You can customize your BIND server’s behavior by editing various server options.
To edit BIND server options:
- Locate the BIND server that you want to configure on the Service management tab of the Admin page.
- Use either the Action or the Row … menu to select Edit server options.
- Select the specific option you want to edit in the dropdown.
- In the dialog, adjust the option settings according to your requirements. To add
another entry, select Add.
Query options
- Query restrictions: Specifies which hosts or IP addresses are allowed to send queries to this resolver.
- Recursive query restrictions: Sets restrictions on recursive queries, specifying which IP addresses or hosts can make recursive queries to your DNS server.
- Query forwarding: Configures the DNS server to forward queries to other DNS servers, allowing you to specify the IP addresses of the servers to which queries should be forwarded.
- Recursive: Determines whether the server answers recursive queries.
Transfer options
- Transfer restrictions: Restricts zone transfers to specific IP addresses or hosts, enhancing security by limiting access to sensitive information.
- Update restrictions: Controls updates to the DNS server, allowing you to restrict updates based on IP addresses or hosts to ensure authorized hosts make changes to your DNS records.
- Update notifications: Enables or disables NOTIFY messages on zone changes, ensuring other DNS servers are promptly informed of updates to your zones.
Note: You can prioritize the order of entries, e.g., address match list entires, by dragging and dropping them into your preferred sequence. - Select Save.
Editing the BIND server's raw configuration
DNS administrators can access and modify raw configuration files directly, granting them control over server and zone options not available through the Web Application.
This option is intended for experienced users who have a good understanding of DNS configurations.
To edit BIND configuration files:
- On the Service management tab of the Admin page, locate the BIND server that you want to configure.
- Use either the Action or Row … menu to select Edit server options.
- Open the Raw configuration tab.
If the tab is not available, it indicates that changes have been made on the Options tab. To discard any unsaved changes, close the dialog and reopen it.
- Use the File dropdown to access the various configuration files associated with the BIND server, which may represent different aspects of the server. Select the specific configuration file that you want to modify.
- Use the Search box to locate and make changes to specific settings within the selected configuration file. Enter keywords or terms related to the settings you want to modify.
- Edit the configuration file as needed and then select Save.
Removing DNS options
To remove an option from your BIND server:
- In the Edit DNS service options dialog, open the Options tab.
- Locate the option you want to remove.
- Select the trash can icon to the right of the option.
- Select Save.