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Set Up Arch Linux BIND

Category: VPS Setup

Install BIND—a DNS server—on an Arch Linux VPS—run

pacman -S bind

configure /etc/named conf:

zone \"example.com\" { type master; file \"/var/named/example.com.db\"; };

Start with

systemctl start named

open port:

iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT

On Vultr test with

dig @ip example.com

—ensures DNS uptime for phpMyAdmin hosting