<section id="d2-configuration">
<title>Configuring the DHCP-DDNS Server</title>
<para>
- Before staring <command>kea-dhcp-ddns</command> module for the
+ Before staring <command>kea-dhcp-ddns</command> module for the
first time, a configuration file needs to be created. The following default
- configuration seems reasonable in most cases:
+ configuration seems reasonable in most cases:
<screen>
<userinput>"DhcpDdns": {
"ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
"ncr_format": "JSON",
"tsig_keys": [ ],
"forward_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [ ]
+ "ddns_domains": [ ]
},
"reverse_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [ ]
+ "ddns_domains": [ ]
}
}</userinput>
</screen>
The configuration can be divided as follows, each of which is described
in its own section:
</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>Global Server Parameters</command> —
- values which control connectivity and global server behavior
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>TSIG Key Info</command> —
- defines the TSIG keys used for secure traffic with DNS servers
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>Forward DDNS</command> —
- defines the catalog of Forward DDNS Domains
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>Reverse DDNS</command> —
- defines the catalog of Forward DDNS Domains
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>Global Server Parameters</command> —
+ values which control connectivity and global server behavior
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>TSIG Key Info</command> —
+ defines the TSIG keys used for secure traffic with DNS servers
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>Forward DDNS</command> —
+ defines the catalog of Forward DDNS Domains
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>Reverse DDNS</command> —
+ defines the catalog of Forward DDNS Domains
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<section id="d2-server-parameter-config">
- <title>Global Server Parameters</title>
+ <title>Global Server Parameters</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>
ip_address - IP address on which D2 listens for requests. The default is
message.
</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para>
- D2 must listen for change requests on a known address and port. By
- default it listens at 127.0.0.1 on port 53001. The following example
- illustrates how to change D2's global parameters so it will listen
- at 192.168.1.10 port 900:
+ <para>
+ D2 must listen for change requests on a known address and port. By
+ default it listens at 127.0.0.1 on port 53001. The following example
+ illustrates how to change D2's global parameters so it will listen
+ at 192.168.1.10 port 900:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
<userinput>"ip_address": "192.168.1.10",
...
}
}</screen>
- </para>
- <warning>
- <simpara>
- When the DHCP-DDNS server is configured to listen at an address
- other than the loopback address (127.0.0.1 or ::1), it is possible
- for a malicious attacker to send bogus NameChangeRequests to it
- and change entries in the DNS. For this reason, addresses other
- than the IPv4 or IPv6 loopback addresses should only be used
- for testing purposes. A future version of Kea will implement
- authentication to guard against such attacks.
- </simpara>
- </warning>
+ </para>
+ <warning>
+ <simpara>
+ When the DHCP-DDNS server is configured to listen at an address
+ other than the loopback address (127.0.0.1 or ::1), it is possible
+ for a malicious attacker to send bogus NameChangeRequests to it
+ and change entries in the DNS. For this reason, addresses other
+ than the IPv4 or IPv6 loopback addresses should only be used
+ for testing purposes. A future version of Kea will implement
+ authentication to guard against such attacks.
+ </simpara>
+ </warning>
<note>
<simpara>
If the ip_address and port are changed, it will be necessary to change the
</section> <!-- "d2-server-parameter-config" -->
<section id="d2-tsig-key-list-config">
- <title>TSIG Key List</title>
- <para>
- A DDNS protocol exchange can be conducted with or without TSIG
- (defined in <ulink url="http://tools.ietf/org/html/rfc2845">RFC
- 2845</ulink>). This configuration section allows the administrator
- to define the set of TSIG keys that may be used in such
- exchanges.</para>
+ <title>TSIG Key List</title>
+ <para>
+ A DDNS protocol exchange can be conducted with or without TSIG
+ (defined in <ulink url="http://tools.ietf/org/html/rfc2845">RFC
+ 2845</ulink>). This configuration section allows the administrator
+ to define the set of TSIG keys that may be used in such
+ exchanges.</para>
- <para>To use TSIG when updating entries in a DNS Domain,
- a key must be defined in the TSIG Key List and referenced by
- name in that domain's configuration entry. When D2 matches a
- change request to a domain, it checks whether the domain has
- a TSIG key associated with it. If so, D2 will use that key to
- sign DNS update messages sent to and verify responses received
- from the domain's DNS server(s). For each TSIG key required by
- the DNS servers that D2 will be working with there must be a
- corresponding TSIG key in the TSIG Key list.</para>
+ <para>To use TSIG when updating entries in a DNS Domain,
+ a key must be defined in the TSIG Key List and referenced by
+ name in that domain's configuration entry. When D2 matches a
+ change request to a domain, it checks whether the domain has
+ a TSIG key associated with it. If so, D2 will use that key to
+ sign DNS update messages sent to and verify responses received
+ from the domain's DNS server(s). For each TSIG key required by
+ the DNS servers that D2 will be working with there must be a
+ corresponding TSIG key in the TSIG Key list.</para>
- <para>
- As one might gather from the name, the tsig_key section of the
- D2 configuration lists the TSIG keys. Each entry describes a
- TSIG key used by one or more DNS servers to authenticate requests
- and sign responses. Every entry in the list has three parameters:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>name</command> —
- a unique text label used to identify this key within the
- list. This value is used to specify which key (if any) should be
- used when updating a specific domain. So long as it is unique its
- content is arbitrary, although for clarity and ease of maintenance
- it is recommended that it match the name used on the DNS server(s).
- It cannot be blank.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>algorithm</command> —
- specifies which hashing algorithm should be used with this
- key. This value must specify the same algorithm used for the
- key on the DNS server(s). The supported algorithms are listed below:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <command>HMAC-MD5</command>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <command>HMAC-SHA1</command>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <command>HMAC-SHA224</command>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <command>HMAC-SHA256</command>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <command>HMAC-SHA384</command>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <command>HMAC-SHA512</command>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- This value is not case sensitive.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>secret</command> —
- is used to specify the shared secret key code for this key. This value is
- case sensitive and must exactly match the value specified on the DNS server(s).
- It is a base64-encoded text value.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- As an example, suppose that a domain D2 will be updating is
- maintained by a BIND9 DNS server which requires dynamic updates
- to be secured with TSIG. Suppose further that the entry for
- the TSIG key in BIND9's named.conf file looks like this:
+ <para>
+ As one might gather from the name, the tsig_key section of the
+ D2 configuration lists the TSIG keys. Each entry describes a
+ TSIG key used by one or more DNS servers to authenticate requests
+ and sign responses. Every entry in the list has three parameters:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>name</command> —
+ a unique text label used to identify this key within the
+ list. This value is used to specify which key (if any) should be
+ used when updating a specific domain. So long as it is unique its
+ content is arbitrary, although for clarity and ease of maintenance
+ it is recommended that it match the name used on the DNS server(s).
+ It cannot be blank.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>algorithm</command> —
+ specifies which hashing algorithm should be used with this
+ key. This value must specify the same algorithm used for the
+ key on the DNS server(s). The supported algorithms are listed below:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <command>HMAC-MD5</command>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <command>HMAC-SHA1</command>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <command>HMAC-SHA224</command>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <command>HMAC-SHA256</command>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <command>HMAC-SHA384</command>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <command>HMAC-SHA512</command>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ This value is not case sensitive.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>secret</command> —
+ is used to specify the shared secret key code for this key. This value is
+ case sensitive and must exactly match the value specified on the DNS server(s).
+ It is a base64-encoded text value.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ As an example, suppose that a domain D2 will be updating is
+ maintained by a BIND9 DNS server which requires dynamic updates
+ to be secured with TSIG. Suppose further that the entry for
+ the TSIG key in BIND9's named.conf file looks like this:
<screen>
:
key "key.four.example.com." {
};
:
</screen>
- By default, the TSIG Key list is empty:
+ By default, the TSIG Key list is empty:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
<userinput>"tsig_keys": [ ]</userinput>,
}
</screen>
- We must extend the list with a new key:
+ We must extend the list with a new key:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
"tsig_keys": [
<userinput> {
- "name": "key.four.example.com",
+ "name": "key.four.example.com",
"algorithm": "HMAC-SHA224",
"secret": "bZEG7Ow8OgAUPfLWV3aAUQ=="
- }</userinput>
+ }</userinput>
],
...
}
</screen>
- </para>
+ </para>
- <para>These steps would be repeated for each TSIG key needed. Note that
- the same TSIG key can be used with more than one domain.</para>
+ <para>These steps would be repeated for each TSIG key needed. Note that
+ the same TSIG key can be used with more than one domain.</para>
</section>
- <!-- "d2-tsig-key-list-config" -->
+ <!-- "d2-tsig-key-list-config" -->
<section id="d2-forward-ddns-config">
- <title>Forward DDNS</title>
- <para>
- The Forward DDNS section is used to configure D2's forward update
- behavior. Currently it contains a single parameter, the catalog of
- forward DDNS Domains, which is a list of structures.
+ <title>Forward DDNS</title>
+ <para>
+ The Forward DDNS section is used to configure D2's forward update
+ behavior. Currently it contains a single parameter, the catalog of
+ forward DDNS Domains, which is a list of structures.
<screen>
<userinput>"DhcpDdns": {
"forward_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [ ]
+ "ddns_domains": [ ]
},
...
}</userinput>
</screen>
- By default, this list is empty, which will cause the server to ignore
- the forward update portions of requests.
- </para>
- <section id="add-forward-ddns-domain">
- <title>Adding Forward DDNS Domains</title>
- <para>
- A forward DDNS Domain maps a forward DNS zone to a set of DNS servers
- which maintain the forward DNS data for that zone. You will need one
- forward DDNS Domain for each zone you wish to service. It may very
- well be that some or all of your zones are maintained by the same
- servers. You will still need one DDNS Domain per zone. Remember that
- matching a request to the appropriate server(s) is done by zone and
- a DDNS Domain only defines a single zone.
- </para>
- <para>
- The section describes how to add Forward DDNS Domains. Repeat these
- steps for each Forward DDNS Domain desired. Each Forward DDNS Domain
- has the following parameters:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>name</command> —
- The fully qualified domain name (or zone) that this DDNS Domain
- can update. This is value used to compare against the request
- FQDN during forward matching. It must be unique within the
- catalog.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>key_name</command> —
- If TSIG is used with this domain's servers, this
- value should be the name of the key from within the TSIG Key List
- to use. If the value is blank (the default), TSIG will not be
- used in DDNS conversations with this domain's servers. Currently
- TSIG has not been implemented, so this value is ignored.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>dns_servers</command> —
- A list of one or more DNS servers which can conduct the server
- side of the DDNS protocol for this domain. The servers
- are used in a first to last preference. In other words, when D2
- begins to process a request for this domain it will pick the
- first server in this list and attempt to communicate with it.
- If that attempt fails, it will move to next one in the list and
- so on until the it achieves success or the list is exhausted.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- To create a new forward DDNS Domain, one must add a new domain
- element and set its parameters:
+ By default, this list is empty, which will cause the server to ignore
+ the forward update portions of requests.
+ </para>
+ <section id="add-forward-ddns-domain">
+ <title>Adding Forward DDNS Domains</title>
+ <para>
+ A forward DDNS Domain maps a forward DNS zone to a set of DNS servers
+ which maintain the forward DNS data for that zone. You will need one
+ forward DDNS Domain for each zone you wish to service. It may very
+ well be that some or all of your zones are maintained by the same
+ servers. You will still need one DDNS Domain per zone. Remember that
+ matching a request to the appropriate server(s) is done by zone and
+ a DDNS Domain only defines a single zone.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The section describes how to add Forward DDNS Domains. Repeat these
+ steps for each Forward DDNS Domain desired. Each Forward DDNS Domain
+ has the following parameters:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>name</command> —
+ The fully qualified domain name (or zone) that this DDNS Domain
+ can update. This is value used to compare against the request
+ FQDN during forward matching. It must be unique within the
+ catalog.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>key_name</command> —
+ If TSIG is used with this domain's servers, this
+ value should be the name of the key from within the TSIG Key List
+ to use. If the value is blank (the default), TSIG will not be
+ used in DDNS conversations with this domain's servers. Currently
+ TSIG has not been implemented, so this value is ignored.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>dns_servers</command> —
+ A list of one or more DNS servers which can conduct the server
+ side of the DDNS protocol for this domain. The servers
+ are used in a first to last preference. In other words, when D2
+ begins to process a request for this domain it will pick the
+ first server in this list and attempt to communicate with it.
+ If that attempt fails, it will move to next one in the list and
+ so on until the it achieves success or the list is exhausted.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ To create a new forward DDNS Domain, one must add a new domain
+ element and set its parameters:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
"forward_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [
+ "ddns_domains": [
<userinput>{
- "name": "other.example.com",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- ]
- }</userinput>
- ]
+ "name": "other.example.com",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ ]
+ }</userinput>
+ ]
}
}
</screen>
-
- It is permissible to add a domain without any servers. If that domain
- should be matched to a request, however, the request will fail. In
- order to make the domain useful though, we must add at least one DNS
- server to it.
- </para>
- <section id="add-forward-dns-servers">
- <title>Adding Forward DNS Servers</title>
- <para>
- The section describes how to add DNS servers to a Forward DDNS Domain.
- Repeat them for as many servers as desired for a each domain.
- </para>
- <para>
- Forward DNS Server entries represent actual DNS servers which
- support the server side of the DDNS protocol. Each Forward DNS Server
- has the following parameters:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>hostname</command> —
- The resolvable host name of the DNS server. This value is not
- yet implemented.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>ip_address</command> —
- The IP address at which the server listens for DDNS requests.
- This may be either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>port</command> —
- The port on which the server listens for DDNS requests. It
- defaults to the standard DNS service port of 53.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- To create a new forward DNS Server, one must add a new server
- element to the domain and fill its parameters. If for
- example the service is running at "172.88.99.10", then set it as
- follows:
+ It is permissible to add a domain without any servers. If that domain
+ should be matched to a request, however, the request will fail. In
+ order to make the domain useful though, we must add at least one DNS
+ server to it.
+ </para>
+
+ <section id="add-forward-dns-servers">
+ <title>Adding Forward DNS Servers</title>
+ <para>
+ The section describes how to add DNS servers to a Forward DDNS Domain.
+ Repeat them for as many servers as desired for a each domain.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Forward DNS Server entries represent actual DNS servers which
+ support the server side of the DDNS protocol. Each Forward DNS Server
+ has the following parameters:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>hostname</command> —
+ The resolvable host name of the DNS server. This value is not
+ yet implemented.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>ip_address</command> —
+ The IP address at which the server listens for DDNS requests.
+ This may be either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>port</command> —
+ The port on which the server listens for DDNS requests. It
+ defaults to the standard DNS service port of 53.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ To create a new forward DNS Server, one must add a new server
+ element to the domain and fill its parameters. If for
+ example the service is running at "172.88.99.10", then set it as
+ follows:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
"forward_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [
+ "ddns_domains": [
{
- "name": "other.example.com",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- <userinput>{
- "hostname": "",
+ "name": "other.example.com",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ <userinput>{
+ "hostname": "",
"ip_address": "172.88.99.10",
"port": 53
- }</userinput>
- ]
- }
- ]
+ }</userinput>
+ ]
+ }
+ ]
}
}
</screen>
- As stated earlier, "hostname" is not yet supported so, the parameter
- "ip_address" must be set to the address of the DNS server.
- </para>
- </section> <!-- "add-forward-dns-servers" -->
+ As stated earlier, "hostname" is not yet supported so, the parameter
+ "ip_address" must be set to the address of the DNS server.
+ </para>
+ </section> <!-- "add-forward-dns-servers" -->
</section> <!-- "add-forward-ddns-domains" -->
</section> <!-- "d2-forward-ddns-config" -->
<section id="d2-reverse-ddns-config">
- <title>Reverse DDNS</title>
- <para>
- The Reverse DDNS section is used to configure D2's reverse update
- behavior, and the concepts are the same as for the forward DDNS
- section. Currently it contains a single parameter, the catalog of
- reverse DDNS Domains, which is a list of structures.
+ <title>Reverse DDNS</title>
+ <para>
+ The Reverse DDNS section is used to configure D2's reverse update
+ behavior, and the concepts are the same as for the forward DDNS
+ section. Currently it contains a single parameter, the catalog of
+ reverse DDNS Domains, which is a list of structures.
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
"reverse_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [ ]
+ "ddns_domains": [ ]
}
}
</screen>
- By default, this list is empty, which will cause the server to ignore
- the reverse update portions of requests.
- </para>
- <section id="add-reverse-ddns-domain">
- <title>Adding Reverse DDNS Domains</title>
- <para>
- A reverse DDNS Domain maps a reverse DNS zone to a set of DNS servers
- which maintain the reverse DNS data for that zone. You will need one
- reverse DDNS Domain for each zone you wish to service. It may very
- well be that some or all of your zones are maintained by the same
- servers; even then, you will still need one DDNS Domain entry for each
- zone. Remember that
- matching a request to the appropriate server(s) is done by zone and
- a DDNS Domain only defines a single zone.
- </para>
- <para>
- The section describes how to add Reverse DDNS Domains. Repeat these
- steps for each Reverse DDNS Domain desired. Each Reverse DDNS Domain
- has the following parameters:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>name</command> —
- The fully qualified reverse zone that this DDNS Domain
- can update. This is the value used during reverse matching
- which will compare it with a reversed version of the request's
- lease address. The zone name should follow the appropriate
- standards: for example, to to support the IPv4 subnet 172.16.1,
- the name should be. "1.16.172.in-addr.arpa.". Similarly,
- to support an IPv6 subent of 2001:db8:1, the name should be
- "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa."
- Whatever the name, it must be unique within the catalog.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>key_name</command> —
- If TSIG should be used with this domain's servers, then this
- value should be the name of that key from the TSIG Key List.
- If the value is blank (the default), TSIG will not be
- used in DDNS conversations with this domain's servers. Currently
- this value is not used as TSIG has not been implemented.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>dns_servers</command> —
- a list of one or more DNS servers which can conduct the server
- side of the DDNS protocol for this domain. Currently the servers
- are used in a first to last preference. In other words, when D2
- begins to process a request for this domain it will pick the
- first server in this list and attempt to communicate with it.
- If that attempt fails, it will move to next one in the list and
- so on until the it achieves success or the list is exhausted.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- To create a new reverse DDNS Domain, one must add a new domain element
- and set its parameters. For example, to support subnet 2001:db8:1::,
+ By default, this list is empty, which will cause the server to ignore
+ the reverse update portions of requests.
+ </para>
+ <section id="add-reverse-ddns-domain">
+ <title>Adding Reverse DDNS Domains</title>
+ <para>
+ A reverse DDNS Domain maps a reverse DNS zone to a set of DNS servers
+ which maintain the reverse DNS data for that zone. You will need one
+ reverse DDNS Domain for each zone you wish to service. It may very
+ well be that some or all of your zones are maintained by the same
+ servers; even then, you will still need one DDNS Domain entry for each
+ zone. Remember that
+ matching a request to the appropriate server(s) is done by zone and
+ a DDNS Domain only defines a single zone.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The section describes how to add Reverse DDNS Domains. Repeat these
+ steps for each Reverse DDNS Domain desired. Each Reverse DDNS Domain
+ has the following parameters:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>name</command> —
+ The fully qualified reverse zone that this DDNS Domain
+ can update. This is the value used during reverse matching
+ which will compare it with a reversed version of the request's
+ lease address. The zone name should follow the appropriate
+ standards: for example, to to support the IPv4 subnet 172.16.1,
+ the name should be. "1.16.172.in-addr.arpa.". Similarly,
+ to support an IPv6 subent of 2001:db8:1, the name should be
+ "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa."
+ Whatever the name, it must be unique within the catalog.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>key_name</command> —
+ If TSIG should be used with this domain's servers, then this
+ value should be the name of that key from the TSIG Key List.
+ If the value is blank (the default), TSIG will not be
+ used in DDNS conversations with this domain's servers. Currently
+ this value is not used as TSIG has not been implemented.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>dns_servers</command> —
+ a list of one or more DNS servers which can conduct the server
+ side of the DDNS protocol for this domain. Currently the servers
+ are used in a first to last preference. In other words, when D2
+ begins to process a request for this domain it will pick the
+ first server in this list and attempt to communicate with it.
+ If that attempt fails, it will move to next one in the list and
+ so on until the it achieves success or the list is exhausted.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ To create a new reverse DDNS Domain, one must add a new domain element
+ and set its parameters. For example, to support subnet 2001:db8:1::,
the following configuration could be used:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
"reverse_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [
+ "ddns_domains": [
<userinput>{
- "name": "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- ]
- }</userinput>
- ]
+ "name": "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ ]
+ }</userinput>
+ ]
}
}
</screen>
- It is permissible to add a domain without any servers. If that domain
- should be matched to a request, however, the request will fail. In
- order to make the domain useful though, we must add at least one DNS
- server to it.
- </para>
+ It is permissible to add a domain without any servers. If that domain
+ should be matched to a request, however, the request will fail. In
+ order to make the domain useful though, we must add at least one DNS
+ server to it.
+ </para>
- <section id="add-reverse-dns-servers">
- <title>Adding Reverse DNS Servers</title>
- <para>
- The section describes how to add DNS servers to a Reverse DDNS Domain.
- Repeat them for as many servers as desired for a each domain.
- </para>
- <para>
- Reverse DNS Server entries represents a actual DNS servers which
- support the server side of the DDNS protocol. Each Reverse DNS Server
- has the following parameters:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>hostname</command> —
- The resolvable host name of the DNS server. This value is
- currently ignored.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>ip_address</command> —
- The IP address at which the server listens for DDNS requests.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>port</command> —
- The port on which the server listens for DDNS requests. It
- defaults to the standard DNS service port of 53.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- To create a new reverse DNS Server, one must first add a new server
- element to the domain and fill its parameters. If for
- example the service is running at "172.88.99.10", then set it as
- follows:
+ <section id="add-reverse-dns-servers">
+ <title>Adding Reverse DNS Servers</title>
+ <para>
+ The section describes how to add DNS servers to a Reverse DDNS Domain.
+ Repeat them for as many servers as desired for a each domain.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Reverse DNS Server entries represents a actual DNS servers which
+ support the server side of the DDNS protocol. Each Reverse DNS Server
+ has the following parameters:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>hostname</command> —
+ The resolvable host name of the DNS server. This value is
+ currently ignored.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>ip_address</command> —
+ The IP address at which the server listens for DDNS requests.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ <command>port</command> —
+ The port on which the server listens for DDNS requests. It
+ defaults to the standard DNS service port of 53.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ To create a new reverse DNS Server, one must first add a new server
+ element to the domain and fill its parameters. If for
+ example the service is running at "172.88.99.10", then set it as
+ follows:
<screen>
"DhcpDdns": {
"reverse_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [
+ "ddns_domains": [
{
- "name": "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- <userinput>{
- "hostname": "",
+ "name": "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ <userinput>{
+ "hostname": "",
"ip_address": "172.88.99.10",
"port": 53
- }</userinput>
- ]
- }
- ]
+ }</userinput>
+ ]
+ }
+ ]
}
}
</screen>
- As stated earlier, "hostname" is not yet supported so, the parameter
- "ip_address" must be set to the address of the DNS server.
- </para>
- </section> <!-- "add-reverse-dns-servers" -->
+ As stated earlier, "hostname" is not yet supported so, the parameter
+ "ip_address" must be set to the address of the DNS server.
+ </para>
+ </section> <!-- "add-reverse-dns-servers" -->
</section> <!-- "add-reverse-ddns-domains" -->
</section> <!-- "d2-reverse-ddns-config" -->
<section id="d2-exmaple-config">
- <title>Example DHCP-DDNS Server Configuration</title>
- <para>
- This section provides an example DHCP-DDNS server configuration based
- on a small example network. Let's suppose our example network has
- three domains, each with their own subnet.
+ <title>Example DHCP-DDNS Server Configuration</title>
+ <para>
+ This section provides an example DHCP-DDNS server configuration based
+ on a small example network. Let's suppose our example network has
+ three domains, each with their own subnet.
- <table>
- <title>Our example network</title>
- <tgroup cols='4' align='left'>
- <colspec colname='domain'/>
- <colspec colname='subnet'/>
- <colspec colname='fservers'/>
- <colspec colname='rservers'/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Domain</entry>
- <entry>Subnet</entry>
- <entry>Forward DNS Servers</entry>
- <entry>Reverse DNS Servers</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>four.example.com</entry>
- <entry>192.0.2.0/24</entry>
- <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
- <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>six.example.com</entry>
- <entry>2001:db8:1::/64</entry>
- <entry>3001:1::50</entry>
- <entry>3001:1::51</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>example.com</entry>
- <entry>192.0.0.0/16</entry>
- <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
- <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </para>
- <para>
- We need to construct three forward DDNS Domains:
- <table>
- <title>Forward DDNS Domains Needed</title>
- <tgroup cols='3' align='left'>
- <colspec colname='num'/>
- <colspec colname='name'/>
- <colspec colname='servers'/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>#</entry>
- <entry>DDNS Domain Name</entry>
- <entry>DNS Servers</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>1.</entry>
- <entry>four.example.com.</entry>
- <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>2.</entry>
- <entry>six.example.com.</entry>
- <entry>3001:1::50</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>3.</entry>
- <entry>example.com.</entry>
- <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- As discussed earlier, FQDN to domain matching is based on the longest
- match. The FQDN, "myhost.four.example.com.", will match the first
- domain ("four.example.com") while "admin.example.com." will match the
- third domain ("example.com"). The
- FQDN, "other.example.net." will fail to match any domain and would
- be rejected.
- </para>
- <para>
- The following series of commands in bindctl will create the Forward
- DDNS Domains.
+ <table>
+ <title>Our example network</title>
+ <tgroup cols='4' align='left'>
+ <colspec colname='domain'/>
+ <colspec colname='subnet'/>
+ <colspec colname='fservers'/>
+ <colspec colname='rservers'/>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Domain</entry>
+ <entry>Subnet</entry>
+ <entry>Forward DNS Servers</entry>
+ <entry>Reverse DNS Servers</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>four.example.com</entry>
+ <entry>192.0.2.0/24</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>six.example.com</entry>
+ <entry>2001:db8:1::/64</entry>
+ <entry>3001:1::50</entry>
+ <entry>3001:1::51</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>example.com</entry>
+ <entry>192.0.0.0/16</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We need to construct three forward DDNS Domains:
+ <table>
+ <title>Forward DDNS Domains Needed</title>
+ <tgroup cols='3' align='left'>
+ <colspec colname='num'/>
+ <colspec colname='name'/>
+ <colspec colname='servers'/>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#</entry>
+ <entry>DDNS Domain Name</entry>
+ <entry>DNS Servers</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>1.</entry>
+ <entry>four.example.com.</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>2.</entry>
+ <entry>six.example.com.</entry>
+ <entry>3001:1::50</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>3.</entry>
+ <entry>example.com.</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ As discussed earlier, FQDN to domain matching is based on the longest
+ match. The FQDN, "myhost.four.example.com.", will match the first
+ domain ("four.example.com") while "admin.example.com." will match the
+ third domain ("example.com"). The
+ FQDN, "other.example.net." will fail to match any domain and would
+ be rejected.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The following series of commands in bindctl will create the Forward
+ DDNS Domains.
<screen><userinput>
"DhcpDdns": {
"forward_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [
+ "ddns_domains": [
{
- "name": "four.example.com.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- { "ip_address": "172.16.1.5" },
- { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
- ]
- },
+ "name": "four.example.com.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ { "ip_address": "172.16.1.5" },
+ { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
+ ]
+ },
{
- "name": "six.example.com.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- { "ip_address": "2001:db8::1" }
- ]
- },
+ "name": "six.example.com.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ { "ip_address": "2001:db8::1" }
+ ]
+ },
{
- "name": "example.com.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
- ]
- },
-
- ]
+ "name": "example.com.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
+ ]
+ },
+
+ ]
}
}</userinput>
</screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- Similarly, we need to construct the three reverse DDNS Domains:
- <table>
- <title>Reverse DDNS Domains Needed</title>
- <tgroup cols='3' align='left'>
- <colspec colname='num'/>
- <colspec colname='DDNS Domain name'/>
- <colspec colname='DDNS Domain DNS Servers'/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>#</entry>
- <entry>DDNS Domain Name</entry>
- <entry>DNS Servers</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>1.</entry>
- <entry>2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.</entry>
- <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>2.</entry>
- <entry>1.0.0.0.8.d.b.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.</entry>
- <entry>3001:1::50</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>3.</entry>
- <entry>0.182.in-addr.arpa.</entry>
- <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- An address of "192.0.2.150" will match the first domain,
- "2001:db8:1::10" will match the second domain, and "192.0.50.77"
- the third domain.
- </para>
- <para>
- The following series of commands in bindctl will create our Reverse
- DDNS Domains.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Similarly, we need to construct the three reverse DDNS Domains:
+ <table>
+ <title>Reverse DDNS Domains Needed</title>
+ <tgroup cols='3' align='left'>
+ <colspec colname='num'/>
+ <colspec colname='DDNS Domain name'/>
+ <colspec colname='DDNS Domain DNS Servers'/>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>#</entry>
+ <entry>DDNS Domain Name</entry>
+ <entry>DNS Servers</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>1.</entry>
+ <entry>2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.1.5, 172.16.2.5</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>2.</entry>
+ <entry>1.0.0.0.8.d.b.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.</entry>
+ <entry>3001:1::50</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>3.</entry>
+ <entry>0.182.in-addr.arpa.</entry>
+ <entry>172.16.2.5</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ An address of "192.0.2.150" will match the first domain,
+ "2001:db8:1::10" will match the second domain, and "192.0.50.77"
+ the third domain.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The following series of commands in bindctl will create our Reverse
+ DDNS Domains.
<screen><userinput>
"DhcpDdns": {
"reverse_ddns": {
- "ddns_domains": [
+ "ddns_domains": [
{
- "name": "2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- { "ip_address": "172.16.1.5" },
- { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
- ]
- }
+ "name": "2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ { "ip_address": "172.16.1.5" },
+ { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
+ ]
+ }
{
- "name": "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- { "ip_address": "2001:db8::1" }
- ]
- }
+ "name": "1.0.0.0.8.B.D.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ { "ip_address": "2001:db8::1" }
+ ]
+ }
{
- "name": "0.192.in-addr.arpa.",
- "key_name": "",
- "dns_servers": [
- { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
- ]
- }
- ]
+ "name": "0.192.in-addr.arpa.",
+ "key_name": "",
+ "dns_servers": [
+ { "ip_address": "172.16.2.5" }
+ ]
+ }
+ ]
}
}</userinput>
</screen>
- </para>
- </section> <!-- end of "d2-example" -->
+ </para>
+ </section> <!-- end of "d2-example" -->
</section> <!-- end of section "d2-configuration" -->
<section>
<title>DHCP-DDNS Server Limitations</title>
<para>The following are the current limitations of the DHCP-DDNS Server.</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- Requests received from the DHCP servers are placed in a
- queue until they are processed. Currently all queued requests
- are lost when the server shuts down.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- TSIG Authentication (<ulink
- url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2845">RFC 2845</ulink>)
- is not supported yet.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ Requests received from the DHCP servers are placed in a
+ queue until they are processed. Currently all queued requests
+ are lost when the server shuts down.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <simpara>
+ TSIG Authentication (<ulink
+ url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2845">RFC 2845</ulink>)
+ is not supported yet.
+ </simpara>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
</chapter> <!-- DHCP-DDNS Server -->