dnsresolver

Python based DNS resolver tool - Flask provides UI

Install Python 3 - Stable version

MAC

brew install python3 To get brew, check out this https://brew.sh

Linux To compile and run "dnsresolver" tool. Create Pythong virtual environment

$ python3 -m venv venv

$ source venv/bin/activate

Install required modules inside the virtual environment

$ pip3 install flask dnspython python-whois

Then start the tool, by default it will use port 5000

$ ./start.sh

Access dnsresolver via browser.

http://PUBLIC_IP:5000

If you would like to access with your subdomain (ssl), use nginx as reverse proxy and configure SSL

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-uwsgi-and-nginx-to-serve-python-apps-on-ubuntu-14-04

To stop the app.

$ ./stop.sh

Troubleshooting In case app is not starting, check the log file to troubleshoot further

$ tail -f /var/log/dnsresolver-error.log

Make sure required python modules are installed in virtualenvironment.

i.e. dns.resolver, whois

IMPORTANT NOTE Tested this tool in Ubuntu 24.04.x LTS server only. It's purely based on Python and Flask should work well with other distros as well.

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