Installation Procedure for BIND in Ubuntu

1. Install bind with the command given below

apt-get install bind9 bind9utils

2. Open /etc/bind/ folder to modify named.conf.options and named.conf configuration files.
3. Modify the named.conf.options file with the command

vim named.conf.options

4. Check whether these parameters are uncommented as shown below-

dnssec-validation no; listen-on {127.0.0.1;};

auth-nxdomain no; # conform to RFC1035

//listen-on-v6 { any; };

5. Modify the named.conf file with this command

vim named.conf

6. Add the below line at the end of the file

include "/etc/bind/safesquid.dns.conf";

7. Restart the bind9 service with the command given below.

/etc/init.d/bind9 restart

• Starting domain name service... bind9

[ OK ]