How To Install nsd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd on CentOS 8.
What is nsd
NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS name server. For further information about what NSD is and what NSD is not please consult the REQUIREMENTS document which is a part of this distribution.
We can use yum or dnf to install nsd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nsd.
Install nsd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nsd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nsd
Install nsd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install nsd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nsd
How To Uninstall nsd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the nsd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nsd
nsd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/nsd
/etc/nsd/conf.d
/etc/nsd/nsd.conf
/etc/nsd/nsd_control.key
/etc/nsd/nsd_control.pem
/etc/nsd/nsd_server.key
/etc/nsd/nsd_server.pem
/etc/nsd/server.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/795eb6993f6af4b5f60381a0d749eee7ff020b
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/1c1a7b3fec464b62b0a0dab46ce4e1651fd413
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/72ec8aa8c16c28277464c74e12012cd5e1bc5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/1d5ac76afa546f0dd5b0db6fa791ff91fea43c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nsd-keygen.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nsd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nsd.conf
/usr/sbin/nsd
/usr/sbin/nsd-checkconf
/usr/sbin/nsd-checkzone
/usr/sbin/nsd-control
/usr/sbin/nsd-control-setup
/usr/share/doc/nsd
/usr/share/doc/nsd/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/nsd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/nsd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/nsd/NEW-CFG-OPTION
/usr/share/doc/nsd/NSD-4-features
/usr/share/doc/nsd/NSD-DATABASE
/usr/share/doc/nsd/NSD-DIFFFILE
/usr/share/doc/nsd/NSD-FOR-BIND-USERS
/usr/share/doc/nsd/README
/usr/share/doc/nsd/README.icc
/usr/share/doc/nsd/README.svn
/usr/share/doc/nsd/RELNOTES
/usr/share/doc/nsd/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/doc/nsd/TESTPLAN
/usr/share/doc/nsd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/nsd/UPGRADING
/usr/share/doc/nsd/coding-style
/usr/share/doc/nsd/differences.pdf
/usr/share/doc/nsd/differences.tex
/usr/share/doc/nsd/nsd.zones2nsd.conf
/usr/share/licenses/nsd
/usr/share/licenses/nsd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/nsd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsd-checkconf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsd-checkzone.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsd-control.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsd.8.gz
/var/lib/nsd
/var/run/nsd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.