← Back to branch summary

~kim0/serverguide/serverguide-review-ch19

« back to all changes in this revision

Viewing changes to build/serverguide/C/dns-references.html

  • Committer: Matthew East
  • Date: 2011-05-03 07:11:18 UTC
  • Revision ID: mdke@ubuntu.com-20110503071118-081aatibsr9k2yqy
Add files from ubuntu-docs natty branch, trim to use only those necessary for serverguide

Show diffs side-by-side

added added

removed removed

Lines of Context:
build/serverguide/C/dns-references.html
 
1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 
2
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
3
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 
4
  <head xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 
5
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
 
6
    <title xmlns="">References</title>
 
7
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../libs/ubuntu-book.css" type="text/css" />
 
8
    <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Ubuntu Server Guide" />
 
9
    <link rel="up" href="dns.html" title="Chapter 7. Domain Name Service (DNS)" />
 
10
    <link rel="prev" href="dns-troubleshooting.html" title="Troubleshooting" />
 
11
    <link rel="next" href="security.html" title="Chapter 8. Security" />
 
12
    <link rel="copyright" href="legal.html" title="Credits and License" />
 
13
  </head>
 
14
  <body>
 
15
    <div id="round">
 
16
      <img id="topcap" alt="" src="https://help.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntunew/img/cap-top.png" />
 
17
      <div id="layout" class="container clear-block">
 
18
        <script xmlns="" src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
19
        <script xmlns="" type="text/javascript">
 
20
_uacct = "UA-1018242-8";
 
21
urchinTracker();
 
22
</script>
 
23
        <div id="header">
 
24
          <div id="logo-floater">
 
25
            <h1>
 
26
              <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com" title="Ubuntu Documentation">
 
27
                <img alt="Ubuntu" id="logo" src="https://help.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntunew/img/logo.png" />
 
28
              </a>
 
29
            </h1>
 
30
          </div>
 
31
          <noscript>
 
32
            <form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box">
 
33
              <div>
 
34
                <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="003883529982892832976:e2vwumte3fq" />
 
35
                <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />
 
36
                <input type="text" name="q" size="27" />
 
37
                <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />
 
38
              </div>
 
39
            </form>
 
40
          </noscript>
 
41
          <script>
 
42
 document.write('<form action="https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html" id="cse-search-box">');
 
43
 document.write('  <div>');
 
44
 document.write('    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />');
 
45
 document.write('    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="003883529982892832976:e2vwumte3fq" />');
 
46
 document.write('    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />');
 
47
 document.write('    <input type="text" name="q" size="27" />');
 
48
 document.write('    <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" />');
 
49
 document.write('  </div>');
 
50
 document.write('</form>');
 
51
</script>
 
52
          <div id="sitename">
 
53
            <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/">
 
54
              <img alt="Official Documentation" src="https://help.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntunew/img/help-about.png" />
 
55
              <span>Official Documentation</span>
 
56
            </a>
 
57
          </div>
 
58
        </div>
 
59
        <div id="page">
 
60
          <div id="content">
 
61
            <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu Documentation</a> &gt; <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04">Ubuntu 11.04</a> &gt; <span class="breadcrumb-link"><a href="index.html">Ubuntu Server Guide</a></span> &gt; <span class="breadcrumb-link"><a href="dns.html">Domain Name Service (DNS)</a></span> &gt; <span class="breadcrumb-node">References</span></div>
 
62
            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="sect1" title="References">
 
63
              <div class="titlepage">
 
64
                <div>
 
65
                  <div>
 
66
                    <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="dns-references"></a>References</h2>
 
67
                  </div>
 
68
                </div>
 
69
              </div>
 
70
              <div class="sect2" title="Common Record Types">
 
71
                <div class="titlepage">
 
72
                  <div>
 
73
                    <div>
 
74
                      <h3 class="title"><a id="dns-record-types"></a>Common Record Types</h3>
 
75
                    </div>
 
76
                  </div>
 
77
                </div>
 
78
                <p>
 
79
          This section covers some of the most common DNS record types.
 
80
          </p>
 
81
                <div class="itemizedlist">
 
82
                  <ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
 
83
                    <li class="listitem">
 
84
                      <p>
 
85
              <span class="emphasis"><em>A</em></span> record: This record maps an IP Address to a hostname.
 
86
              </p>
 
87
                      <pre class="programlisting">
 
88
www      IN    A      192.168.1.12
 
89
</pre>
 
90
                    </li>
 
91
                    <li class="listitem">
 
92
                      <p>
 
93
              <span class="emphasis"><em>CNAME</em></span> record: Used to create an alias to an existing A record. You cannot create a CNAME record pointing to another CNAME record.
 
94
              </p>
 
95
                      <pre class="programlisting">
 
96
web     IN    CNAME  www
 
97
</pre>
 
98
                    </li>
 
99
                    <li class="listitem">
 
100
                      <p>
 
101
              <span class="emphasis"><em>MX</em></span> record: Used to define where email should be sent to. Must point to an A record, not a CNAME.
 
102
              </p>
 
103
                      <pre class="programlisting">
 
104
        IN    MX  1   mail.example.com.
 
105
mail    IN    A       192.168.1.13
 
106
</pre>
 
107
                    </li>
 
108
                    <li class="listitem">
 
109
                      <p>
 
110
              <span class="emphasis"><em>NS</em></span> record: Used to define which servers serve copies of a zone. It must point to an A record, not a CNAME.
 
111
              This is where Primary and Secondary servers are defined.
 
112
              </p>
 
113
                      <pre class="programlisting">
 
114
        IN    NS     ns.example.com.
 
115
        IN    NS     ns2.example.com.
 
116
ns      IN    A      192.168.1.10
 
117
ns2     IN    A      192.168.1.11
 
118
</pre>
 
119
                    </li>
 
120
                  </ul>
 
121
                </div>
 
122
              </div>
 
123
              <div class="sect2" title="More Information">
 
124
                <div class="titlepage">
 
125
                  <div>
 
126
                    <div>
 
127
                      <h3 class="title"><a id="dns-more-info"></a>More Information</h3>
 
128
                    </div>
 
129
                  </div>
 
130
                </div>
 
131
                <div class="itemizedlist">
 
132
                  <ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
 
133
                    <li class="listitem">
 
134
                      <p>
 
135
          The <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html" target="_top">DNS HOWTO</a> explains more advanced options for configuring BIND9.
 
136
          </p>
 
137
                    </li>
 
138
                    <li class="listitem">
 
139
                      <p>
 
140
              For in depth coverage of <span class="emphasis"><em>DNS</em></span> and <span class="application"><strong>BIND9</strong></span> see <a class="ulink" href="http://www.bind9.net/" target="_top">Bind9.net</a>.
 
141
          </p>
 
142
                    </li>
 
143
                    <li class="listitem">
 
144
                      <p>
 
145
          <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns5/index.html" target="_top">DNS and BIND</a> is a popular book now in it's fifth edition.
 
146
          </p>
 
147
                    </li>
 
148
                    <li class="listitem">
 
149
                      <p>
 
150
              A great place to ask for <span class="application"><strong>BIND9</strong></span> assistance, and get involved with the Ubuntu Server community,
 
151
          is the <span class="emphasis"><em>#ubuntu-server</em></span>  IRC channel on  <a class="ulink" href="http://freenode.net" target="_top">freenode</a>.
 
152
              </p>
 
153
                    </li>
 
154
                    <li class="listitem">
 
155
                      <p>
 
156
          Also, see the <a class="ulink" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIND9ServerHowto" target="_top">BIND9 Server HOWTO</a> in the Ubuntu Wiki.
 
157
          </p>
 
158
                    </li>
 
159
                  </ul>
 
160
                </div>
 
161
              </div>
 
162
            </div>
 
163
          </div>
 
164
          <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navfooter">
 
165
            <hr />
 
166
            <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer">
 
167
              <tr>
 
168
                <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dns-troubleshooting.html"><img src="../../libs/navig/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> </td>
 
169
                <td width="20%" align="center">
 
170
                  <a accesskey="u" href="dns.html">
 
171
                    <img src="../../libs/navig/up.png" alt="Up" />
 
172
                  </a>
 
173
                </td>
 
174
                <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="security.html"><img src="../../libs/navig/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
 
175
              </tr>
 
176
              <tr>
 
177
                <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Troubleshooting </td>
 
178
                <td width="20%" align="center">
 
179
                  <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">
 
180
                    <img src="../../libs/navig/home.png" alt="Home" />
 
181
                  </a>
 
182
                </td>
 
183
                <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 8. Security</td>
 
184
              </tr>
 
185
            </table>
 
186
          </div>
 
187
          <hr />
 
188
          <div id="footer">
 
189
            <div id="ubuntulinks">
 
190
              <p>The material in this document is available under a free license, see <a href="/legal.html">Legal</a> for details<br />
 
191
        For information on contributing see the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam">Ubuntu Documentation Team wiki page</a>. To report a problem, visit the <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs">bug page for Ubuntu Documentation</a></p>
 
192
            </div>
 
193
          </div>
 
194
          <div id="bottomcap">
 
195
            <img src="https://help.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntunew/img/cap-bottom.png" alt="" />
 
196
          </div>
 
197
        </div>
 
198
      </div>
 
199
    </div>
 
200
  </body>
 
201
</html>