To receive notifications and updates, your DNS server or servers must be added as members to your DNS configuration. Assigning IP addresses ensures that notifications and updates are received from the correctly configured member IP addresses only.
Step 4: Configure DNS Servers to Receive Notifications and Updates
To configure the DNS servers to receive notifications and updates as step 4 in the four-step On-Prem Firewall Service set-up process, complete the following:
- Click Configure Members in the Cloud Services Portal (Policies > On-Prem DNS Firewall) followed by clicking Configure Members to add or remove DNS servers to which you want to send notifications about updates in DNS Firewall feeds. To receive notifies the IP Address must be public. If it is incorrect or a private address, notiications will not be received by the DNS server.
Image: The members configuration pane.
2. To add DNS servers, do the following:
- Click Add Server.
- In the table, enter the NAME and IP ADDRESS for the DNS server.
- To save the configuration, click Save & Close. To add another DNS server, click Add Server again.
To remove a DNS server, select the server in the table and click Remove Server.
Note
To ensure that the DNS Firewall service functions correctly, you must properly configure RPZ and DNS logging categories in NIOS. For details, see About Infoblox DNS Firewall.
This completes the four-step DNS On-Prem Firewall configuration process.