Guide for Installing nsedit in Fedora CoreOS

nsedit is an open-source tool that allows you to modify DNS zones and records on the fly. Here's how you can install nsedit in Fedora CoreOS:

Step 1: Install the required dependencies

Before we proceed with the installation process, we need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed in the Fedora CoreOS system.

sudo dnf install -y gcc make libcurl-devel libxml2-devel libidn2-devel libssl-devel perl-Net-DNS

Step 2: Clone the nsedit repository

Next, we need to download the nsedit tool from the Git repository.

git clone https://github.com/tuxis-ie/nsedit.git
cd nsedit
git checkout v2.3

Step 3: Build and Install nsedit

Once we have downloaded the repository, we can start building and installing the nsedit tool using the following commands:

make
sudo make install

Step 4: Verify the installation

After the installation process is completed, you can verify that nsedit is installed by running the following command:

which nsedit

This command should return the location of the nsedit binary on your system.

Step 5: Configure nsedit

Finally, we need to configure nsedit to work with our system. You can create a configuration file using the following command:

sudo cp nsedit.conf.sample /etc/nsedit.conf

Then, you can edit the configuration file as per your requirements.

Conclusion

That's all! Now that we have installed nsedit, you can use it to modify DNS zones and records on your Fedora CoreOS system.