Unbound-1.21.0

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# Unbound-1.21.0

## Introduction to Unbound

Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. It is designed as a set of modular components that incorporate modern features, such as enhanced security (DNSSEC) validation, Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), and a client resolver library API as an integral part of the architecture.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.21.0.tar.gz

- Download MD5 sum: fb7cc7922064bf122941b9f135052d00

- Download size: 6.3 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 148 MB (with docs; add 11 MB for tests)

- Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with docs; add 0.3 SBU for tests)

### Unbound Dependencies

#### Optional

libevent-2.1.12, Nettle-3.10, Protobuf-c-1.5.0 (for dnstap), Python2, sphinx-8.0.2 (for Python bindings documentation), SWIG-4.2.1 (for Python bindings), Doxygen-1.12.0 (for html documentation), and dnstap

## Installation of Unbound

There should be a dedicated user and group to take control of the unbound daemon after it is started. Issue the following commands as the `root` user:

    groupadd -g 88 unbound &&
    useradd -c "Unbound DNS Resolver" -d /var/lib/unbound -u 88 \
            -g unbound -s /bin/false unbound

Install Unbound by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr     \
                --sysconfdir=/etc \
                --disable-static  \
                --with-pidfile=/run/unbound.pid &&
    make

If you have Doxygen-1.12.0 package installed and want to build html documentation, run the following command:

    make doc

To test the results, issue make check.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install &&
    mv -v /usr/sbin/unbound-host /usr/bin/

If you built the documentation, install it by running the following commands as the `root` user:

    install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/unbound-1.21.0 &&
    install -v -m644 doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/unbound-1.21.0

## Command Explanations

`--disable-static`: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

`--with-libevent`: This option enables libevent support allowing use of large outgoing port ranges.

`--with-pyunbound`: This option enables building of the Python bindings.

## Configuring Unbound

### Config Files

`/etc/unbound/unbound.conf`

### Configuration Information

In the default configuration, unbound will bind to localhost (127.0.0.1 IP address) and allow recursive queries only from localhost clients. If you want to use unbound for local DNS resolution, run the following command as the `root` user:

    echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf

For advanced configuration see `/etc/unbound/unbound.conf` file and the documentation.

When Unbound is installed, some package builds fail if the file `/etc/unbound/root.key` is not found. Create this file by running the following command as the `root` user:

    unbound-anchor

### Systemd Unit

If you want the Unbound server to start automatically when the system is booted, install the `unbound.service` unit included in the blfs-systemd-units-20240801 package:

    make install-unbound

## Contents

Installed Programs: unbound, unbound-anchor, unbound-checkconf, unbound-control, unbound-control-setup, and unbound-host
Installed Library: libunbound.so
Installed Directories: /etc/unbound and /usr/share/doc/unbound-1.21.0 (optional)

### Short Descriptions

unbound | is a DNS resolver daemon
unbound-anchor | performs setup or update of the root trust anchor for DNSSEC validation
unbound-checkconf | checks the unbound configuration file for syntax and other errors
unbound-control | performs remote administration on the unbound DNS resolver
unbound-control-setup | generates a self-signed certificate and private keys for the server and client
unbound-host | is a DNS lookup utility similar to host from BIND Utilities-9.20.0
`libunbound.so` | provides the Unbound API functions to programs

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