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Manage the BIND name server.
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Version information

  • 1.1.0 (latest)
  • 1.0.0
  • 0.12.1
  • 0.12.0
  • 0.11.0
  • 0.10.0
  • 0.9.0
  • 0.8.0
  • 0.7.0
  • 0.6.0
  • 0.5.0
  • 0.4.0
  • 0.3.1
  • 0.3.0
  • 0.2.0
  • 0.1.0
released Nov 30th 2021
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2023.0.x, 2021.7.x, 2021.6.x, 2021.5.x, 2021.4.x, 2021.3.x, 2021.2.x, 2021.1.x, 2021.0.x, 2019.8.x, 2019.7.x, 2019.5.x, 2019.4.x, 2019.3.x, 2019.2.x, 2019.1.x, 2019.0.x, 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2016.4.x
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  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'stm-bind', '0.4.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add stm-bind
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install stm-bind --version 0.4.0

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Tags: bind, dns, bind9, named, dnssec

Documentation

stm/bind — version 0.4.0 Nov 30th 2021

bind

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Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with bind
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  5. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

This module manages the BIND Name Server on Debian and Ubuntu. The module supports setting up a Caching Name Server or an Authoritative Name Server using primary and secondary zones.

Setup

What bind affects

The module manages the named process and related service files. It also managed the configuration and zone files. On Debian and Ubuntu these files are below the /etc/bind, /var/lib/bind and /var/cache/bind directories. The module uses a multi-level directory tree below /var/lib/bind to separate primary and secondary zone files.

Setup Requirements

The module uses the stdlib and concat modules. It is tested on Debian and Ubuntu using Puppet 6.

Beginning with bind

Set up a caching name server on localhost:

class { 'bind':
  listen_on         => [ '127.0.0.1', ],
  listen_on_v6      => [ 'none', ],
  allow_query       => [ 'localhost', ],
  allow_query_cache => [ 'localhost', ],
  allow_recursion   => [ 'localhost', ],
}

Usage

Set up a caching name server that provides recursive name resolution for a local subnet:

class { 'bind':
  allow_query       => [ 'localhost', '10/8', ],
  allow_query_cache => [ 'localhost', '10/8', ],
  allow_recursion   => [ 'localhost', '10/8', ],
}

Set up a caching name server that provides recursive name resolution for a local subnet and uses forwarders:

class { 'bind':
  allow_query       => [ 'localhost', '10/8', ],
  allow_query_cache => [ 'localhost', '10/8', ],
  allow_recursion   => [ 'localhost', '10/8', ],
  forwarders        => [ '10.0.0.53', '10.1.1.53', ],
}

Add a primary zone for the example.com domain:

bind::zone::primary { 'example.com':
  source => 'puppet:///modules/profile/dns/example.com.zone',
}

The zone file will be managed on the server as /var/lib/bind/primary/com/example/db.example.com. This tree structure is better than a flat directory structure if many zones will be managed by the server.

Reference

See REFERENCE.md

Limitations

Not all BIND features are currently implemented as I started with the options I needed myself. Some options are not yet available and features like DNSSEC inline signing are not well tested.

Development

You may open Github issues for this module if you need additional options currently not available.

Feel free to send pull requests for new features.