DNS reverse zone setup on a VPS

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Posted by dmdip, 02-24-2010, 10:27 AM
I am setting up a website (call it mysite.com) on a VPS with debian lenny, and have been provided two exclusive IP addresses (say 11.22.33.44 and 11.22.33.45). I have also created two private nameservers ns1.mysite.com and ns2.mysite.com. The domain (mysite.com) and the two nameservers have been successfully registered at godaddy. I have done the DNS set-up as given in standard write-ups. However, the command host 11.22.33.44 returns the error : Host 44.33.22.11.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) Doing a named-checkconf reports no error, and named-checkzone on the two zones also reports OK. Does the error mean that I have to register 44.33.22.11.in-addr.arpa somewhere, just as I had to register the name servers (ns1.mysite.com and ns2.mysite.com) at godaddy before I could use them? A second doubt is about declaring the zone 33.22.11.in-addr.arpa. in the rdns declaration. This seems to imply that I own all the 256 values of x in 11.22.33.x, whereas I own only 11.22.33.44 and 11.22.33.45. If the zone declaration is an error, what zone should I actually be creating? The relevant zone declarations in BIND 9 DNS are : And the contents of the files are : mysite.com.hosts :and 11.22.33.rev :Would greatly appreciate an answer to the problem!
Posted by htbsales, 02-24-2010, 10:43 AM
Your provider will need to register the PTR records for you. You will not be able to control those from your VPS.
Posted by LeaTrueman, 02-24-2010, 11:11 AM
Hello, Do you have the DC logins. Then you can set the reverseDNS from their API.
Posted by dmdip, 02-24-2010, 12:59 PM
Lea - Not sure what a DC login is, but I doubt I would have it, as all I have got are the two IPs and the minimal debian lenny install that I had ordered from the hosting company. Would like to know though if I am missing a trick as I am trying to set the box up without the hosting company's assistance as far as possible! @enotchnet - Thanks. This is what I had suspected, but wanted to be sure before asking the hosting service.
Posted by BobyKirov, 02-25-2010, 03:25 AM
dmdip everything that you`ve done is right but everything depends from your provider.
Posted by LeaTrueman, 02-25-2010, 05:03 AM
Shoot a support ticket with your issue. It can be fixed by them very easily if your hosting support is excellent.
Posted by dmdip, 02-27-2010, 03:23 AM
BobyKirov, Lea - Hosting support has been pretty decent so far, and this shall no doubt be a good test. Will write to them in a couple of days (a few more issues to be resolved with them) and will post the outcome. Thanks.
Posted by dmdip, 03-23-2010, 02:27 PM
To close this thread, contacted the hosting people and they fixed this within a couple of hours. So, for anyone facing anything similar, that's what needs to be done. Thanks everyone for your inputs.