How to Install PDNS Gui on MXLinux Latest?

PDNS Gui is a web-based graphical user interface for PowerDNS - an open-source DNS server. This tutorial guides you through the steps to install PDNS Gui on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, you should have the following prerequisites:

• MXLinux Latest installed
• Root privileges

Steps

1. Open the terminal on your MXLinux Latest system.

2. Install Git by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

3. Clone the PDNS Gui repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/odoucet/pdns-gui.git

This will download the repository into your current working directory.

4. Change directory to the downloaded PDNS Gui repository and run the installation script:

cd pdns-gui
sudo bash install.sh

5. The install script will ask you a few questions to configure PDNS Gui. You can set the MySQL database details, administrative username, and password.

6. Once the script finishes, verify that the PDNS Gui service is running by running the following command:

systemctl status pdns-gui.service

The output should show that the service is active.

7. Open your web browser and enter the following URL to access PDNS Gui:

http://localhost/pdns-gui/

You should see the login page for PDNS Gui.

8. Enter the administrative username and password you have set during the installation.

9. Now you can use PDNS Gui to manage your DNS server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install PDNS Gui on MXLinux Latest. By now, you should be able to manage your DNS server using PDNS Gui.

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