[FR] How to setup Unbound in Windows

[celphogeek]

Current behavior Is there a current behavior that the feature relates to? If yes, would you wish the current behavior to change?

Describe the desired feature Create a wiki or documentation showing how to setup unbound in Windows, currently there is no documentation for windows just for linux

Potential use-case Describe how you see this feature being useful to other Unbound users.

This will help others users that has windows installed configure Unbound easily and with no issues.

[wcawijngaards]

There is no wiki or current documentation next to the Linux descriptions. Here are some links to the existing documentation on the topic.

README on Unbound on Windows https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/blob/master/winrc/README.txt PDF on Unbound on Windows https://nlnetlabs.nl/documentation/unbound/unbound-windows-manual-02.pdf

man page for Unbound, in general. https://nlnetlabs.nl/documentation/unbound/unbound/ This documents the options for unbound configuration, they are the same also for other systems.

[ivivanov-bg]

Is it possible on windows as service to change the location of the config file (to NOT be C:\Program Files\Unbound\service.conf) ?

[wcawijngaards]

Yes, unbound uses the same commandline option -c file as on Linux, if you change the commandline that it is started with. It can also be changed with the registry setting in 'HKLM\Sofware\Unbound\ConfigFile'.

[ivivanov-bg]

Running it locally from the command promt worked. I tried few times installing as service, but it had always searched for the config in the default folder in program files.

Eventually - it worked - i guess the unbound-service-install.exe app did the trick. It just had to specify the full path to the config file to be used by the service (this is for stand alone version - without installation)

Thanks!