NIT2122 Server Administration And Management

Practical

Part 1

Configuring a DNS Server

The DNS server is a meant to allocate the domain names to a given ip address ,this will be used to access the web pages stored in the web server to be displayed in the web browser of the clients.

For this case there will be simulation of the configuration of the DNS server where it is going to be assigned domain name itc333.edu using the following steps.

Step One. Designing the Network .

The first step is to create a simple network using the simulation tool called the packet tracer, this network will be having one router, two servers and one computer as named below.

Step Two: Configure the ROUTER

In this stage the router is configured to allow the allocation of the IP address to the network ,this is done by opening the router and configuring the interface of fa 0/0 as follows and allocate it ip address 192.168.15.0/24 .

This will be done by opening the router CLI and enter the following commands.

CLI commands.

Router>enable

Router#config t

Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.

Router(config)#int fa 0/0

Router(config-if)#ip address 192.168.15.9 255.255.255.0

Router(config-if)#no shut

Router(config-if)#exit

Router(config)#exit

Router#wr

Building configuration...

[OK]

Step Three. Setting up the DHCP Server.

To enable the automatic allocation of the ip address to the network devices the DHCP server is added in the network as the host 1  

1. Assign the ip address to the dhcp server as below.
2. Select on the config option and select the DHCP option from the services option and set the ip address of the DNS server and default gate way as shown below.

Step Four :Configure the DNS Server 

In this stage the  DNS server is configured and it allow the allocation of the domain name itc333.edu as follows (Douglas, 2015).

1. Open the DNS server added in the network.
2. Select on the desktop and then choose the IP configuration option then select the DHCP option to obtain the ip address automatically from the DHCP server as below.
3. Then on the left panel select the DNS option and select the service to be on, then enter the itc333.edu in the name and then the address set to be 192.168.15.11

Step Five :Configure A and PTR Records For Hosts 1,2 and 3

The configuration of the A and PTR records are set as follows by assigning the respective IP addresses

Host 1

In order to set up the ip addresses to these hosts the DHCP server is opened ,then navigate to the desktop ,then to the ip configuration ,then in this option select the DHCP option to get the IP addresses as below.

Host 2

In order to set up the ip addresses to these host2  the host  server is opened ,then navigate to the desktop ,then to the ip configuration ,then in this option select the DHCP option to get the IP addresses as below.

Host 3

In order to set up the ip addresses to these host3  the host  server is opened ,then navigate to the desktop ,then to the ip configuration ,then in this option select the DHCP option to get the IP addresses as below.

Step Six: Configuring the CNAME of the Host1 and Host2

To do the configuration of the CNAMES in the hosts, the DNS server is opened then  the following  steps are followed.

1. Open the DNS server then select on the config option and then on the left panel select the DNS .
2. To add the CNAME and A for the HOST1 add the following details and click add button . 

1. To add the CNAME and A for the HOST1 add the following details and click add button .

Now the CNAMEs for  the host 1 and host 2 are now added the remaining bit is to do testing with the external devices.

Step Seven: Testing DNS Server using the External Device.

The DNS server however is tested to ensure that the devices connected to the network are able to open the web browser and open the web page using the URL itc3333.edu as show below.

1. Open the PC 1 in the network as below.
2. Open the desk top then choose the browser.
3. On the browser enter itc333.edu and click go button to view the webpage.

The above screenshot show that the DNS server and the hosts are well configured . 

Creating User

Creating User Assign2

In this case the simulation tool packet tracer will still be used to create the users named as assign2 , this will done as follows steps.

1. Open the DNS server and navigate to the config option.
2. Select the config options as below.
3. Select the FTP option in the service menu as below.

(Jeff, 2015)

1. Enter the username and the password of the new user as below .
2. Click the + button to add the user in the list of the users as below.

Creating Files and Directories.

The file and directories can be created and these are then given some privileges of operation by the user1  the  file are created using the text editor in the DNS server and they are given appropriate names.

Creating the Directory Called "Test_dir”

To create the directory the same procedures will be used where a user will be created and some privileges assigned to him as follows.

1. Open the DNS server or host 2 .
2. Select on the config option.  

Learning Diary

During the delivery of this project there were a number of activities that were involved as attested by the attached screen shots of the configuration of the DNS server (Jeremy , 2014)

However during the delivering of the project I encountered various challenges which included.

1. Lack of physical devices to carry out the practical .
2. Lack of adequate time and resources to carry out the practical.
3. Loss of power while doing the simulation in the computers.
4. Lack of enough materials for the reference purposes.

I was able to carry out the practical and the   approximate time spent was three days 

Reference

Jeremy ,C.(2014) Bind 9 DNS Administration Reference Book Paperback.U.K: reed media services.

Radia ,P.(2015) Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and InternetworkingProtocols.U.S.A:Addison-Wesley Pub

Kevin,R.(2016) TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols.U.S.A: Addison- Wesley Professional

Jeff,R.(2015) Routing TCP/IP, Volume 1 (2nd Edition).U.S: Cisco Press

Douglas,E.(2015) Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One.USA:Pearson publishers.