octoDNS is a tool for managing DNS across multiple providers. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing octoDNS on your Windows 11 machine.
Before you begin, you need to ensure you have the following installed:
If you don't have any of these installed, you can download and install them from their respective websites.
Open the Command Prompt on your Windows 11 machine by pressing the Windows + R keys and typing "cmd" in the Run box.
In the Command Prompt, navigate to the directory where you would like to install octoDNS. For example, you can use the following command to navigate to the "Documents" folder:
cd C:\Users\<username>\Documents
Clone the octoDNS repository from GitHub by typing the following command in the Command Prompt:
git clone https://github.com/github/octodns
Navigate to the "octodns" directory by typing the following command in the Command Prompt:
cd octodns
Install the required Python packages using Pip by typing the following command in the Command Prompt:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Finally, you can verify the installation by running octoDNS and checking the version number. To do this, type the following command in the Command Prompt:
octodns --version
The version information for octoDNS should be displayed in the Command Prompt.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed octoDNS on your Windows 11 machine.
In this tutorial, we walked you through the steps to install octoDNS on Windows 11. By following these steps, you should now have a working installation of octoDNS that you can use to manage your DNS across multiple providers.
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