How To Install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8. pdns-ixfrdist is A program to redistribute zones over AXFR and IXFR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pdns-ixfrdist

This package contains the ixfrdist program.

We can use yum or dnf to install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdns-ixfrdist.

Install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pdns-ixfrdist using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pdns-ixfrdist

Install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pdns-ixfrdist using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pdns-ixfrdist

How To Uninstall pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pdns-ixfrdist package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pdns-ixfrdist

pdns-ixfrdist Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pdns/ixfrdist.example.yml
/usr/bin/ixfrdist
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/1b3fc8500e00346ebf460b0c1f38ed32323879
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ixfrdist.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man1/ixfrdist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ixfrdist.yml.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-ixfrdist on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.