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Abstract
The BIND DNS Server module creates and edits domains, DNS records and BIND options for the 8.x and 9.x releases. BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol and provides an open, redistributable reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name System. A DNS server allows to associate a name to an IP address and vice versa. For example: www.mandrakesoft.com (“Name”) is associated to 63.209.80.236 (“Address”).
BIND is very useful for simple configurations, but there are a few differences between the 8.x end 9.x releases. However, you must be careful with this Webmin module because not all BIND 9.x options are supported yet. Hence, if you try to use the advanced options, you will have to look at the log files more carefully than with the other Webmin modules, in order to make sure BIND is working properly.
First of all, you must install the RPM package which contains the DNS server. The server we will use is BIND. The first thing to do is to install the three following packages: bind, bind-utils, and caching-nameserver.
In order to use the Webmin module, BIND DNS Server, you will have to select the Servers category and then the BIND DNS Server button (with the number 8 in the icon, not number 4).