host dns server - where?

[gurpal2000]

(newbie)

HI, I basically want my own dns server (based on dnsmasq) running either on promox OR inside a VM so that it serves dhcp/static dhcp to my intranet machines.

theoretically i could install a minimal ubuntu/slackware VM (bridged?) with dnsmasq installed and that would be fine...right?

OR does promox has dnsmasq-like capability ?

thanks,

 

[dietmar]

OR does promox has dnsmasq-like capability ?

no (although I think you can install those packages on the host).

 

[yatesco]

(newbie)

HI, I basically want my own dns server (based on dnsmasq) running either on promox OR inside a VM so that it serves dhcp/static dhcp to my intranet machines.

theoretically i could install a minimal ubuntu/slackware VM (bridged?) with dnsmasq installed and that would be fine...right?

OR does promox has dnsmasq-like capability ?

thanks,

I think a lot of people (I do anyway ) run a software firewall (i.e. inside a VM) and then have that act as the gateway for all the other VMs across the cluster. So install something like vyatta or shorewall or pfsense install a VM, configure it to be a DHCP server and then install your other VMs and hopefully they should be auto-configured from the DHCP server.

Works a treat, but of course it doesn't protect your actual nodes in anyway at all.

 

[gurpal2000]

ok thanks for the suggestions