The named.local file specifies the address for the local loopback interface, or localhost, with the network address 127.0.0.1. The name of this file is specified in the configuration file. Like other files, you can give it a name other than the name used in this manual.
The named.local file sets up the local loopback interface for your name server.
$TTL 5h ; SOA rec 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA sirius.doc.com sysop.centauri.doc.com ( 1997071401 ; serial number (YYYYMMDD##) 10800 ; refresh every 3 hours 10800 ; retry every 3 hours 604800 ; expire after a week 86400 ) ; TTL of 1 day ; Name Servers 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa. IN NS sirius.doc.com 1 IN PTR localhost. |
A named.local file contains these elements:
A default TTL (time-to-live) for all records in the file that do not have an explicit TTL set
A Start of Authority (SOA) record
The SOA record indicates the start of a zone and includes the name of the host on which the named.local data file resides.
One or more Name Server (NS) records identifying master and slave DNS name servers
Server and domain names should be fully qualified.
A PTR record for localhost