Create Primary Forward Lookup Zone
Good day everyone. Today, we will be looking at how to create a primary forward lookup zone for DNS.
1. select Start > Administrative Tools > DNS
2. Right click Forward Lookup Zones, and select New Zone
3. at welcome to new zone wizard page, click next
4. at zone type page, select primary zone option, and click next
note:
- the new forward lookup zone must be a primary zone, so it can accept dynamic updates
5. at active directory zone replication scope page, select ‘to all domain controllers in the active directory domain’, and click next
6. at zone name page, enter appropriate value for zone name (eg. nfam.com), and click next
note:
- the zone name should be the same as the name for the domain, in this case, it should be nfam.com
- fyi, dns zone is NOT actually the same as domain, but it’s recommended to make dns zone name same as domain name
7. at dynamic update page, select ‘allow both nonsecure and secure dynamic updates’ (this is not a secure option, but it’ll ensure all dynamic updates are allowed for, can always ‘tighten’ security later), and click next
8. at completing the new zone wizard page, click finish
in case your server does not already allow connection to internet, you may try enabling dns forwarding. If you wish to know more, you can drop me an email asking about this.
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