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title = "Setup Wild Cloud"
date = '2025-06-09'
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## Get your hardware

Make sure you have a dedicated machine for your DNS server. It can be tiny, like an Orange Pi Zero.

## Install your OS

- Install another Debian-based Linux machine on your LAN (e.g. Debian or Ubuntu). 
- Record it's IP address.

## Install the DNS software

- Run `wild-dnsmasq-install` from your operator machine.

## Update your LAN router

- Log in to your LAN router's web interface.
- Find the DHCP settings and reserve the IP address you recorded for your DNS server.
- Set the DNS server for your LAN to the IP address of your DNS server.