This quick-start guide is for MaraDNS 1.1

MaraDNS acts as both a recursive and an authoritative DNS server. In other words, MaraDNS can both be used to speed up the internet, and/or serve domains that you may have.

To try out MaraDNS as a recursive nameserver is easy:

Compile MaraDNS. Type in './configure; make' in this directory (the top-level MaraDNS directory.) Note: No need to compile if you downloaded a binary RPM or Debian package.
Take the file server/maradns and place it in /usr/local/sbin
Take the file tools/duende and place it in /usr/local/sbin
Create an empty directory called /etc/maradns
Create a mararc file. This file only needs to be three lines long on systems with a /dev/urandom file, and four lines long on older operating systems without /dev/urandom
Here is a sample mararc file:
```
	ipv4_bind_addresses = "127.0.0.1"
	chroot_dir = "/etc/maradns"
	recursive_acl = "127.0.0.1"
```
This mararc file says that MaraDNS will have the ip "127.0.0.1" (this is the bind_address), run from the directory /etc/maradns (the chroot_dir value), and only allow the ip "127.0.0.1" to make recursive queries (the recursive_acl value).
Place the mararc file in the location /etc/mararc on your system.
Run MaraDNS as a non-daemon:
```
	/usr/local/sbin/maradns
```
Since MaraDNS needs to bind to a privledged port (port 53), it needs to start up running as root. MaraDNS is designed with security in mind, and will drop root privledges before being visible to the public internet.
Test MaraDNS in another window or virtual terminal
```
	dig @127.0.0.1 www.yahoo.com
```
In order to make the duende daemonizing tool usable, create a directory named /etc/maradns/logger/
```
	mkdir /etc/maradns/logger
```
If this works, make MaraDNS run as a daemon:
```
	/usr/local/sbin/duende /usr/local/sbin/maradns
```
duende is a tool that daemonizes maradns; the daemonizer is a separate program.

If this all works, install MaraDNS:

	make install

Look in doc (in particular, the tutorial), or read the relevant man pages for more information on how to set up these files.