So I have 100+ websites I manage for various clients, and it is a pain for me to login to their hosting or domain registrar accounts to manage their DNS.

Is there a simple solution, where I can turn on my own server that manages DNS? So for every domain I manage, I simply set a DNS once as ns1…com, and from thereon I can just manage their DNS configurations?

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If you’re getting paid to manage these sites you should not selfhost their dns. Use a real dns provider like cloudflare.

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I use Technitium DNS for all my DHCP/DNS/Ad Blocking.

https://technitium.com/dns/

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I tired it with about 400 domains and so far it is looking good but it needs a lot more work; someone will have to write a serious command line tool as we all know that GUI tools are good for a few clicks here and there but serious work needs a terminal.

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Yes. Bind DNS is the perfect candidate for that because it supports DNSSEC and everything in between. For DNS NS you need at least two static IPv4 addresses if you want to host it yourself.

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Cloudflare is the best choice!

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I like powerdns for an authoritative server.

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