DNS setup in test environment

Question

Hello, I hope someone can help me with setting up a dns server in my home test environment. Essentially I don’t need DC or DHCP just DNS but I cant seem to get it to work. I have a DNS Server and SQLServer I’m trying to get DNS working with before adding other servers. ![77581-image.png][1] ![77504-image.png][2] I am creating this set up in hyper v and on the DNS server I have done as follows 1. Added DNS feature via Server Manager 2. Went through configuration wizard ![77571-image.png][3] But it didnt seem to be working and on dns server nslookup gave a timeout message and could not resolve its own hostname. I then added a reverse lookup zone. ![77515-image.png][4] nslookup no longer gives the timeout message but still cannot resolve dnsserver or sqlserver host names. I also restarted the DNS server service at various points. I thought that the records would be added automatically but this did not happen so I manually added them: ![77573-image.png][5] I also added the ip of the dnsserver in the following location ![77563-image.png][6] However, after trying these steps and searching online it’s still not working as per below output from dnsserver. ![77574-image.png][7] Kind regards, Tim [1]: /api/attachments/77581-image.png?platform=QnA [2]: /api/attachments/77504-image.png?platform=QnA [3]: /api/attachments/77571-image.png?platform=QnA [4]: /api/attachments/77515-image.png?platform=QnA [5]: /api/attachments/77573-image.png?platform=QnA [6]: /api/attachments/77563-image.png?platform=QnA [7]: /api/attachments/77574-image.png?platform=QnA

Answer 1

Hi ,

For DNS in workgroup environment, if we want DNS service to properly work, you need configure with a Primary DNS Suffix matching one of the zones that DNS will be authoritative for (meaning that DNS is hosting the zone).

Otherwise, you will occur the following problem:

Please configure the Primary DNS Suffix as picture below:

After the restart, nslookup will work fine on DNS server:

For more details ,you can refer to the following article. This will help you understand better:

https://blogs.msmvps.com/acefekay/tag/dns-in-a-workgroup/

Best Regards,

Candy

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Answer 2

Thanks Kitty Cat Candy. Looks like I have some reading to do but it appears you've give me the last piece I was missing.