On Sunday, October 11, 2015 10:43:01 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 11/10/2015 10:18, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Sunday, October 11, 2015 09:35:39 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 11/10/2015 04:13, James wrote: > >>> Howdy, > >>> > >>> So I now have (5) statics and a fiber feed, with lots of room to grow. > >>> > >>> I need to setup DNS primary/secondary systems on gentoo. So right now > >>> I'm > >>> looking for a suggested list of packages to install with Bind, iptables > >>> and > >>> DNSSEC-tools as these (2) gentoo dns servers will only run the minimum > >>> packages to operate securely? > >> > >> auth or cache? > >> > >> First of all, bind is a pain to use. Reason: it's actually a reference > >> implementation that as usual got forced into production use. It's slower > >> than it could be because it deals with every possible corner case per > >> RFC. > >> > >> As an auth server (few queries) it's OK > >> As a cache (many queries), there are better servers out there. I prefer > >> unbound. > > > > As it is related to this thread, which server would people recommend when > > the DNS records are to be found in a database? > > Reason I am asking: > > I want to set up a lab environment with VMs coming and going. > > These all need to have hostname/mac/ip stored and configured correctly. > > I don't understand.
<snipped part about ARP tables> > Perhaps detail more what you are trying to accomplish? What I do currently: Edit Bind zone-files and enter IP / Hostname combinations Edit DHCP config file and enter MAC / IP / Hostname combinations (And hope these actually match and not contain typos) What I want to do: In a database I have a table with the following fields: MAC, IP, Hostname, domain xx:xx:xx:xx:xx , 1.2.3.4 , vmobi1114node1 , vm1.lab.example.com I want the DNS server to use the IP, Hostname and domain fields for the resolving. I want the DHCP server to use all the fields for the DHCP assignments. -- Joost
