dns

README

dns.akash.page is a DNS server that takes creative liberties with the DNS protocol to offer handy utilities and services that are easily accessible via the command line.

For docs, visit www.dns.akash.page

Sample commands

dig help @dns.akash.page

dig mumbai.time @dns.akash.page

dig 2023-05-28T14:00-bengaluru-berlin/de.time @dns.akash.page

dig newyork.weather @dns.akash.page

dig 42km-mi.unit @dns.akash.page

dig 100USD-INR.fx @dns.akash.page

dig ip @dns.akash.page

dig 987654321.words @dns.akash.page

dig pi @dns.akash.page

dig 100dec-hex.base @dns.akash.page

dig fun.dict @dns.akash.page

dig A12.9352,77.6245/12.9698,77.7500.aerial @dns.akash.page

Running locally

• Clone the repo
• Copy config.sample.toml to config.toml and edit the config
• Make sure you have a copy of the cities15000.txt file at the root of this directory (instructions are in the config.sample.toml file)
• Make sure to download the wordnet from Wordnet website.(more instructions are in the config.sample.toml file)
• Extract the tarball and rename extracted the directory to wordnet
• Run make build to build the binary and then run ./dnstoys.bin

Others

• DnsToys.NET - A .net client library for the service.