Unbound is a free and open-source DNS resolver that offers high performance and security. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Unbound on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before we start with the installation process, ensure that you have:
To avoid package dependency issues and ensure that you are using the latest software packages, update the system by running the following commands in the terminal:
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper update
Unbound is available in OpenSUSE Latest repositories. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo zypper install unbound
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by checking the version of Unbound using the following command:
unbound -V
To configure Unbound, you need to create a configuration file. You can create and edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor, such as Nano or Vim.
sudo nano /etc/unbound/unbound.conf
In the configuration file, you can define your DNS preferences, such as forwarding DNS queries to another server, setting up DNS filtering, and configuring DNSSEC. You can refer to the official Unbound documentation for more information on configuring Unbound.
After making changes to the configuration file, you need to restart the Unbound service for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart unbound
To verify that Unbound is working correctly, you can use the dig command to query Unbound for DNS resolution:
dig google.com @localhost
If Unbound is correctly configured and running, you should see the IP address of google.com.
In this tutorial, we went through the steps to install, configure, and verify Unbound on OpenSUSE Latest. Unbound is a powerful and flexible DNS resolver that offers high performance and security features.
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