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Re: Suitability of LDAP as DNS backend - PowerDNS LDAP backend moving to unmaintained status





Nick Milas wrote:

NOTE: I haven't been able to test with BIND9/DLZ. If someone can provide
DLZ zone configuration settings (in named.conf) for use with the (sdb)
dNSzone schema, or a migration script of ldap entries from dnszone to
dlz ldap schema please do!

I might be able to help here. We use:

include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/dlz.schema

named.conf has:

dlz "ldap zone" {
database "ldap 20 v3 simple {cn=admin,dc=company,dc=com} {ldappasswd} {127.0.0.1}
ldap:///DNSZoneName=$zone$,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com???objectclass=DNSZone
ldap:///DNSHostName=$record$,DNSZoneName=$zone$,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com?DNSTTL,DNSTy
pe,DNSPreference,DNSData,DNSIPAddr,DNSPrimaryNS,DNSAdminEmail,DNSSerial,DNSRefre
sh,DNSRetry,DNSExpire,DNSMinimum?sub?objectclass=DNSAbstractRecord
{}
ldap:///DNSZoneName=$zone$,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com?DNSTTL,DNSType,DNSHostName,DNSPre
ference,DNSData,DNSIPAddr,DNSPrimaryNS,DNSAdminEmail,DNSSerial,DNSRefresh,DNSRet
ry,DNSExpire,DNSMinimum?sub?objectclass=DNSAbstractRecord
ldap:///DNSZoneName=$zone$,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com??sub?(&(objectclass=DNSXFR)(DNSIPAddr=$client$))";
};

Might be broken up by my email client.. 127.0.0.1 is IP of slapd, we run on localhost for speed and redundancy.

20 is num threads to LDAP, and we start bind with "/usr/local/sbin/named -n 10"

A typical DNS record would look like:



# jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSZone
DNSZoneName: jorgen.jp

# @, jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSHostName=@,DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSHost
DNSHostName: @

# SOA, @, jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSRecord=SOA,DNSHostName=@,DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSSOARecord
DNSHostName: @
DNSRecord: SOA
DNSType: soa
DNSSerial: 2007071201
DNSRefresh: 28800
DNSRetry: 7200
DNSExpire: 604800
DNSMinimum: 86400
DNSAdminEmail: hostmaster.new-style.company.com.
DNSPrimaryNS: dns02.new-style.company.com.
DNSTTL: 86400

# MX0, @, jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSRecord=MX0,DNSHostName=@,DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSMXRecord
DNSRecord: MX0
DNSHostName: @
DNSType: MX
DNSData: mx.new-style.company.com.
DNSPreference: 10
DNSTTL: 86400

# TXT0, @, jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSRecord=TXT0,DNSHostName=@,DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSTEXTRecord
DNSRecord: TXT0
DNSHostName: @
DNSType: TXT
DNSData: "v=spf1 +ip4:1.2.3.4/24 ~all"
DNSTTL: 86400

# www.jorgen.jp, jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSHostName=www.jorgen.jp,DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSHost
DNSHostName: www.jorgen.jp

# A1, www.jorgen.jp, jorgen.jp, dns, company.com
dn: DNSRecord=A1,DNSHostName=www.jorgen.jp,DNSZoneName=jorgen.jp,ou=dns,dc=company,dc=com
objectClass: DNSARecord
DNSRecord: A1
DNSHostName: www.jorgen.jp
DNSType: A
DNSIPAddr: 4.3.2.1
DNSTTL: 600



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