snow leopard.sh

# Credit goes to Geoff Hankerson 
# Original tutorial http://geoffhankerson.com/node/108
# This is a short version just for personal reference

# 1. Create key 
sudo rndc-confgen -a

# 2. Add zone in named.conf
sudo vim /etc/named.conf

# Paste this in
zone "site.local" IN {
	type master;
	file "site.local";
};

# 3. Create the zone file
sudo vim /var/named/site.local

# Paste this in
site.local.	7200	IN	SOA	site.local. root.site.local. (
											2008031801 	; Serial
											15      		; Refresh every 15 minutes
											3600    		; Retry every hour
											3000000 		; Expire after a month+
											86400 ) 		; Minimum ttl of 1 day
@									IN	NS     	 		site.local.
@									IN	MX      		10 site.local.
@                 IN	A       		127.0.0.1
*                 IN	A       		127.0.0.1

# 4. Check if everything is cool
sudo named-checkconf /etc/named.conf 
sudo named-checkzone site.local /var/named/site.local

# 5. Add 127.0.0.1 as DNS/nameserver in Network.prefpane

# 6. Launch BIND
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist

# 7. Verify with dig
dig site.local
dig awesome.site.local
ping awesome.site.local

# 8. If new zone added, restart with this
sudo launchctl stop org.isc.named
sudo launchctl start org.isc.named