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Install-UnboundServer

Installs Unbound server (needs admin rights)

#requires -version 5.1 -RunAsAdministrator

try {
	$StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()

	"? (1/10) Updating package infos..."
	& sudo apt update -y
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'apt update' failed" }

	"? (2/10) Installing the Unbound packages..."
	& sudo apt install unbound unbound-anchor -y
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'apt install unbound' failed" }

	"? (3/10) Setting up Unbound..."
	& sudo unbound-control-setup
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'unbound-control-setup' failed" }

	"? (4/10) Updating DNSSEC Root Trust Anchors..."
	& sudo unbound-anchor
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'unbound-anchor' failed" }

	"? (5/10) Checking config file..."
	& unbound-checkconf "$PSScriptRoot/data/unbound.conf"
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'unbound-checkconf' failed - check the syntax" }

	"? (6/10) Copying config file to /etc/unbound/unbound.conf ..."
	& sudo cp "$PSScriptRoot/data/unbound.conf" /etc/unbound/unbound.conf
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'cp' failed" }

	"? (7/10) Stopping default DNS cache daemon systemd-resolved..."
	& sudo systemctl stop systemd-resolved
	& sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved

	"? (8/10) (Re-)starting Unbound..."
	& sudo unbound-control stop
	& sudo unbound-control start
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'unbound-control start' failed" }

	"? (9/10) Checking status of Unbound..."
	& sudo unbound-control status
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'unbound-control status' failed" }

	"? (10/10) Training Unbound with 100 popular domain names..."
	& "$PSScriptRoot/check-dns.ps1" 
	if ($lastExitCode -ne 0) { throw "'unbound-control status' failed" }

	[int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
	"? Installed Unbound in $Elapsed sec"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"?? ERROR: $($Error[0]) (script line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
	exit 1
}

This script has no configurable parameters.

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