How To Install nsd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd in Fedora 36. nsd is Fast and lean authoritative DNS Name Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nsd.

Install nsd on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install nsd

Install nsd on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nsd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nsd

nsd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/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
/run/nsd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/2f02235e47bb1a42fa7d45da8cd59f03158ec3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/e60075bee9e3be242b1f7d2900f0f9fb907ee9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/495b402ff61b9bd2039236095ede640903061f
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/33e956c955a67a283281c5267f7948af7e12f7
/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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).