Lesson 3. Providing DNS

Goals

Image Deploy OS X Server as a DNS server

Image Understand the how and why of DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical service. It is so critical in fact that OS X Server will set up its own DNS service if one is not provided for it in certain circumstances. Without proper working DNS, problems will occur with certain services, and as a result, it is important to understand what DNS is and how to manage it for OS X and other computers.

Although there are many aspects of DNS, this lesson concentrates on what is needed to ...

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