5 Installing The Primary DNS Server
Edit the hosts file and add the IP addresses and hostnames for all servers. The hostnames and IP addresses have to be adjusted to match your setup.
vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.105 web.example.tld 192.168.0.106 mail.example.tld 192.168.0.107 db.example.tld 192.168.0.108 ns1.example.tld 192.168.0.109 ns2.example.tld # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Set the hostname of the server:
echo ns1.example.tld > /etc/hostname
/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start
Edit the sources.list file...
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
... and ensure that it contains the following line to enable the volatile repository.
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
Run...
apt-get update
... to update the apt package database; then run...
apt-get upgrade
... to install the latest updates (if there are any).
It is a good idea to synchronize the system clock with an NTP (network time protocol) server over the Internet. Simply run...
apt-get -y install ntp ntpdate
... and your system time will always be in sync.
Install MySQL client and server:
apt-get -y install mysql-client mysql-server
Enter the new password for MySQL when requested by the installer.
Then install install the commandline version of PHP to be able to run PHP-based shell scripts for ISPConfig:
apt-get -y install php5-cli php5-mysql php5-mcrypt mcrypt
Install BIND DNS Server:
apt-get -y install bind9 dnsutils
Next install ISPConfig 3 on the dns server. To get the download URL of the latest ISPConfig 3 stable release, please visit the ISPConfig website: http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/download/
Download the latest ISPConfig 3 stable release:
cd /tmp
wget
http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
tar xfz ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
cd ispconfig3_install/install/
Then start the install script:
php -q install.php
Select language (en,de) [en]: <-- en
Installation mode (standard,expert) [standard]: <-- expert
Full qualified hostname (FQDN) of the server, eg server2.domain.tld [ns1.example.tld]: <-- ns1.example.tld
MySQL server hostname [localhost]: <-- localhost
MySQL root username [root]: <-- root
MySQL root password []: <-- Enter your MySQL root password here
MySQL database to create [dbispconfig]: <-- dbispconfig
MySQL charset [utf8]: <-- utf8
Shall this server join an existing ISPConfig multiserver setup (y,n) [n]: <-- y
MySQL master server hostname []: <-- web.example.tld
MySQL master server root username [root]: <-- root
MySQL master server root password []: <-- Enter the root password of the master server here
MySQL master server database name [dbispconfig]: <-- dbispconfig
Configure Mail (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure Jailkit (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure FTP Server (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure DNS Server (y,n) [y]: <-- y
Configure Apache Server (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure Firewall Server (y,n) [y]: <--y
Install ISPConfig Web-Interface (y,n) [y]: <--n
Run...
rm -f /var/www/ispconfig
... to remove the ISPConfig interface link in the /var/www directory.
Clean up the install directories:
rm -rf /tmp/ispconfig3_install/install
rm -f /tmp/ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
6 Installing The Secondary DNS Server
Edit the hosts file and add the IP addresses and hostnames for all servers. The hostnames and IP addresses have to be adjusted to match your setup.
vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.105 web.example.tld 192.168.0.106 mail.example.tld 192.168.0.107 db.example.tld 192.168.0.108 ns1.example.tld 192.168.0.109 ns2.example.tld # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Set the hostname of the server:
echo ns2.example.tld > /etc/hostname
/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start
Edit the sources.list file...
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
... and ensure that it contains the following line to enable the volatile repository.
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
Run...
apt-get update
... to update the apt package database; then run...
apt-get upgrade
... to install the latest updates (if there are any).
It is a good idea to synchronize the system clock with an NTP (network time protocol) server over the Internet. Simply run...
apt-get -y install ntp ntpdate
... and your system time will always be in sync.
Install MySQL client and server:
apt-get -y install mysql-client mysql-server
Enter the new password for MySQL when requested by the installer.
Then install install the commandline version of PHP to be able to run PHP-based shell scripts for ISPConfig:
apt-get -y install php5-cli php5-mysql php5-mcrypt mcrypt
Install BIND DNS Server:
apt-get -y install bind9 dnsutils
Next install ISPConfig 3 on the dns server. To get the download URL of the latest ISPConfig 3 stable release, please visit the ISPConfig website: http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/download/
Download the latest ISPConfig 3 stable release:
cd /tmp
wget
http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
tar xfz ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
cd ispconfig3_install/install/
Then start the install script:
php -q install.php
Select language (en,de) [en]: <-- en
Installation mode (standard,expert) [standard]: <-- expert
Full qualified hostname (FQDN) of the server, eg server2.domain.tld [ns2.example.tld]: <-- ns2.example.tld
MySQL server hostname [localhost]: <-- localhost
MySQL root username [root]: <-- root
MySQL root password []: <-- Enter your MySQL root password here
MySQL database to create [dbispconfig]: <-- dbispconfig
MySQL charset [utf8]: <-- utf8
Shall this server join an existing ISPConfig multiserver setup (y,n) [n]: <-- y
MySQL master server hostname []: <-- web.example.tld
MySQL master server root username [root]: <-- root
MySQL master server root password []: <-- Enter the root password of the master server here
MySQL master server database name [dbispconfig]: <-- dbispconfig
Configure Mail (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure Jailkit (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure FTP Server (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure DNS Server (y,n) [y]: <-- y
Configure Apache Server (y,n) [y]: <-- n
Configure Firewall Server (y,n) [y]: <--y
Install ISPConfig Web-Interface (y,n) [y]: <--n
Run...
rm -f /var/www/ispconfig
... to remove the ISPConfig interface link in the /var/www directory.
Clean up the install directories:
rm -rf /tmp/ispconfig3_install/install
rm -f /tmp/ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
7 Adjust The Server Settings In ISPConfig
Log into ISPConfig on the master server with a web browser:
http://192.168.0.105:8080
Click on System > Server services > web.example.tld and disable all checkboxes except of the Webserver and Fileserver checkbox and click on Save.
Click on System > Server services > mail.example.tld and disable all checkboxes except of the Mailserver checkbox and click on Save.
Click on System > Server services > db.example.tld and disable all checkboxes except of the DB-Server checkbox and click on Save.
Click on System > Server services > ns1.example.tld and disable all checkboxes except of the DNS-Server checkbox and click on Save.
Click on System > Server services > ns2.example.tld and disable all checkboxes except of the DNS-Server checkbox and select ns1.example.com in the Is mirror of Server selectbox and click on Save.
8 Links
- ISPConfig Website http://www.ispconfig.org/
- ISPConfig Forum: https://www.howtoforge.com/forums/
- ISPConfig Bugtracker: http://bugtracker.ispconfig.org/