1# NSD 2 3[](https://travis-ci.org/NLnetLabs/nsd) 4[](https://repology.org/project/nsd/versions) 5[](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/1462) 6 7The NLnet Labs Name Server Daemon (NSD) is an authoritative DNS name server. 8It has been developed for operations in environments where speed, 9reliability, stability and security are of high importance. If you 10have any feedback, we would love to hear from you. Don’t hesitate to 11[create an issue on Github](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd/issues/new) 12or post a message on the 13[NSD mailing list](https://lists.nlnetlabs.nl/mailman/listinfo/nsd-users). 14You can learn more about NSD by reading our 15[documentation](https://nlnetlabs.nl/documentation/nsd/). 16 17## Compiling 18 19Make sure you have the C toolchain, OpenSSL and its include files, and 20libevent with its include files and flex and bison installed. 21The repository does not contain ./configure and you can generate it like 22this (./configure is included in release tarballs, and then you do not 23have to generate it first): 24 25``` 26aclocal && autoconf && autoheader 27``` 28 29NSD can be compiled and installed using: 30 31``` 32./configure && make && make install 33``` 34 35## NSD configuration 36 37The configuration options for NSD are described in the man pages, which are 38installed (use `man nsd.conf`) and are available on the NSD 39[documentation page](https://nlnetlabs.nl/documentation/nsd/). 40 41An example configuration file is located in 42[nsd.conf.sample](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd/blob/master/nsd.conf.sample.in). 43
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