DNS
This article is a step-by-step guide
to creating a Domain Name System (DNS) zone for a new domain.
Note This article does not apply to Active Directory-integrated DNS
zones. For additional information about how to setup DNS for Active Directory
in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, click the following article numbers to view
the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816101/ )
HOWTO: Convert DNS Primary Server to
Active Directory Integrated
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323418/ )
HOW TO: Integrate DNS with an Existing
DNS Infrastructure If Active Directory Is Enabled in Windows Server 2003
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324753/
)
HOW TO: Create an Active Directory
Server in Windows Server 2003
How to
Create a Forward Lookup Zone
To create a new forward lookup zone:
1. Start the DNS snap-in. To do this, click Start, point to Administrative
Tools, and then click DNS.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Right-click Forward Lookup Zones, and then click New Zone.
The New Zone Wizard starts. Click Next to continue.
4. Click Primary zone to create a master copy of the new zone. Click Next.
5. In the Name box, type the name of the zone (for example, type _tcp.example.com, and then click Next.
NOTE: This name is typically the same as the DNS suffix of the host
computers for which you want to create the zone.
6. On the Zone File page, accept the default file name for the new
zone file, and then click Next.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Finish.
The new zone is listed under Forward
Lookup Zones in the DNS tree.
How to Modify the Forward Lookup Zone Properties
To modify or verify the zone
properties:
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Forward Lookup Zones.
4. Under Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want
(for example, example.com), and then click Properties.
5. In the Allow
dynamic updates list, click Yes.
6. Click the Start of
Authority (SOA) tab.
7. In the Responsible
person box, type the e-mail address that
you want (in the format of "username.domain.com"). For example, if
the e-mail address is support@example.com, type support.example.com.
8. Click Apply, and then click OK.
How to Create a Reverse Lookup Zone
To create a new reverse lookup zone:
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Reverse Lookup Zones.
4. Right-click Reverse Lookup Zones, and then click New Zone.
The New Zone Wizard starts. Click Next to continue.
5. Click Primary zone, and then click Next.
6. In the Network ID box, type the network ID. For example, type 192.168.0, and then click Next.
NOTE: The network ID is that portion of the TCP/IP address that pertains
to the network. For additional information about TCP/IP networks, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164015/EN-US/
)
Understanding TCP/IP Addressing and Subnetting Basics
7. On the Zone File page, click Next
8. Click Next.
9. Click Finish.
The new zone is listed under Reverse
Lookup Zones in the DNS tree.
How to Modify the Reverse Lookup Zone
Properties
To modify or verify the zone
properties:
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Reverse Lookup Zones.
4. Under Reverse Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want
(for example, 102.168.0.x
Subnet), and then click Properties.
5. In the Allow
dynamic updates list, click Yes.
6. Click the Start of
Authority (SOA) tab.
7. In the Responsible
person box, type the e-mail address that
you want (in the format of "username.domain.com"). For example, if
the e-mail address is support@example.com, type support.example.com.
8. Click Apply, and then click OK.
NOTE: When you create the forward and reverse lookup zones, the DNS service
automatically creates an "A" record for the DNS server. However, it
does not create a PTR record, or reverse lookup record, for the DNS server.
To create a PTR record for the DNS server:
1. Right-click the reverse lookup zone (for example, 192.168.0.x Subnet), and then click New Pointer (PTR).
2. In the Host IP
number box, type the host portion of the
DNS server IP address. For example, if the DNS server is on a "C" class
network and has an IP address of 192.168.0.10, the host portion of the IP
address is 10. In this case, type 10.
3. In the Host name box, type the host name of the DNS server. For example, type dnsserv.example.com.
4. Click OK.
How to Create a Host Record
To create a host or "A"
record:
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Forward Lookup Zones.
4. Under Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want
(for example, example.com), and then click New Host
(A).
5. In the Name (uses
parent domain name if blank) box, type the name
of the host that you want to add. For example, if you want to add a host record
for a Web server, type www.
6. In the IP address box, type the IP address of the host that you want to add. For example,
type 192.168.0.100.
7. Select the Create associated pointer (PTR) record check box, and then click Add Host. You receive a message
similar to the following:
The host record www.example.com was successfully created.
Click OK.
8. When you are finished adding hosts, click Done.
How to Add a
CNAME
A CNAME (or "Canonical
Name") is an alias or an additional host name that is resolved to the IP
address of an existing host computer in the DNS namespace. For example, if you
use the same computer as both a Web server and an FTP server, you may want to
resolve both the WWW host name and the FTP host name to the same IP address.
Using a CNAME, you can resolve both names to the same IP address.
To create a CNAME:
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Forward Lookup Zones.
4. Under Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want
(for example, example.com), and then click New Alias
(CNAME).
5. In the Alias name box, type the alias that you want. For example, type ftp.
6. In the Fully
qualified name (FQDN) for target host box, type the fully qualified host name of the host computer that you
want. For example, type www.example.com, and then click OK.
How to Add an MX Record
An MX (or "Mail Exchanger")
record is used to identify a host computer as a Simple Mail Transport Protocol
(SMTP)/Post Office Protocol (POP3) server. To add an MX record, follow these
steps. Note that you must first create the "A" record for the mail
server host.
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Forward Lookup Zones.
4. Right-click the zone that you want (for example, example.com), and then click New Mail Exchanger (MX).
5. In the Fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) of mail server box, type the fully qualified domain name of the host computer that
acts as the mail server. For example, type mail.example.com.
6. Click OK.
How to Add a
Name Server
To identify an additional name
server:
1. Start the DNS snap-in.
2. Click the DNS Server object for your server in the left pane of the
console, and then expand the server object to expand the tree.
3. Expand Forward Lookup Zones.
4. Under Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want
(for example, example.com), and then click Properties.
5. Click the Name Servers tab, and then click Add.
6. In the Server fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) box, type the host
name of the server that you want to add. For example, type namesvr2.example.com.
7. In the IP address box, type the IP address of the Name server that you want to add (for
example, type 192.168.0.22), and then click Add.
8. Click OK, and then click OK to return to the DNS window.
9. Expand Reverse Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want,
and then click Properties.
10. Click the Name Servers tab, and then click Add.
11. In the Server fully
qualified domain name (FQDN) box, type the host
name of the server that you want to add. For example, type namesvr2.example.com.
12. In the IP address box, type the IP address of the Name server that you want to add (for
example, type 192.168.0.22), and then click Add.
13. Click OK, and then click OK again to return to the DNS
window.
For additional information, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323417/
)
HOW TO: Integrate Windows Server 2003
DNS with an Existing DNS Infrastructure in Windows Server 2003
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323380/
)
HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet
Access in Windows Server 2003
For additional information about
installing and configuring DNS, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172953/
)
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(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238797/
)
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