How To Install nsd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd on Rocky Linux 8. nsd is Fast and lean authoritative DNS Name Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsd on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nsd.

Install nsd on Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nsd

nsd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.