Technitium DNS Server is a powerful, open source, and free DNS Server software that offers advanced features like DNS blocking, DNS tunneling, DNS over HTTPS, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Technitium DNS Server on Clear Linux Latest operating system.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, open the terminal by pressing the CTRL+ALT+T
key combination.
Technitium DNS Server requires some dependencies that are not available by default on Clear Linux. We need to install those dependencies first. To install dependencies, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-libidn2 devpkg-glibc pkg-config devpkg-libtirpc
This command will install all the required dependencies.
Now we need to download and extract Technitium DNS Server. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:
wget https://github.com/TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer/releases/download/v5.2/Technitium_DNS_Server_v5.2.zip
unzip Technitium_DNS_Server_v5.2.zip
This command will download and extract Technitium DNS Server version 5.2.
After extracting Technitium DNS Server, we need to install it. To install Technitium DNS Server, run the following command in the terminal:
cd Technitium_DNS_Server_v5.2
sudo ./install.sh
This command will start the installation process, and you will be prompted to enter some configuration options during the installation.
After installing Technitium DNS Server, we need to start it. To start the server, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl start technitium-dns
This command will start the Technitium DNS Server service.
To check the status of Technitium DNS Server, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo systemctl status technitium-dns
This command will show you the status of the Technitium DNS Server service.
That's it! You have successfully installed Technitium DNS Server on Clear Linux Latest operating system. Now you can configure the server and use it to manage your DNS requests.
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