4.2.1.7. Setting up a DNS service in Vesta

Warning!

If an error occurs when working with the Vesta panel "Error: DNS_SYSTEM is not enabled", then you should run DNS server setup.

For settings DNS-service and direction of the necessary domains to their own DNS-server do the following:

  1. Create child NS registered domain and send them to VPS IP address.
  2. Open the Vesta control panel.
  3. Switch to tab "DNS" and click on the green button "+":
  4. Fill in the fields and click "Add" ("Add"):
    • "Domain" ("Domain") — specify the domain for which the child NS were created.
    • "IP address" ("IP address") — specify VPS IP address.
  5. In the tab "DNS" click "Edit" opposite the domain that will be used as NS:
  6. In field "Template" choose "child-ns" and press "Save":
  7. Go to the menu "Packages":
  8. Edit the standard template by clicking "Edit" next to the template with the title "default":
  9. At the bottom of the page in the margins "Name Servers" specify the previously created child servers and click "Save" ("Save"):
  10. All domains added to the Vesta control panel will already be configured on these NSs by default. Previously added domains will need to be configured manually.

Installing a DNS Server

To install and configure DNS-service in the Vesta panel, do the following:

  1. Connect to the server via SSH with root rights.
  2. Install DNS-server Bind by executing the command for the appropriate OS:
    • For CentOS:
      yum install bind bind-utils -y
    • For Debian / Ubuntu:
      apt-get install -y bind9
  3. Complete the Vesta configuration file in any of the following ways:
    • By editing the file manually:
      nano /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf

      After opening the editor, you need to add the line 

      DNS_SYSTEM='bind9'
    • By inserting the line automatically at the end of the file with the command:
      echo "DNS_SYSTEM='bind9'" >> /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf
  4. Check the work DNS-service in the Vesta panel.
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