PowerDNS is a popular open-source DNS server that provides high scalability and performance. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of installing PowerDNS on macOS.
Applications > Utilities > Terminal.brew install pdns
Enter to run the command.pdns_server --version
Enter to run the command. The version number of the installed PowerDNS server will be displayed in the Terminal.To launch PowerDNS, run the following command in your Terminal:
sudo pdns_server
This will start the PowerDNS server process as a superuser, which is necessary for the server to bind to port 53 (the default DNS port) and listen for incoming DNS queries.
If this is your first time launching the PowerDNS server, it may take a few moments to start up. Once the server is running, you can confirm that it is operational by using the dig command to query the server for a DNS record:
dig google.com @localhost
This will send a DNS query to the PowerDNS server running on your local machine, asking for the IP address of the Google homepage. If the server is working correctly, you should see a response containing the IP address of the Google homepage.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install PowerDNS on macOS via Homebrew and start up the server process. With PowerDNS running on your machine, you can configure it to serve DNS records for your own domains, creating a DNS infrastructure that's both scalable and high-performance.
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