Successfully Configured a DNS Server On Linux (Fedora 12)

Recently, I successfully configured a DNS server on my Fedora 12 Linux box. It took me weeks of reading and watching DNS related materials and tutorials. I had to watch Webmin videos on youtube and read up on Bind-9 manuals. During the course of the task, at times it got pretty frustrating because to my surprise, there isn't a one-stop tutorial on the Internet on how to setup a DNS Server. I had to read several sources scattered around all over the Internet. Every tutorial that I read seemed to be either incomplete or had a very limited scope. Anyway, in the end I got it to work and it felt really good after all was done. Even though I got it to work, it still needs a bit of tweaks here and there. I'll finish with those tweaks by next week.

After setting up DNS, I managed to configure the DHCP server as well. Configuring a DHCP server is a cake walk compared to configuring a DNS server on Fedora Core 12.

All the effort and time that went into researching DNS servers gave me an idea. Since there isn't a good tutorial available on the Internet to setup a DNS server, I thought I might write one up and publish it on my blog for personal references. It might also help out others who want to setup a DNS server on their own personal network just as I have. Just thinking about the scope of this task I know will require quite a significant amount of time.