How to install octoDNS on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install octoDNS on OpenBSD. OctoDNS is a tool used for managing DNS across multiple providers.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have a running OpenBSD server with sudo privileges. If you don't have sudo privileges, you can execute these commands logged in as the root user.

Step 1: Install Python and pip

OctoDNS requires Python and pip in order to work. To install both, run the following command:

$ doas pkg_add python pip

Step 2: Install octoDNS

Once Python and pip are installed, we can install octoDNS. We will use pip to install the octoDNS package. Run the following command:

$ sudo pip install octodns

Step 3: Verify the octoDNS installation

To verify the installation, run the following command:

$ octodns --help

If the installation was successful, this command will display the help message for octoDNS.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install octoDNS on OpenBSD. OctoDNS is a very useful tool for managing DNS across multiple providers, and we hope that this tutorial has been helpful in getting started with it.