Your Own Self-Hosted DNS Using NSD

If you've wanted to run your own DNS server but were a bit intimidated by BIND, this is the video for you. We take you through installing and configuring a 2-node DNS server setup using NSD, including setting up zone transfers and creating DNS records.

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[pelsesser]

Fun fact: ICANN's root server instance (L-root or "IMRS") runs NSD and handles hundreds of thousands of queries per second. Thanks for the great walkthrough!

[Felix-vehs]

4:28 afaik the server-count should match then number of cpu threads on the physical server, at least that's what i've read in the documentation :)

Great video btw, cant wait to set up my own nsd servers

[jarrodurban]

Thanks for putting the time into creating this video. It helps a lot.

[TheNovum]

subbed! running this now on OpenBSD and Debian.. they seem to play along good :D thank you!

[jamalallogie]

magnificent material. Love the music too!

[birdost]

Thanks! You rocks!!
Also a little information: centminmod uses nsd.

[chabra]

yalls rock; thanks for being real and sharing.

[Admin-lxoy]

are the notify and provide lines optional? I am only using one server for both ns1 and ns2

[lewissarmiento]

That musical background is excellent. What is it called?