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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" showFullContent = false draft = false +++

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://namecoin.org/download/

extract namecoin to /opt/namecoin extract ncdns to /opt/ncdns

create new user e.g. ( 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 or exec it manualy!

to test it:

dig @localhost obermui.bit