Secondary DNS Server

Objective Configure a Secondary DNS server that automatically replicates DNS zones from the Primary DNS server using zone transfers (AXFR). Environment Virtualization: VirtualBox OS: ( 1 Primary DNS Server VM + 1 Secondary DNS Server + 1 Web Server VM + 1 Client VM) Network Topology Prerequisites This lab builds upon the following previous labs: Private DNS Infrastructure with BIND9 Hosting Multiple Websites on One Server Using Nginx The following components are assumed to already be configured: ...

July 9, 2026 · 2 min

Private DNS Infrastructure with BIND9

Private DNS Infrastructure with BIND9 Objective Build a private DNS infrastructure using BIND9 where: A DNS server resolves names in the company.lab domain. A web server hosts a website. A client uses the DNS server to locate and access the web server. Environment Virtualization: VirtualBox OS: ( 1 DNS Server VM + 1 Web Server VM + 1 Client VM) Network Topology Phase 1 - Configure DNS Server Step 1 - Install BIND9 and verify sudo apt update sudo apt install bind9 bind9-utils dnsutils sudo systemctl status named/bind9 ss -tulnp | grep 192.168.10.10:53 ...

July 2, 2026 · 1 min