DNS Seeder - Ubuntu - Server setup - bind9 - configuration files

[jack catesby]

I would like to setup sipa’s Bitcoin Seeder https://github.com/sipa/bitcoin-seeder on my VPS.

I have setup the VPS from scratch and configured bind so that the server is reachable via a FQDN however, I am stuck (like many other people) on how to configure the bind files for the dnsseed.example.com.

In sipa’s Bitcoin Seeder README it shows the following:

$ dig -t NS dnsseed.example.com

;; ANSWER SECTION
dnsseed.example.com. 86400 IN NS vps.example.com.

On the system vps.example.com, you can now run dnsseed...

and in another topic somebody mentions:

the ' vps.example.com' acts as a nameserver for the zone 'dnsseed.example.com'

The zone 'dnsseed.example.com' is handled by the dnsseed program that you have to run on the vps.example.com host. Of course, you also need the A resource record to map vps.example.com to its IP address.

I tried to follow this guide:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=599623.0 - Topic: A Basic Guide/Tutorial for Creating DNS Seeders

However, this guide uses a web interface to create the NS and A records. Most VPS are just CLI server box's where DNS needs to be configured using bind.

After searching endlessly and just going around in circles.

Would somebody please post here a working example of the bind files needed to configure a server for this.?

e.g.

db.dnsseed.example.com

;
; BIND data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA dnsseed.example.com. root.dnsseed.example.com. (
3 ; Serial
604800 ; Refresh
86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@ 86400 IN NS vps.example.com.
@ IN A 157.88.166.77
www IN A 157.88.166.77
vps IN A 157.88.166.77

named.conf.local

//
// Do any local configuration here
//

// Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your
// organization
//include "/etc/bind/zones.rfc1918";

zone "dnsseed.example.com" {
type master;
file "/etc/bind/db.dnsseed.example.com";
};

named.conf.options

options {
directory "/var/cache/bind";

forwarders {
8.8.8.8;
8.8.8.4;
};

dnssec-validation auto;

auth-nxdomain no; # conform to RFC1035
listen-on-v6 { any; };
};

Thanks in advance. My head hurts from this..