Chapter 2. Adding a Forward Master Zone

To add a forward master zone (also known as a primary master), click the Add button, select Forward Master Zone, and enter the domain name for the master zone in the Domain name text area.

A new window as shown in Figure 2-1 will appear with the following options:

Figure 2-1. Adding a Forward Master Zone

The configuration shown in Figure 2-1 creates the following entry in /etc/named.conf:

zone  "forward.example.com" { 
	type master; 
	file  "forward.example.com.zone"; 
};

It also creates the file /var/named/forward.example.com.zone with the following information:

$TTL 86400
@       IN      SOA     ns.example.com.  root.localhost (
                        2 ; serial
                        28800 ; refresh
                        7200 ; retry
                        604800 ; expire
                        86400 ; ttl
                        )


ns      IN      NS      1.2.3.4

After configuring the Forward Master Zone, click OK to return to the main window as shown in Figure 1-1. From the pulldown menu, choose File => Apply to write the /etc/named.conf configuration file, write all the individual zone files in the /var/named directory, and have the daemon reload the configuration files.