OSX Mavericks - BIND no longer installed… how to get local DNS server working?

Question

I have always used BIND on OSX to provide a local DNS resolver for my local development machines, particularly to facilitate virtual machines accessing my local dev environment.

Answer 1

Bind is installed in Mavericks. Just files have moved. You can find all the zone files in /Library/Server/named/.

Apple actually have done a good job going for a more compliant implementation compared to 10.6.8.

It's easy to modify the files by hand.

My $0.02

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