How To Install rbldnsd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbldnsd on Rocky Linux 8. rbldnsd is Small, fast daemon to serve DNSBLs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbldnsd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `rbldnsd`

Rbldnsd is a small, authoritative-only DNS nameserver designed to serve DNS-based blocklists (DNSBLs). It may handle IP-based and name-based blocklists.

We can use yum or dnf to install rbldnsd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rbldnsd.

Install rbldnsd 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 rbldnsd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rbldnsd

Install rbldnsd 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 rbldnsd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rbldnsd

How To Uninstall rbldnsd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rbldnsd

rbldnsd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sysconfig/rbldnsd
/etc/systemd/rbldnsd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/6494c65b086f4b41a50b59dcf3edc2d666c903
/usr/sbin/rbldnsctl
/usr/sbin/rbldnsd
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/CHANGES-0.81
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/README
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/README.systemd
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/README.user
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/rbldnsd/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/rbldnsd
/usr/share/licenses/rbldnsd/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man8/rbldnsd.8.gz
/var/lib/rbldnsd

References

rbldnsd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbldnsd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.