Installing and Configuring Server Roles
Up to this point, you have accomplished a base installation of Server Core. Just like the
regular Windows Server 2008 installation, there are no roles installed by default in Server
Core. If you want your Server Core installation to perform any of the six supported roles,
you will need to install each of them individually from the command line. Since only six
roles are supported by Server Core, you need to know only a handful of commands.
Installing and Configuring the DNS Server Role
DNS is a key infrastructure component because it??™s so critical to Active Directory. This
role is an ideal candidate for Server Core, since once you set it up, you probably won??™t
touch it much other than to perform regular maintenance. To install the DNS Server role,
you run this command:
Start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role
It will take a few minutes to install and it won??™t display a progress dialog box, so
be patient. Remember that this installs only the DNS Server role, and nothing is really
configured yet. You can configure the DNS Server using the DNS MMC snap-in from a
different computer or by running dnscmd at the command prompt. To view the general
parameters of your newly installed DNS Server, you can run this command:
Dnscmd /info
The most logical first step after installing a DNS Server would be to configure the
DNS zones. For example, to add a zone called testlab.
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