow-query     { localhost; any; };
allow-query-cache       { localhost; any; };

Um ,you can refer : http://www.tecmint.com/install-caching-only-dns-server-in-centos/

Note that you should not do installation part, since BIND already installed by cpanel.. Just refer the configurations

Thank you very much - everything seems to be working fine. The initail query is obviously slower, but all subsequent requests are instant, which is what I was looking for.

Regards.

 

[lx24]

Happy to help

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

I am happy to see you were able to implement this custom workaround. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.