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Creating DNS Resource Records Lab

In this lab, you will learn how to manage DNS resource records in Windows Server.

Session duration: 60 minutes· Typical launch: ~3 min

Difficulty

Beginner

Lab level

Lab VMs

1

1 Windows

XP Reward

300 XP

On completion

Virtual machines

Lab VMs

Windows

SADC01

Windows

Username / Password

user / password123

Connection type

In-browser RDP / RDP

CPU / RAM

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Lab instructions

Follow the steps below to complete the lab.

  1. Login with username ladmin and password password123
  2. Open Server Manager clicking on Start button from the taskbar
  3. Select Tools and open DNS
  4. Expand the server name SADC01 and expand Forward Lookup Zones
  5. Right-click ad.serveracademy.com and select New Host (A or AAAA)...
  6. Configure the A record with the following:

NOTE: Replace X with the third octet of your lab network executing ipconfig from the terminal.

Powershell
Name: webserver IP address: 10.0.X.50
  1. Click Add Host.
  2. Close the confirmation window clicking Ok and Done
  3. Right-click ad.serveracademy.com again and select New Alias (CNAME)...
  4. Configure the alias with the following:
Powershell
Alias name: www Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for target host: webserver.ad.serveracademy.com
  1. Click OK.
  2. Click Check step to proceed.
  1. Click the Start button.
  2. Click to open Terminal on the server.
  3. Type nslookup and press Enter.
  4. Test the A record by typing webserver.ad.serveracademy.com and press Enter. You should see the IP address you configured for the webserver record.
  5. Test the CNAME record by typing:
Powershell
www.ad.serveracademy.com
  1. The response should show that www.ad.serveracademy.com resolves to: webserver.ad.serveracademy.com and ultimately resolves to the IP address configured for the A record.
  2. Click Check step to proceed.