Administrator guide

This guide is for the people who install, set up and run kudurru. It tells you how to do each task in the dashboard. Where a task is easier on the command line, the guide shows the command.

Chapters

ChapterContent
1. OverviewTerms, how kudurru decides, roles and the layout of the dashboard
2. Install and first sign-inStart kudurru, sign in and point the network at it
3. Watch the networkDashboard, query log, long-term statistics and the blocking switch
4. Block lists and domainsLists, the Allowlist and the Denylist
5. Groups, clients and policiesDecide which rules apply to which device
6. Access requestsSet up the block page and answer the users
7. Zones and upstreamsYour own DNS names and the external DNS servers
8. System pagesNodes, settings, tools and diagnosis
9. People, roles and tokensWho can sign in and what each person can do
10. Command lineThe kudurru command
11. MaintenanceBack up, restore, upgrade and recover
12. TroubleshootingProblems and their solutions

Which chapter do I need?

I want toGo to
Start kudurru for the first timeChapter 2
Block advertisementsChapter 4
Allow one site that a list blocksChapter 4
Give children different rulesChapter 5
Block a service, for example YouTubeChapter 5
See why a name was blockedChapter 3
Answer a user who asks for a siteChapter 6
Make a local name, for example nas.home.arpaChapter 7
Change the DNS servers that kudurru asksChapter 7
Give a colleague accessChapter 9
Recover a lost admin passwordChapter 11
Back up kudurruChapter 11

Source: docs/guide/admin/README.md