Location-Aware Authoritative DNS Server
As geoipdns is based upon djbdns, the requirements are quite similar.
1. Download geoipdns-latest.tar.bz and decompress.
wget http://geoipdns.org/download/geoipdns-latest.tar.bz tar -xjvf geoipdns-latest.tar.bz cd geoipdns*
2. Check conf-cc for the compile flags you care about. (the defaults should be fine for
most installations)
3. Compile and install the package.
make setup check
4. Add geoipdns and dnslog users to your system if you don't already have
a non-privleged user for the service.
adduser geoipdns adduser dnslog
5. Create a service directory tree for geoipdns:
geoipdns-conf geoipdns dnslog /etc/geoipdns-1.2.3.4 1.2.3.4
where geoipdns and dnslog are the server daemon user and logging user you want to use to run the service, /etc/geoipdns-1.2.3.4 is the directory for the service and 1.2.3.4 is the IP through which the server will listen.
6. Edit your data file as per the documentation. Minimum survival:
touch /etc/geoipdns-1.2.3.4/root/data
7. Compile your data file.
cd /etc/geoipdns-1.2.3.4/root make
8. Start the service by linking it into /service
ln -s /etc/geoipdns-1.2.3.4 /service
9. Check to make sure everything is running.
ps axf
(Thanks to Pablo for edits.)
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