Upgrade from BIND 9 to 10

[Spain, Dr. Jeffry A.]

> My production DNS is running BIND 9, and I have successfully installed BIND 10 on my test machine.
> Is there a way to convert the zone files and other configuration files to BIND 10?

I'll assume you are concerned about an authoritative server rather than a recursive resolver. On your BIND9 system you could use "dig @localhost myzone.com axfr +onesoa > myzone.com.db" to get a copy of your zone data. Then use the b10-loadzone utility to import it into BIND10.

I don't know of a similarly easy way to convert the configuration. You'll end up using bindctl and entering your configuration manually. How successful you will ultimately be will depend on the complexity of your BIND9 configuration, as a variety of BIND9 features aren't yet implemented in BIND10. A close reading of the BIND 10 Guide at http://bind10.isc.org/docs/bind10-guide.html will be helpful. Then pose your specific questions to this list.

Jeffry A. Spain
Network Administrator
Cincinnati Country Day School