DNS BOSS CHEAT SHEET How to get your DNS primary up in about 15 minutes The following is a condensed cheat sheet/cook book showing how to build a DNS primary with DNS Boss in about the shortest amount of time possible. In most cases, you should be able to get your DNS primary up in about 15 minutes. * It is suggested that you try this out on a non-production machine first, then do it on a production machine. Installation for Solaris ________________________ Download as root and install it: # netscape http://www.dnsboss.com/register.shtml & # uncompress *.Z # tar xvf *.tar # ls DNSBoss # pkgadd -d . y y Installation for Linux ______________________ # netscape http://www.dnsboss.com/register.shtml & # gunzip *.gz # tar xvf *.tar # ./install.sh To run it for Solaris or Linux ______________________________ As root, run it: # /opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss Setup your DNS domain _____________________ * Preparation. For now, you can move the resolve.conf file out of the way: # mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf- # vi /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns * Add your site info into DNS Boss GUI: On the main GUI, put in all of the site info: Enter DNS domain (Example: bobspizza.com). Enter primary name (this machine) (Example: ns1.bobspizza.com). Enter email contact (Example: janedoe.bobspizza.com). Leave refresh, retry, expire, and minimum TTL at their defaults. Enter mail exchanger 1-4, (Example: mail.bobspizza.com). delete unused mail exchangers Delete secondary 1-4 for now. Select: "Save settings" button. Select: "Edit hosts", and add some IP's and i unqualified host names like the following example: 202.190.50.59 casper Select: "Update this domain" button. * Verify that it worked. # nslookup casper.bobspizza.com. Optional crontab entry to update DNS every 30 minutes: ______________________________________________________ # csh # setenv EDITOR /usr/ucb/vi # crontab -e 1,30 * * * * /opt/DNSBoss/bin/dnsboss_commandline > /dev/null 2>&1 You are done.
