Guide – How To Start – DNS Server on Rocky 8 on Amazon

DNS Server on Rocky 8 provides a reliable and open-source DNS solution, ensuring smooth domain resolution with the stability of Rocky Linux 8.

This is a quick deployment and ready-to-run image.
Simple and rapid installation. Easy to maintain.

Configuring and connecting to DNS Server on Rocky 8

To work, you should open TCP port 10000 and UDP port 53 in the network properties of the Amazon firewall. 

When starting the VM, the DNS server starts automatically.

Connecting to the VM

1. To connect to the Server, you should generate a “Private Key” in advance. This can be done using Guide – How To – Create and use Key Pair to connect to a VM (by choosing the “file format:” option “.ppk” in point 3)

2. Connecting to the VM using the PuTTY application. You can download it at the following link – Download

3. Go to section SSH on the left panel, and then to Auth

In the “Auth” section, click “Browse” and specify the path to the .ppk file you received earlier.

4. Go to the home page of “Session”, enter the IP address of the VM, and click “Open”.

5. In the opened console, you will need to enter the login rocky

6. To get the administrator password, type sudo cat /root/cred.txt (1) and copy the password displayed (2)

Configuring the DNS server

1. Enter https://”VM’s IP”:10000  in the browser line

2. Click “Advanced”.

3. Then select Proceed to IP VM (unsafe

4. Enter the username root and password from step 6 of the previous section. Then click “Sign in”

5. Click Un-used Modules (1) then select BIND DNS Server (2)

6. Select Create master zone

7. Fill in the required data and click  Create

8. Go to Address

9. Add a new address by filling in all the fields and click Create

10. Click Return to zone list

11. Initial setup completed. A new zone displayed in Existing DNS Zones

Developer Documentation – BIND 9 9.21.3-dev documentation