Gladly!

If you are on a Mac, Linux, or WIndows host, you'll need to install Git and Go. Git has different install instructions for different OSs. Go is on https://go.dev/

cd to somewhere like /tmp or an otherwise unused directory.

git clone https://github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol.git
cd dnscontrol
git checkout tlim_namedotcom
go install

The last command (go install) will install the dnscontrol binary in your $HOME/bin directory. You should be able to run it by just running "dnscontrol".

Change to the directory with your dnsconfig.js file and run it as normal.

Feel free to ping me with any questions!

Was hoping for a one command docker based build, as I prefer not to taint my host with one time use tools. But thanks, I’ll figure that part out myself if i get around to it.

A docker-based build would be excellent. Sadly, we're not there yet. (CC @cafferata )

@tkurki while testing #3227, I ran the tests within a Docker container - docker run -it golang grabs the base Go container and pops you into an interactive shell within that environment, then you can run Tom's suggested commands within that.

@rmc47 good idea!

If your dnsconfig.js file is in /THE/PATH you can make that appear in the docker container as /dns:

docker run -it -v /THE/PATH:/dns golang

git clone https://github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol.git
cd dnscontrol
git checkout tlim_namedotcom
go install

cd /dns
/go/bin/dnscontrol preview

(untested, but it should work)