How To Install pdns-recursor on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-recursor on Rocky Linux 8.
What is pdns-recursor
PowerDNS Recursor is a non authoritative/recursing DNS server. Use this package if you need a dns cache for your network.
We can use yum or dnf to install pdns-recursor on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdns-recursor.
Install pdns-recursor 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-recursor using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pdns-recursor
Install pdns-recursor 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-recursor using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pdns-recursor
How To Uninstall pdns-recursor on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the pdns-recursor package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pdns-recursor
pdns-recursor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/pdns-recursor
/etc/pdns-recursor/recursor.conf
/usr/bin/rec_control
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/cf6fb9208f6e60219ffe738c63e7bd4f82fa0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/1d9dc4c1d81ccfad932c2ead5f9585d36a27b7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pdns-recursor.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/pdns_recursor
/usr/share/doc/pdns-recursor
/usr/share/doc/pdns-recursor/README
/usr/share/licenses/pdns-recursor
/usr/share/licenses/pdns-recursor/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pdns_recursor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rec_control.1.gz
/var/lib/pdns-recursor
/var/lib/pdns-recursor/nod
/var/lib/pdns-recursor/udr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns-recursor on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
