In /etc/bind/named.conf.options, put the following near the end:

listen-on { 10.0.17.253 };
	  

This command does just that (don't run it more than once):

Then include the files for xen network ranges in /etc/bind/named.conf.local:

<snip>
include "/etc/bind/zone.xennet";
include "/etc/bind/zone.10.0.17";
	  

Create /etc/bind/zone.xennet:

zone "xennet" {
        type master;
        file "/etc/bind/db.xennet";
};
	  

and /etc/bin/zone.10.0.17:

zone "17.0.10.in-addr.arpa"  { type master; file "/etc/bind/db.10.0.17"; };
	  

Create the zone 'databases' /etc/bind/db.xennet:

$ORIGIN xennet.
$TTL 86400
@    IN    SOA  ns1.xennet.     apprentice.example.com. (
     8 ; serial                     
     21600      ; refresh after 6 hours                     
     3600       ; retry after 1 hour                     
     604800     ; expire after 1 week                     
     86400 )    ; minimum TTL of 1 day  

        IN      NS        ns1
        IN      MX 10     mail

ns1     IN      A         10.0.17.253
mail    IN      A         10.0.17.253


dom0            IN      A       10.0.17.253

vhost1          IN      A       10.0.17.1
vhost2          IN      A       10.0.17.2
vhost3          IN      A       10.0.17.3
vhost4          IN      A       10.0.17.4
vhost5          IN      A       10.0.17.5
vhost6          IN      A       10.0.17.6
vhost7          IN      A       10.0.17.7
vhost8          IN      A       10.0.17.8
vhost9          IN      A       10.0.17.9
vhost10         IN      A       10.0.17.10

puppet          IN      A       vhost1
	  

and /etc/bind/db.10.0.17:

$ORIGIN 17.0.10.in-addr.arpa. 
$TTL 86400 
@    IN    SOA  ns1     apprentice.example.com. (
           2 ; serial                     
           21600      ; refresh after 6 hours                     
           3600       ; retry after 1 hour                     
           604800     ; expire after 1 week                     
           86400 )    ; minimum TTL of 1 day        

$GENERATE 1-255 $ PTR vhost$.xennet.
	  

To make them use the new nameserver, on each client, put in /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 10.0.17.253
search xennet
	  

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