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A few months ago I went on a quest for a DNS server and was dissatisfied with current maintained projects. They were either good at adblocking (Blocky, grimd…) or good at specifying custom DNS (CoreDNS…).

So I forked grimd and embarked on rewriting a good chunk of it for it to address my needs - the result is leng.

  • it is fast
  • it is small
  • it is easy
  • you can specify blocklists and it will fetch them for you
  • you can specify custom DNS records with proper zone file syntax (SRV records, etc)
  • it supports DNS-over-HTTPS so you can stay private
  • it is well-documented
  • can be deployed on systemd, docker, or Nix

I have been running it as my nameserver in a Nomad cluster since! I plan to keep maintaining and improving it, so feel free to give it a try if it also fulfils your needs

    • Nico@r.dcotta.euOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Including SRV records? I found that some servers (blocky as well) only support very basic CNAME or A records, without being able to specify parameters like TTL, etc.

      I also appreciate being able to define this in a file rather than a web UI

      • AndyM@feddit.deEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        It’s based on dnsmasq. You could always specify custom records, even before there was an option in the web interface. Just create a config file in /etc/dnsmasq.d

        Just look up these options: host-record cname srv-host

        • Nico@r.dcotta.euOPEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Thanks! I didn’t know you could do that. I’ll see how it compares to my current solution

      • Eideen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I do it via dnsmasq, that Pi uses.

        I have a ansible playbook, that i use to sync my Piholes.

      • ChickenBoo@lemmy.jnks.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        You can do the basic records via file. /etc/pihole/custom.list is a hosts formatted file for records so you don’t have to use a gui.