Chapter 2. Adding a Forward Master Zone

To add a forward master zone (also known as a primary master), click the New button, select Forward Master Zone, and enter the domain name for the master zone in the Domain name text area.

A new window as shown in Figure 2-1 will appear with the following options:

Figure 2-1. Adding a Forward Master Zone

A Primary Nameserver (SOA) must be specified, and at least one nameserver record must be specified by clicking the Add button in the Records section.

After configuring the Forward Master Zone, click OK to return to the main window as shown in Figure 1-1. From the pulldown menu, click Save to write the /etc/named.conf configuration file, write all the individual zone files in the /var/named directory, and have the daemon reload the configuration files.

The configuration creates an entry similar to the following in /etc/named.conf:

zone  "forward.example.com" { 
	type master; 
	file  "forward.example.com.zone"; 
};

It also creates the file /var/named/forward.example.com.zone with the following information:

$TTL 86400
@       IN      SOA     ns.example.com.  root.localhost (
                        2 ; serial
                        28800 ; refresh
                        7200 ; retry
                        604800 ; expire
                        86400 ; ttl
                        )


        IN      NS      192.168.1.1.