How To Install pdns on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns on CentOS 7. pdns is A modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns on CentOS 7.

What is pdns

The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver. It is written from scratch and conforms to all relevant DNS standards documents. Furthermore, PowerDNS interfaces with almost any database.

We can use yum or dnf to install pdns on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pdns.

Install pdns on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pdns

Install pdns on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install pdns

How To Uninstall pdns on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pdns

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdns on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.