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Tutorial: Installing PDNS Gui on Alpine Linux Latest

PDNS Gui is an open-source web GUI for PowerDNS that allows you to manage your DNS zones and records easily. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install PDNS Gui on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access to the server
• Basic knowledge of Linux commands

Step 1: Install Dependencies

The first step is to install the dependencies required by PDNS Gui. You can install these dependencies by running the following command:

apk add go git

Step 2: Clone the Repository

Next, you need to clone the PDNS Gui repository to your server. You can do this by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/odoucet/pdns-gui.git

Step 3: Build and Install PDNS Gui

Once you've cloned the repository, navigate to the PDNS Gui directory by executing the following command:

cd pdns-gui

Now, build the PDNS Gui binary by running the following command:

go build

Once the build is complete, you can install PDNS Gui by copying the pdns-gui binary to /usr/local/bin/ with the following command:

cp pdns-gui /usr/local/bin/

Step 4: Configure PDNS Gui

After installing PDNS Gui, you need to configure it to connect to your PowerDNS server. You can configure PDNS Gui by creating a configuration file in /etc/pdns-gui/config.yaml.

To create the configuration file, run the following command:

mkdir -p /etc/pdns-gui/
touch /etc/pdns-gui/config.yaml

Now, open the configuration file using a text editor of your choice and paste the following:

pdns:
  api_url: http://<your-powerdns-server-ip>:<pdns-api-port>/api/v1
  api_key: <your-pdns-api-key>

Replace <your-powerdns-server-ip>, <pdns-api-port>, and <your-pdns-api-key> with your PowerDNS server's IP address, API port, and API key.

Step 5: Start PDNS Gui

Finally, start PDNS Gui by executing the following command:

pdns-gui -c /etc/pdns-gui/config.yaml

You should see the output similar to the following:

INFO[11/22/2021 10:50:46 AM] starting pdns gui                   
INFO[11/22/2021 10:50:46 AM] http server started on :8080        

You can now access PDNS Gui by navigating to http://<your-server-ip>:8080 in your web browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PDNS Gui on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use PDNS Gui to manage your DNS zones and records.

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