General Information

Client perspective checking DNS configuration.

The following virtual machines will be used:

• server1.example.com (192.168.1.150) → Perform all connectivity tests from here
• server2.example.com (192.168.1.151) → Install DNS caching here

View (dump) the current contents of the unbound cache

unbound-control dump_cache

• This can be also redirected to a file to make edits and load back into cache

Purge the cache: Single record

unbound-control flush myhost1.example.com

Purge the cache: Entire Zone

unbound-control flush example.com

Load cache from a file (dumped there previously)

unbound-control load_cache < cache.txt

Check to see what DNS servers are configured

cat /etc/resolv.conf

• Take note of whether the file is controlled via NetworkManager. If so, then the DNS servers are set via that service/from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

Ensure a route exists to the DNS server

ip route sh

Ping the DNS server

ping -c4 <ip-of-dns>

Check to see if you can connect to port 53

telnet <ip-of-dns> 53
 
OR
 
nc -v -w 3 <ip-of-dns> 53

Test a domain lookup against the DNS server directly

dig @<ip-of-dns> google.com

Dig returns a status indicator in the “Got Answer” section. Values can be:

• NOERROR - DNS resolve was successful
• NXDOMAIN - DNS info requested could not be found
• SERVFAIL - Error contacting a DNS server