Yadifa is a lightweight authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) server developed by EURid, the .eu domain registry. This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install and configure Yadifa on Arch Linux.
Before you begin, ensure that your Arch Linux system is up-to-date and has the necessary dependencies installed. You can do this by running:
sudo pacman -Syu
Yadifa requires the following dependencies, which can be installed using Pacman:
gccmakeautomakeautoconflibtoollibxml2libeventboostboost-libsYou can install them by running:
sudo pacman -S gcc make automake autoconf libtool libxml2 libevent boost boost-libs
You can install Yadifa from the Arch User Repository (AUR) using an AUR helper such as yay. If you don't have yay installed, you can install it by running:
sudo pacman -S git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
Once you have yay installed, you can install Yadifa by running:
yay -S yadifa
This will download the Yadifa source code, compile it, and install the binary files to /usr/bin/yadifa.
After installing Yadifa, you can configure it by editing the /etc/yadifa.conf file. This file is well documented and contains all the necessary options to set up your DNS server. For more information on the configuration options available, you can refer to the official Yadifa documentation.
By default, Yadifa listens on port 53 for both TCP and UDP traffic. You can verify that Yadifa is running by opening a terminal and entering the following command:
sudo systemctl status yadifa.service
This should display the status of the Yadifa service, which should be active (running) if Yadifa is running correctly.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Yadifa on Arch Linux. Yadifa is now ready to use as an authoritative DNS server. If you have any questions or encounter any issues during the installation process, you can refer to the official Yadifa documentation or seek help from the Arch Linux community.
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