NA Lesson - 22

Deploying DNS Servers (Part-1)

Installing a DNS Server

To install a DNS server, complete the following steps:

1. Insert the Windows Server 2003 installation CD-ROM into the computer on which you want to install a DNS server.

2. Verify that you have assigned the computer a static address.

3. Click Start and then click Manage Your Server to open the Manage Your Server page.

4. Click Add Or Remove A Role.

5. On the Preliminary Steps page of the Configure Your Server Wizard, follow the instructions, and then click Next.

6. On the Configuration Options page, select the Custom Configuration option, and click Next.

7. On the Server Role page, select DNS Server in the Server Role list, and then click Next.

8. In the Summary Of Selections page, click Next. When the DNS server component has finished installing, the Configure A DNS Server Wizard appears.

9. To configure the DNS server you have just installed, follow the prompts and accept all default settings to complete the Configure A DNS Server Wizard.

Configuring a DNS Server

To run or rerun the Configure A DNS Server Wizard after the DNS Server service is installed, right-click the server you want to configure in the DNS console tree, and then select Configure A DNS Server. This process is shown in Figure

Creating Zones

To create forward and reverse lookup zones right-click either the Forward Lookup Zones folder or the Reverse Lookup Zones folder, and then select New Zone, as shown in Figure

Zone Types

The New Zone Wizard allows you to configure the server’s role in each of its zones.

These roles include the following:

■ Primary In this kind of zone, the zone data provides the original source data for all domains in the zone. Zone data can be backed up from this zone to a secondary zone.

■ Secondary This kind of zone is an authoritative backup zone for the primary zone or for other secondary zones.

■ Stub This server hosts a stub zone, which is a copy of a zone containing only those resource records necessary to identify the authoritative DNS servers for the master zone.

Q. Discuss how to install a DNS server. Briefly discuss the configuration concepts related to DNS.