Requirements ============ ./doc/requirements.rst Installation ============ ./doc/installation.rst 1) Install prerequisites Debian based distributions -------------------------- Update the system: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade Install prerequisites: $ sudo apt-get install \ libtool autoconf make pkg-config liburcu-dev libgnutls28-dev libedit-dev Install optional packages to override embedded libraries: $ sudo apt-get install liblmdb-dev Install optional packages: $ sudo apt-get install libcap-ng-dev libsystemd-dev libidn11-dev protobuf-c-compiler libfstrm-dev Fedora like distributions ------------------------- Update the system: # dnf upgrade Install basic development tools: # dnf install @buildsys-build Install prerequisites: # dnf install \ libtool autoconf pkgconfig automake userspace-rcu-devel gnutls-devel libedit-devel Install optional packages to override embedded libraries: # dnf install lmdb-devel Install optional packages: # dnf install libcap-ng-devel systemd-devel libidn-devel protobuf-c-devel fstrm-devel When compiling on RHEL based system, the Fedora EPEL repository has to be enabled. Also for RHEL 6, forward compatibility package gnutls30-devel with newer GnuTLS is required instead of gnutls-devel. 2) Install Knot DNS Get the source code: $ git clone git://git.nic.cz/knot-dns.git Or extract source package to knot-dns directory Compile Knot $ cd knot-dns $ autoreconf -if $ ./configure $ make Install Knot DNS into system: $ sudo make install $ sudo ldconfig Running ======= ./doc/operation.rst 1) Each server needs configuration file. Please see samples/knot.sample.conf, project documentation, or man 5 knot.conf for more details. Configuration file has to specify: - storage for PID files, journal and timer databases etc. - network interfaces - served zones E.g. use the default config file: $ cd /etc/knot $ mv knot.sample.conf knot.conf Modify the config: $ editor knot.conf 2) Prepare working directory $ mv example.com.zone /var/lib/knot/ 3) Start the server. This can be done by running the 'knotd' command. Alternatively, your distribution should have an init script available, if you've installed Knot using a binary package. Start Knot in the foreground to see if it runs: $ knotd -c myserver.conf