Configure DNS

Objective

• Configure DNS on the server to be the authoritative source for the domain builab.ca

• Set up SVR-01 as the DNS Server

Process

Installing the DNS Role

• Under roles and Features select the DNS Server Role

Forward Lookup Zone

• Tools → DNS

• Configure Forward lookup zones to allow name → IP translation

• Add a new primary zone

• Go to properties of the SOA (Start of Authority) record

• Press edit and resolve to associate the ip of the server with the record

• Create an A record (Host Record) so the name of this machine can be recognized (SVR-01)

• Test nslookup:

Reverse Lookup Zone

• Configure Reverse lookup zone to resolve IP → Names

• In this lab the network is a /24 address 10.0.0.1

• Resolve the name server similar to the Forward Lookup Zone configuration

• Create reverse record (ptr)



 

Conclusion

• Validating with another PC on the network

• The DNS server is set to SVR-01

• Ping & Nslookup successful