Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is one of most popular server-side software. Domain Name System (DNS) is a must for most servers today. It was developed in the 1980s at the University of Berkley that’s why it has ‘B’=’Berkeley’ in acronym. Currently it active in version 9.
BIND is an open source system free to download and use, offered under the Mozilla Public License. It can be used to run a caching DNS server or an authoritative name server, and provides features like load balancing, notify, dynamic update, split DNS, DNSSEC, IPv6, and more.
BIND components
- service service-name command
- /etc/init.d/service-name script command
- rndc command – name server control utility
Commands to manage BIND
Use the following command to start BIND server:
# service named start
Use the following command to stop BIND server:
# service named stop
Use the following command to restart BIND server:
# service named restart
Use the following command to reload BIND server to reload zone file or config file changes:
# service named reload
Use the following command to see the current status of BIND server:
# service named status
You can also use the following syntax too:
/etc/init.d/named start /etc/init.d/named stop /etc/init.d/named restart