Bind9 Notes - ipatch/dotfiles GitHub Wiki
Definitions
- BIND - Berkley Internet Name Domain
- Forward lookup - IP addresses to known names
- Reverse lookup - known names to IP addresses
Useful commands
To check the local named.conf file
named-checkconf /etc/bind/named.conf.local
To check the zones configuration file for errors
named-checkzone example.com /path/to/zone.example.com