How to Install Yadifa on EndeavourOS

Introduction

Yadifa is an open-source Domain Name System (DNS) server that provides high-performance and high-scalability DNS resolution services. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Yadifa on EndeavourOS, an Arch-based Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

• A computer running EndeavourOS
• An internet connection
• Administrative privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing Yadifa, we need to install some dependencies.

sudo pacman -S --needed git gcc make

Step 2: Download and Compile Yadifa

1. Open Terminal and clone Yadifa's Git repository:

git clone https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa.git

2. Navigate to the Yadifa directory:

cd yadifa

3. Compile the Yadifa source code:

./configure && make

4. Install Yadifa:

sudo make install

Step 3: Configure Yadifa

1. Open the Yadifa configuration file:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/yadifa.conf

2. Add the following configuration at the end of the file:

zone:

    name: example.com
    zonefile: /etc/yadifa/example.com.zone

    acl:
        - id: allowed
          { range: 192.168.1.0/24; }
        - id: disallowed
          { range: 0.0.0.0/0; }

    rr:
        - name: "@"
          type: SOA
          value: ns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. ( 2017082204 3H 15M 1W 1D )

        - name: "@"
          type: NS
          value: ns1.example.com.

        - name: ns1
          type: A
          value: 192.168.1.2

    logging:
        - channel:
            id: stdout
            severity: info
          rules:
            - category: "*"
            - category: socket.io
              severity: debug

3. Save and exit the file.

Step 4: Create Zone File

1. Create the directory to hold zone files:

sudo mkdir /etc/yadifa

2. Create the zone file for your domain:

sudo nano /etc/yadifa/example.com.zone

3. Add the following records to the file:

$TTL      86400
example.com. IN SOA ns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. (
                        2017082204 ; serial
                        3H ; refresh
                        15M ; retry
                        1W ; expiry
                        1D ; minimum
                        )
;
example.com.  IN NS  ns1.example.com.

; Specify A records for your hosts
ns1.example.com.  IN A 192.168.1.2

4. Save and exit.

Step 5: Start Yadifa

1. Start the Yadifa service:

sudo systemctl start yadifa

2. Verify that Yadifa is running:

sudo systemctl status yadifa

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Yadifa on EndeavourOS and configure it to serve DNS requests for a domain. Yadifa provides high-performance and high-scalability DNS resolution services and is a great DNS server option for your network infrastructure.

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