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Configuring MaraDNS to use OpenDNS

The following instructions enable users of MaraDNS to use OpenDNS as the forwarders, or upstream servers, responsible for external DNS requests.

To configure OpenDNS within a MaraDNS server, follow these steps.
  1. Edit the mararc file and comment out all of the lines that start with "root_servers".
  2. Add line the following line to the mararc file:
    3. ipv4_alias["OpenDNS"] = "208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220"
    NOTE: There are no spaces within the quotation marks.
  3. Add the following line to the Mararc file if it is not present:
    4. upstream_servers = {}
    This creates an empty hash table for the list of upstream servers.
  4. Add line the following line to the Mararc file:
    5. upstream_servers["."] = "OpenDNS"
    This populates the upstream servers with the openDNS list of servers.
  5. Save the file and restart MaraDNS.