How To Install dnsdist on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsdist
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dnsdist
dnsdist is:
Highly DoS- and abuse-aware load balancing tool for DNS traffic, with Lua scripting and configuration capability. Can be configured to use various sets of rules to classify, route and reject traffic.
There are three methods to install dnsdist
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dnsdist Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsdist
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dnsdist
Install dnsdist Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsdist
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dnsdist
Install dnsdist Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dnsdist
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dnsdist
How To Uninstall dnsdist on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dnsdist
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dnsdist
Uninstall dnsdist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dnsdist
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnsdist
Remove dnsdist Configurations and Data
To remove dnsdist
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dnsdist
Remove dnsdist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dnsdist
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dnsdist
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dnsdist
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.