Installing PowerDNS on MXLinux Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing PowerDNS on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning the installation, make sure that:

• You have a user account with sudo privileges
• Your system is up to date

Step 1: Add PowerDNS Repository

PowerDNS is not available in the default MXLinux repository. Therefore, to install it, we need to add the official PowerDNS repository to our sources list.

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Run the following command to add the PowerDNS repository to your sources list:

   sudo echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.powerdns.com/debian buster-auth-43 main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pdns.list
   

3. Import the PowerDNS repository signing keys using the following command:

   curl https://repo.powerdns.com/FD380FBB-pub.asc | sudo apt-key add -
   

4. To update your system's package list, run the following command:

   sudo apt update
   

Step 2: Install PowerDNS

1. Once the PowerDNS repository has been added, we can install the PowerDNS Authoritative Server by running the following command:

   sudo apt install pdns-server pdns-backend-sqlite3
   

   This command will also install the SQLite backend for the PowerDNS server.

2. During the installation, you will be prompted to configure the SQL database backend. Select the sqlite3 option and press ENTER to continue.

3. After the installation completes, start the PowerDNS service by running the following command:

   sudo systemctl start pdns.service
   

4. To enable the PowerDNS service to start at boot time, run the following command:

   sudo systemctl enable pdns.service
   

Step 3: Verify the Installation

To make sure that PowerDNS has been installed successfully, you can run the following command to check its status:

sudo systemctl status pdns.service

If the service is running, you should see the following output:

● pdns.service - PowerDNS Authoritative Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pdns.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2022-03-06 14:47:36 EST; 1h 12min ago

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed PowerDNS on MXLinux Latest. You can now use PowerDNS to manage your domain names and DNS records.

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