How to setup MyDNS server with Graphical User Interface

Monday, 26 October 2009.

1. Install apache, mysql server, php

1	yum install httpd mysql-server php php-mysql php-mbstring

2. Enable mysql to start at boot, and start mysql server

2 3	/sbin/chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on /etc/init.d/mysqld start

3. Set mysql password

4	mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword

4.Enable apache to start at boot, start apache server

5 6	/sbin/chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on /etc/init.d/httpd start

5. Comment out all lines in /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

6. Configure MySQL

mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE mydns;
mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON mydns.* TO 'mydns'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret_mydns';
mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON mydns.* TO 'mydns'@'localhost.domain.com' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret_mydns';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

7. Download frontend to MyDNS, untar it, copy the necessary data

cd /usr/src/
wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mydnsconfig/MyDNSConfig-1.1.0.tar.gz
tar xvfz MyDNSConfig-1.1.0.tar.gz
cd MyDNSConfig-1.1.0
mkdir /usr/share/mydnsconfig
cp -rf interface/* /usr/share/mydnsconfig/
ln -s /usr/share/mydnsconfig/web/ /var/www/mydns
mysql -u root -p mydns < install/mydnsconfig.sql

8. Enter correct Mysql data

20	vi /usr/share/mydnsconfig/lib/config.inc.php

$conf["db_type"] = 'mysql';
$conf["db_host"] = 'localhost';
$conf["db_database"] = 'mydns';
$conf["db_user"] = 'mydns';
$conf["db_password"] = 'mydnspassword';

9. Configure apache for mydnsfrontend, the root of the site is /usr/share/mydnsconfig/

Default MyDNS Username and Password = admin

10. Download MyDNS, install the RPM and configure to turn it on at startup

cd /usr/src
wget http://mydns.bboy.net/download/mydns-mysql-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh mydns-mysql-1.1.0-1.i386.rpm
/sbin/chkconfig --levels 235 mydns on

11. Edit mydns.conf, change username and password and add the following lines to the end of the file.

25	vi /etc/mydns.conf

db-host = localhost # SQL server hostname
db-user = username # SQL server username
db-password = password # SQL server password
database = mydns # MyDNS database name
 
allow-axfr = yes
allow-tcp = yes
recursive = 123.456.789.012 # Location of recursive resolver

12. Turn on MyDNS and change the sequence of the startup scripts

/etc/init.d/mydns start
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
mv S52mydns S99mydns
cd /etc/rc.d/rc4.d
mv S52mydns S99mydns
cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
mv S52mydns S99mydns

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