How To Install bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bind-sdb
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS (Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named-sdb) which has compiled-in SDB (Simplified Database Backend) which includes support for using alternative Zone Databases stored in an LDAP server (ldapdb), a postgreSQL database (pgsqldb), an sqlite database (sqlitedb), or in the filesystem (dirdb), in addition to the standard in-memory RBT (Red Black Tree) zone database. It also includes support for DLZ (Dynamic Loadable Zones)
We can use yum or dnf to install bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-sdb.
Install bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bind-sdb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bind-sdb
Install bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bind-sdb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bind-sdb
How To Uninstall bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bind-sdb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bind-sdb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-sdb on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.