BIND: Adding a Slave Server

Updated: Sep 23, 2026

 
pkg install bind-tools-9.20.27 bind920-9.20.27

mv /usr/local/etc/namedb/named.conf /usr/local/etc/namedb/named.conf.orig

cp /etc/named.conf
cp /etc/rndc.conf
cp /etc/named_keys.conf

ln -s /usr/local/etc/namedb/rndc.conf /etc/rndc.conf
ln -s /usr/local/etc/namedb/named.conf /etc/named.conf

mkdir
cp /var/named/zones/default/*
chown bind:bind /var/named
vim /etc/rc.conf

service start