Installing a DNS server on FreeNAS 8.2.0

[ilium007]

Hi - I have searched these forums, the FAQ and Google trying to find a way to install a DNS server on my FreeNAS box. My new Cisco RV220W router is a POS and does not resolve the names ti hands out via DHCP which has caused everything to break here at home. I was hoping to try and run a DNS server on the local network to fix the problem.

From what I have read I should install the DNS BIND package (assuming named) from the FreeBSD packages in a FreeBSD jail.

Has anyone done this ? Are there any guides ? The only thing that I keep turning up on Google is an old SourceFouge thread that is dead.

Any help would be appreciated !

 

[ProtoSD]

Thread moved, questions don't belong in the HowTo section.

 

[ilium007]

Thread moved, questions don't belong in the HowTo section.

Apologies - I thought I had posted in the 'hacking' section which is what I thought I was doing !!

I have installed a PBI jail and I am now installing BIND via pkg_add. Will see what happens next !

 

[ilium007]

That failed. Might see if I can get DNSMasq to run in a jail.

 

[ilium007]

DNSMasq installed, symlinked a library file int he jail and edited the dnsmasq.conf file and all is working a treat !

 

[Daniel Townend]

Hi, I've tried installing DNSMasq on a jail with the following basic config...

Code:

interface=epair0b
listen-address=192.168.1.3
bind-interfaces
domain=lemon.local
dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.127,12h

Also added dnsmasq_enable="YES" into the rc.conf, but its failing to hand out addresses. Is there anything that could be blocking it in any of the FreeNAS config?

 

[ilium007]

Hi, I've tried installing DNSMasq on a jail with the following basic config...

Code:

interface=epair0b
listen-address=192.168.1.3
bind-interfaces
domain=lemon.local
dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.127,12h

Also added dnsmasq_enable="YES" into the rc.conf, but its failing to hand out addresses. Is there anything that could be blocking it in any of the FreeNAS config?

Remove 'bind-interfaces' 'interface' and 'listen'address' and try again. Mine worked without it. The jail only has one IP interface (the one you configured in the Plugins screen I don't think there is any need to tell it to bind to an interface.

 

[Daniel Townend]

Remove 'bind-interfaces' 'interface' and 'listen'address' and try again. Mine worked without it. The jail only has one IP interface (the one you configured in the Plugins screen I don't think there is any need to tell it to bind to an interface.

Ok tried that and still didn't work :/ surely it needs either a interface to listen on or an IP? I also did a broadcast ping and the jail was replying.

 

[ilium007]

Ok tried that and still didn't work :/ surely it needs either a interface to listen on or an IP? I also did a broadcast ping and the jail was replying.

There is no need to specify a bind interface - by default the daemon will bind the the available IP's i.e.. the one you set up in the plugin screen. Mine works fine without it.

A man page is always a good place to start:
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html

 

[Daniel Townend]

There is no need to specify a bind interface - by default the daemon will bind the the available IP's i.e.. the one you set up in the plugin screen. Mine works fine without it.

A man page is always a good place to start:
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html

Well this is the only config I used, This should of at least handed out some addresses?

Code:

domain=lemon.local
dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.127,12h

 

[ilium007]

Well this is the only config I used, This should of at least handed out some addresses?

Code:

domain=lemon.local
dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.127,12h

I think the problem is with your 'domain' setting. Out of interest replace the domain line with:

Code:

local=/lemon.local/
dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.127,12h

include the slashes and restart the dnsmasq daemon.

 

[ptr]

Can you provide detailed instructions for the install of dnsmasq on freenas 8.2?

 

[Daniel Townend]

I think the problem is with your 'domain' setting. Out of interest replace the domain line with:

Code:

local=/lemon.local/
dhcp-range=192.168.0.60,192.168.0.127,12h

include the slashes and restart the dnsmasq daemon.

Nope, still doesn't work :/

 

[Daniel Townend]

I've followed this guide and set up a seperate jail
http://forums.freenas.org/showthread.php?526-Jailing-Tranmission-Bittorrent

After setting it up I've installed dnsmasq but after trying to add it to the rc.conf it doesn't exist in the jail? neither does /etc/init.d, what gives? :S