How to Install PDNS Gui on Fedora CoreOS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing PDNS Gui on Fedora CoreOS latest.

PDNS Gui is an open-source tool that provides a web-based graphical user interface for PowerDNS, an open-source DNS server. PDNS Gui allows you to manage your DNS server's configuration and settings through a web interface.

Follow the steps below to install PDNS Gui on Fedora CoreOS latest.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you need:

  • A server running Fedora CoreOS latest.
  • Root access to the server.
  • Basic knowledge of Linux command-line interface and DNS.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing PDNS Gui, you need to install the following dependencies:

  • Node.js: PDNS Gui is built on Node.js, so you need to install Node.js on your server.

Use the following command to install Node.js:

sudo dnf install nodejs

Step 2: Clone PDNS Gui

Now that you have installed Node.js, it's time to clone PDNS Gui from GitHub. Use the following command to clone the GitHub repository:

git clone https://github.com/odoucet/pdns-gui.git

This will download the PDNS Gui repository to your server.

Step 3: Install PDNS Gui

After cloning the repository, navigate to the PDNS Gui directory and install the required dependencies using the following command:

cd pdns-gui
npm install

This command will download and install all the dependencies required to run PDNS Gui.

Step 4: Configure PDNS Gui

PDNS Gui requires a configuration file to connect to your PowerDNS server. You need to create a configuration file before you can run PDNS Gui.

To do this, copy the config.example.json file to config.json using the following command:

cp config.example.json config.json

Then, open the config.json file in a text editor and configure the following settings:

  • apiUrl: The API URL of your PowerDNS server.
  • apiToken: The API token used to authenticate with your PowerDNS server.

Update these settings according to the configuration of your PowerDNS server.

Save the file and exit the text editor.

Step 5: Run PDNS Gui

Finally, you can run PDNS Gui using the following command:

npm start

This will start the PDNS Gui server, and you can access it using a web browser by navigating to http://localhost:4000.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PDNS Gui on Fedora CoreOS latest. You can now manage your PowerDNS server's configuration and settings using the PDNS Gui web-based graphical user interface.