Azure Private DNS Resolver : cCan we use on-premise DNS running on RHEL as a conditional forwarder

Question

We are using Azure Private DNS resolver service to resolve Azure and on-premise domains.

can we use on-premise DNS server running on RHEL to configure conditional forwarder rule ? or is it necessary to have Windows DNS server on-premise.

Details of On-premise DNS server are as below.

Red Hat Enterprisse Linux Server Standard with below installed packges.

bind.x86_64 32:9.9.4-72.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

bind-chroot.x86_64 32:9.9.4-72.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

bind-libs.x86_64 32:9.9.4-72.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

bind-libs-lite.x86_64 32:9.9.4-72.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

bind-license.noarch 32:9.9.4-72.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

bind-utils.x86_64 32:9.9.4-72.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

binutils.x86_64 2.27-34.base.el7 @rhel-7-server-rpms

Answer 1

Hi Mahesh,

There is no requirement to use Windows DNS server on-premises for the conditional forwarding to the Private DNS Resolver inbound endpoint. In practice Windows Server DNS is often used because of existing Windows Active Directory Domain Services configuration.

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-TP