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+title = "Setup Namecoin Tld Lookup"
+date = 2019-07-03T00:14:36+02:00
+author = "MH"
+cover = ""
+tags = ["dns", "namecoin", "blokchain", "setup"]
+description = "A straightforward way to set up a resolver only for Namecoins bit top-level domain"
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+This setup is distor independent. All you need is cron to start the blockchain and the name resolver.
+
+download namecoin and ncdns binaries for your linux distros:
+
+ * [https://github.com/namecoin/ncdns/releases/latest](https://github.com/namecoin/ncdns/releases/download/v0.0.8/ncdns-v0.0.8-linux_amd64.tar.gz)
+ * [https://namecoin.org/download/](https://www.namecoin.org/files/namecoin-core-0.16.3/namecoin-0.16.3-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz)
+
+extract namecoin to /opt/namecoin
+extract ncdns to /opt/ncdns
+
+create new user e.g. <name> ( useradd name )
+
+mkdir /var/lib/namecoin
+chown name /var/lib/namecoin
+
+crontab -e
+
+```
+@reboot    sudo -u <name> /opt/namecoin/bin/namecoind -datadir=/var/lib/namecoin -rpccookiefile=/var/lib/namecoin/rpc.cookie &
+@reboot    sleep 20s; /opt/ncdns/bin/ncdns -service.uid $(id -u <name>) -ncdns.namecoinrpccookiepath /var/lib/namecoin/rpc.cookie &
+```
+
+Thats it, just reboot!
+
+> to test it:
+
+> dig @localhost obermui.bit