Lecture and Lab, 2 days

This two day course is essential for administrators who wish to learn about the features of ANS, better understand how ANS manages computing and network resources, and learn how to integrate ANS with other systems. The course covers the basics of DNS, and provides a complete introduction to Nominum's Authoritative Name Server (ANS). Topics include DNS security (TSIG and DNSSEC), split-DNS views, and how to update ANS zone data while the server is running.

Please see our training schedule for information on class dates.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for system administrators and new DNS administrators who have little or no previous knowledge of the Domain Name System or of DNS zone file format.

Course Topics

• DNS Concepts
  • DNS Name Space
  • Name Server overview
  • Authoritative vs Caching Name Servers
    
• Introduction to ANS
  
• Basic ANS Components and Concepts
• Terminology
• Nominum Nanny
• Nominum Command Channel
• ANS vs BIND configuration
• The ANS database
• ANS Views


• Installing and Configuring ANS
• Overview of ANS installation packages
• Configuring ANS over the Command Channel


• Understanding Master zones and Content
• Publishing zones
• Modifying views and zones
• Updating zones through the Command Channel
• Zone versions


• Using zone Configuration and Slave zones
  • Creating slave zones
  • Slave zone configuration over the Command Channel
  
  
• Logging and Statistics
  • Configuring logging
  • Get/reset statistics
  
  
• Dynamic DNS (DDNS) updates
• DDNS overview
• Authenticating DDNS with Transaction Signatures (TSIG)
• Configuring DDNS


• Monitoring ANS
• Configuring Nominum Nanny
• ANS Events and SNMP


• Backup/Recovery, Customization
• Databases and off-line access
• Views and Alias zones
• Instance zones and Templates
• Command Channel in depth
• Introducing the SDK with the CC API for Perl

Prerequisites

Attendees should have a basic understanding of the Internet and be comfortable with editing files and installing software on a UNIX operating system.

More Information

To register for this class or to find out more information, please send email to sales@nominum.com or call +1 877.249.1559 (toll free in US) or +1 650.381.6060.