In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of Knot, a high-performance DNS server, on Fedora Server Latest. Knot is known for its excellent stability, speed, and scalability, and it includes support for DNSSEC, IPv6, and other advanced features.
Before we start, please make sure to log in as a root user or a user with sudo privileges.
To install Knot, we need to install some required dependencies first. You can install them using the following command:
sudo dnf install -y gcc make automake pkgconfig libtool openssl-devel libuv-devel userspace-rcu-devel
This command will install compilers, libraries, and other tools required for building Knot.
Download the latest version of Knot from the official website using the following command:
wget https://secure.nic.cz/files/knot-dns/knot-3.1.1.tar.xz
Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the following command:
tar -xf knot-3.1.1.tar.xz
Change to the extracted directory:
cd knot-3.1.1.tar.xz
Now we can configure and build Knot using the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/knot/
make
sudo make install
This will install Knot to the /usr directory and set the Knot configuration files to /etc/knot.
Now we need to configure Knot to work correctly. Open the Knot configuration file /etc/knot/knot.conf using your favorite text editor:
sudo vi /etc/knot/knot.conf
Make sure to set the following options:
listen: <server_IP_address>@53
user: knot
group: knot
Save and close the file.
We can now start the Knot service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start knot
To check the status of the Knot service, use the following command:
sudo systemctl status knot
You should see a message indicating that Knot is running.
By default, Fedora Server has a firewall enabled to protect the system. We need to open the DNS port (53/tcp and 53/udp) to allow Knot to accept DNS queries.
Use the following command to open the ports:
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=dns --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Knot, a high-performance DNS server, on your Fedora Server Latest. Now you can start using Knot to serve DNS queries on your network. If you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment below.
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