pdns_server1
The powerdns authoritative nameserver
Usage
pdns_server [OPTION]
Overview
The PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a versatile nameserver which supports a large number of backends. These backends can either be plain zone files or be more dynamic in nature. Please see the online documentation for more information.
Options
See the online documentation for all options. The most important ones are:
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--daemon -
Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real daemon, or in the foreground.
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--guardian -
Run
pdns_serverinside a guardian. This guardian monitors the performance of the innerpdns_serverinstance. It is also this guardian thatpdns_controltalks to.
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--control-console -
Run the server in a special monitor mode. This enables detailed logging and exposes the raw control socket.
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--loglevel=<LEVEL> -
Set the logging level.
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--config -
Show the current configuration. There are three optional values:
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--config=default -
show the default configuration.
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--config=diff -
show modified options in the current configuration.
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--config=check -
parse the current configuration, with error checking.
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--help -
Display the list of all the available options.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.
--config since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--help since Debian 10 (Buster).