Install and Configure Secondary (Slave) BIND DNS Server – RHEL 6 – CentOS 6
After we have installed BIND as a master DNS server (centos01) (as explained in my recent video), we can now set up a secondary DNS server (centos02) with BIND on CentOS. centos02 acts as a backup if there are problems with centos01. This tutorial will show you how to setup and configure Secondary (Slave) BIND DNS Server on RHEL 6.x or CentOS 6.x Note: centos01.linuxlab.local is Primary (Master) DNS server for linuxlab.local domain We'll make centos02.linuxlab.local ( 192.168.0.22) as secondary dns server for linuxlab.local domain Steps: 1. Define centos02 as Name Server in the primary zone 2. Install bind on other server 3. Configure /etc/named.conf on centos02 (secondary dns server) 4. Allow zone transfer to only our secondary dns server in primary dns server allow-transfer { 192.168.0.22; }; 5. start…