OctoDNS is a tool used for easily managing DNS zones across multiple providers. In this tutorial, we will describe the step-by-step method to install OctoDNS. We will be installing it on the latest Debian version.
To install OctoDNS we require Python 3.5 or later. Check whether you have Python installed on your system by typing the following command in the terminal.
$ python3 --version
If it is not installed, then install Python using the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install python3
Pip is a package management system that we use to install and manage Python packages. Follow the below command to install pip.
$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Use the following command to clone the octoDNS repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/github/octodns.git
It is good practice to install OctoDNS in a Python virtual environment. It helps to keep dependencies and packages isolated from other projects. To create a virtual environment follow the below command.
$ python3 -m venv octodns-venv
Here octodns-venv is the name of the virtual environment.
Activate the virtual environment.
$ source octodns-venv/bin/activate
Now our environment is ready to use. We can install OctoDNS and its dependencies into it.
To install all dependencies, use the following command:
$ pip install -r octodns/requirements.txt
To ensure that OctoDNS has been installed correctly use the following command:
$ octodns --help
This command will display the help screen, which confirms that OctoDNS has been installed on your system.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install OctoDNS on Debian latest version. You can now use OctoDNS to manage your DNS zones across several providers.
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