How to Install Technitium DNS Server on Elementary OS Latest

Technitium DNS Server is a powerful and feature-rich DNS server that can be used to manage your own DNS infrastructure. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps required to install Technitium DNS Server on Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before we can install Technitium DNS Server, we need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met on your Elementary OS machine:

• You have sudo privileges on your machine
• You have an active internet connection

Step 1: Download the Technitium DNS Server

The first step is to download the Technitium DNS Server from their website. You can do this by opening your web browser and navigating to https://technitium.com/dns/. On the website, select the appropriate download for your operating system. In our case, we will select the Linux download.

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Before we can install the Technitium DNS Server, we need to install the required dependencies. Open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install mono-runtime

This command will install the required mono-runtime package.

Step 3: Install Technitium DNS Server

Now that we have downloaded the Technitium DNS Server and installed the required dependencies, we can proceed to install the DNS server.

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the Technitium DNS Server package.
2. Run the following command to extract the package:

tar -xvf technitium-dns-*.tar.gz

3. Navigate to the extracted directory:

cd technitium-dns-server-*

4. Run the following command to install the DNS server:

sudo ./install.sh

5. Follow the prompts to complete the installation process.

Step 4: Configure Technitium DNS Server

Once the installation is complete, we need to configure Technitium DNS Server according to our needs.

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the Technitium DNS Server installation directory:

cd /opt/technitium/dns/

2. Edit the configuration file:

sudo nano config.xml

3. In the configuration file, you can modify the settings according to your needs. For example, you can modify the DNS server address, enable or disable certain features, and much more.

4. Save the changes to the configuration file.

Step 5: Start the Technitium DNS Server

Now that we have installed and configured the Technitium DNS Server, we can start the server by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start technitium-dns.service

If you want Technitium DNS Server to start automatically at boot, run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable technitium-dns.service

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Technitium DNS Server on your Elementary OS machine. You can now use this powerful DNS server to manage your own DNS infrastructure.

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