The need of checking DNS records quickly, through the CLI can be achieved with nslookup. Let’s see how to install Nslookup on Amazon Linux 2.
Prerequisites
- Amazon Linux 2
- sudo privileges
Install Nslookup on Amazon Linux 2
Step 1. Update the EC2 system packages.
sudo yum update
Step 2. Install nslookup.
sudo yum install bind-utils
Step 3. Verify installation.
nslookup google.com
Output:
Server: 127.0.0.53
Address: 127.0.0.53#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 142.250.186.174
Name: google.com
Address: 2a00:1450:4001:82b::200e
Conclusion
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