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How to Install PowerDNS on Elementary OS Latest

PowerDNS is a free and open-source DNS server software that uses a flexible backend architecture to allow for many different kinds of data sources and many kinds of queries. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install PowerDNS on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A user account with sudo privileges.
• A fully updated Elementary OS Latest system.

Step 1: Update the System

Before starting the installation, let's ensure that our system is updated by running the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

This command will update your system packages to the latest version.

Step 2: Install the Necessary Dependencies

PowerDNS requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. To install these dependencies, run the following command:

sudo apt install -y build-essential git pkg-config bison flex libboost-all-dev libtool libldap2-dev libyaml-dev liblua5.3-dev libsodium-dev

Step 3: Clone the PowerDNS Git Repository

To install PowerDNS, we need to clone the PowerDNS Git repository to our system. To do so, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns.git

This will clone the PowerDNS repository on your system.

Step 4: Build and Install PowerDNS

After cloning the PowerDNS Git repository, we need to build and install it.

Navigate to the pdns repository that you just cloned by running the following command:

cd pdns

Next, run the following commands to build and install PowerDNS:

./bootstrap
./configure
make
sudo make install

This will install PowerDNS on your Elementary OS Latest system.

Step 5: Enable and Start PowerDNS

Now that you have installed PowerDNS on your system, we need to enable and start the service. To do so, run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable pdns.service
sudo systemctl start pdns.service

This will enable and start the PowerDNS service on your system.

Step 6: Verify the Installation

To verify that the PowerDNS service is running and working properly, you can check the service status by running the following command:

sudo systemctl status pdns.service

If the service is running without any issues, you will see the output as follows:

● pdns.service - PowerDNS Authoritative Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pdns.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-11-21 07:37:35 UTC; 6min ago
    Process: 7485 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/pdns_server --daemon=no --guardian=no --write-pid=no --socket-dir=/run/powerdns --launch=gmysql --config-name=pdns (code=exited, status=0/SUCC
   Main PID: 7496 (pdns_server)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 2332)
     Memory: 21.6M
     CGroup: /system.slice/pdns.service
             └─7496 /usr/local/sbin/pdns_server --daemon=no --guardian=no --write-pid=no --socket-dir=/run/powerdns --launch=gmysql --config-name=pdns

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PowerDNS on your Elementary OS Latest system.

Conclusion

This tutorial covered the installation of PowerDNS on Elementary OS Latest. With PowerDNS installed and running, you are now able to set up and manage your own DNS server on your system. If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask for help.

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