Thursday, December 28, 2017

domain name system - Windows DNS as secondary to BIND Master



Could someone please explain to me the process of setting up DNS on Windows Server 2008 as a secondary to a BIND DNS Master.



The BIND master is setup and operating correctly as a Nameserver.




I'm trying to setup DNS in Windows Server 2008 to act as a secondary DNS nameserver, but when I attempt to transfer the zone data to the slave, Windows DNS gives me the following error:



"Zone Not Loaded by DNS Server - The DNS server encountered a problem while trying to load the zone. The transfer of zone data from the master server failed."



I think this might be because the BIND maser is not configured for zone transfers, however I read somewhere: "The default behaviour is to allow zone transfers to any host."



I am not too familiar with BIND, I've only used Windows DNS in the past.



Does anyone know where I might be going wrong, what I can do to fix this or explain to me how to setup the 2 servers correctly.



Answer



Add the ip address, or the host name of your Windows DNS server to the allow-transfer list. For example: allow-transfer { 10.10.10.10; }.



Make sure your firewall does not interfere.


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