This is a short example driven howto on how you can configure BIND to listen on certain IP addresses which can also be an implicit network interface. IPv6 is also included in the examples. You could also say that this how you disable IPv6 for BIND/named, but it’s implicit to the operation.
listen-on default syntax
Note the “-v6” syntax for IPv6.
IPv4
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; };
IPv6
listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
you can also combine several IP addresses
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.0.1; };
From the man page
listen-on [ port integer ] { address_match_element; ... };
listen-on-v6 [ port integer ] { address_match_element; ... };
To listen on all interfaces and IP addresses
listen-on { any;};
listen-on-v6 { any;};
That’s all. A few short tips.
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