include "/etc/rndc.key";
 
/* First of all we declare ACL with our Nodes (Our own DNS Servers) IPs */
/* Let's name this acl "nodes" */
 
acl "nodes" {
1.1.1.1; // ns1.mycompany.com
2.2.2.2; // ns2.mycompany.com
3.3.3.3; // ns3.mycompany.com
4.4.4.4; // ns4.mycompany.com
};
 
/* Then we leave the default -or edit as you need options (stats, versions, hostname, pid-file, directory */
/* The only change we need is recursion to be NO */
 
controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
};
 
options {
 
recursion no;
directory                "/var/named"; // the default
pid-file                 "/var/run/named/named.pid";
dump-file                "data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file          "data/named_stats.txt";
version "";
hostname "";
 
/* BUT we don't serve DNS anymore, so we need to notify and allow transfer to our Nodes */
/* Also allow-query should be to any; for the first time if we also need the web server to serve DNS queries */
notify yes;
/* allow-query    {"nodes";}; */
allow-query {any;};
allow-transfer {"nodes";};
allow-notify   {"nodes";};
 
 
 
};
 
/* That's it. We don't need something else from named.conf. Everything else stays as is */
 
logging {
        channel default_log {
                file "/var/log/named/named.log" versions 5 size 128M;
                print-time yes;
                print-severity yes;
                print-category yes;
                severity warning;
        };
        category default { default_log; };
        category general { default_log; };
};
 
 
 
 
zone "my-zone-example.com" {
        type master;
        file "/var/named/my-zone-example.com.db";
};
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