Brand new installation and trying to set up local DNS server but instead of wizard I get NetworkManager. Is there a wiki please.
Budge
Works the same for Leap.
OK will work through it although the new documentation seems slightly different.
My first question is that it seems I should use a fixed IP and lan (copper) connection to get started. Is that correct?
I ask because I am using DHCP wifi connection on laptop at present to keep things simple but just checking.
What do you mean by setting up a local DNS Server?
Do you really mean installing a BIND DNS server?
Or, do you really mean configuring your network settings to point to a remote DNS server?
If you mean setting up your own BIND server,
The question has to be asked, if you have some experience and understand basic concepts and objexts like zones, reverse lookup zones, TTL, different kinds of DNS records. If you have some understanding of those, you should be able to install the YaST DNS Server module, fill in the forms and be running in a few minutes.
If you are pretty much learning from scratch, then the SUSE documentation Knurpht pointed to or the following openSUSE documentation might be helpful
https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book.opensuse.reference/cha.dns.html
Or, you might find that a more in-depth guide might be helpful.
If you have questions about specific issues, go ahead and post…
TSU
Hi Tsu,
Your are right, I am not there yet. I had thought initially that with NFSv4 I needed local DNS set up but now I find NFSv4 is not needed so do not need to go into it now.
I do believe however that I should have local DNS set up correctly in anticipation of bigger network and small, business requirements. Not needed yet but plenty of reading required first. Thanks for the gentle help.
Regards,
Budgie
You may want to set up a new BIND DNS server only if your existing DNS doesn’t support the name resolution you need.
And, even then if you only need a very special name resolution only within the machine you’re working on, you may prefer to simply add an entry to your /etc/hosts file.
If you have questions about setting up NFS or something else and you can’t find a reliable guide,
Try to describe in detail to the best of your ability what you want to set up, and then post.
TSU
Hi Tsu,
I have had to implement significant changes both on machines and working practices and had to look again at NFS.
I came across the warning:-
Important: Need for DNS In principle, all exports can be made using IP addresses only. To avoid timeouts, you need a working DNS system. DNS is necessary at least for logging purposes, because the mountd daemon does reverse lookups.
Which brought me back to this thread and my need to start over.
I am not sure what a working DNS system means in this context but I believe what is required here is for working within our local lan and not necessarily going to the wan. Obviously DNS outwith our local network is taken care of by router & UTM.
All I need at present is a correctly configured NFS connection between machines on same network with all the appropriate security measures dealt with correctly.
I shall do some more homework and seek help when I get stuck. Just resurrecting the threads and cleaning my own cobwebs!
My reading of that is that you need to be able to resolve local hostnames. As such I would not set up a local DNS but would use either a hosts file with a fixed IP network for local names which isn’t great but will work - maybe reserve a small block of IPs outside the DHCP range that you can self administer. Alternatively do what I did in my router (a Draytek). I bound critical machines with fixed but not specific IP addresses in the router’ DHCP server and added the bound addresses to the DNS forwarder in the router. This worked great for the half dozen machines I needed. Obviously different routers will have different capabilities.
Hi and thanks for the suggestion. OK I shall stick with the simple host method as at least I now have my notes reasonably up to date although hostnames may need checking. Not sure what to do with machines which are on DHCP.
Am now deep in the mire of NFS which now pushes me towards NFSv4 and more reading.
Head hurting.
See if you can make the DHCP server always give the same IP address. Often referred to as Bind. Then use that address in the hosts file.
Hi and thanks. I think I can ensure that all the “fixed” machines will be on static IPs. It will be the laptops and other mobile devices which might cause problems but our subnet discipline is now much improved. Am working on it.
Budge.