FreeNAS + Domain Controler + external DNS (bind)

[Sierp]

Hello all,

I've setup FreeNAS as domain controller with internal DNS.
Works fine, but... I'd like to keep my current DNS solution (BIND) on current server, I don't want to migrate DNS to FreeNAS for many reasons.
Is it possible?
Looking at manuals, it's not

On
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/DNS#Which_DNS_backend_should_I_choose.3F
it says "Please note that BIND server must run on the same machine as the Samba AD DC."

In here
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/DN...ia_Kerberos_.28optional.2C_but_recommended.29
"Note: BIND must be installed on the same machine as Samba AD DC. Since BIND DLZ module accesses AD database directly, BIND for AD zones must be on the same machine."

but in general, it should be possible to update remote BIND server with new records via kerberos etc...
is it?

In this thread someone says it worked for him, but no additional info is attached...
http://thr3ads.net/samba/2013/10/2695935-samba-4-and-external-dns-bind

is there any documentation related to this subject?

regards,

Mariusz

 

[dlavigne]

Documentation is slim to non-existent at this time. If you decide to test it out, let us know what luck you have with it.

 

[rhdd]

I tried to use AD DC with external BIND (on 9.2.1.7) but found no way how to do it.

Samba AD DC is running on the FreeNAS main system and requires that BIND is running on the same machine. But I cannot install BIND to the main system. I have no idea how the BIND9_DLZ option is intended to work on FreeNAS.

I ended up installing BIND to a jail and using it as forwarder for the Samba internal DNS.

 

[dlavigne]

Samba AD DC is running on the FreeNAS main system and requires that BIND is running on the same machine. But I cannot install BIND to the main system. I have no idea how the BIND9_DLZ option is intended to work on FreeNAS.

That's a very good point. Please create a bug report at bugs.freenas.org and post the issue number here.

 

[rhdd]

https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/7074