How To Install mkrdns on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkrdns
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is mkrdns
mkrdns automates the tedious procedure of editing both forward and reverse zones when making changes to your zones with likely no changes to your current configuration file. mkrdns does this by reading through all of the primary/secondary (master/slave) zones in your configuration file (either named.boot or named.conf). It will then automatically generate the reverse zone entries (IN PTR) for the networks for which you are the primary/master. It is now possible to simply edit the forward map, run mkrdns, and reload the zone. Clean, simple, and best of all, automatic. mkrdns also acts as a limited lint-like program, issuing warnings and errors if there are problems with your configuration or zone files.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mkrdns
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mkrdns.
Install mkrdns 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 mkrdns
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mkrdns
Install mkrdns 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 mkrdns
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mkrdns
How To Uninstall mkrdns on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the mkrdns
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mkrdns
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkrdns
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.