---
title: Set up your DNS server
date: 2025-08-04
series:
  - Wild Cloud Setup
series_order: 5
---


## 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.

## Next Steps

Now that you have a DNS server set up, let's [set up your wild cloud](../setup-wild-cloud/).