PowerDNS manual PowerDNS BV [email protected] PowerDNS manual by Published v2.9.19 $Date: 2005-10-29 17:45:03 +0200 (Sat, 29 Oct 2005) $ It is a book about a Spanish guy called Manual. You should read it. -- Dilbert Table of Contents 1. The PowerDNS dynamic nameserver ..................................................................................................1 1.1. Function & design of PDNS .......................................................................................................1 1.2. About this document ...................................................................................................................1 1.3. Release notes...............................................................................................................................1 1.3.1. Version 2.9.19.................................................................................................................2 1.3.2. Version 2.9.18.................................................................................................................4 1.3.3. Version 2.9.17.................................................................................................................7 1.3.4. Version 2.9.16.................................................................................................................8 1.3.5. Version 2.9.15.................................................................................................................9 1.3.6. Version 2.9.14...............................................................................................................10 1.3.7. Version 2.9.13...............................................................................................................11 1.3.8. Version 2.9.12...............................................................................................................12 1.3.9. Version 2.9.11...............................................................................................................13 1.3.10. Version 2.9.10.............................................................................................................14 1.3.11. Version 2.9.8...............................................................................................................15 1.3.12. Version 2.9.7...............................................................................................................16 1.3.13. Version 2.9.6...............................................................................................................17 1.3.14. Version 2.9.5...............................................................................................................18 1.3.15. Version 2.9.4...............................................................................................................20 1.3.16. Version 2.9.3a .............................................................................................................21 1.3.17. Version 2.9.2...............................................................................................................24 1.3.18. Version 2.9.1...............................................................................................................26 1.3.19. Version 2.9..................................................................................................................27 1.3.20. Version 2.8..................................................................................................................27 1.3.21. Version 2.7 and 2.7.1 ..................................................................................................27 1.3.22. Version 2.6.1...............................................................................................................28 1.3.23. Version 2.6..................................................................................................................28 1.3.24. Version 2.5.1...............................................................................................................30 1.3.25. Version 2.5..................................................................................................................30 1.3.26. Version 2.4..................................................................................................................32 1.3.27. Version 2.3..................................................................................................................33 1.3.28. Version 2.2..................................................................................................................34 1.3.29. Version 2.1..................................................................................................................35 1.3.30. Version 2.0.1...............................................................................................................36 1.3.31. Version 2.0..................................................................................................................37 1.3.32. Version 2.0 Release Candidate 2 ................................................................................37 1.3.33. Version 2.0 Release Candidate 1 ................................................................................38 1.3.34. Version 1.99.12 Prerelease .........................................................................................39 1.3.35. Version 1.99.11 Prerelease .........................................................................................41 1.3.36. Version 1.99.10 Prerelease .........................................................................................41 1.3.37. Version 1.99.9 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................42 1.3.38. Version 1.99.8 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................43 1.3.39. Version 1.99.7 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................44 1.3.40. Version 1.99.6 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................45 1.3.41. Version 1.99.5 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................46 1.3.42. Version 1.99.4 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................47 iii 1.3.43. Version 1.99.3 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................48 1.3.44. Version 1.99.2 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................49 1.3.45. Version 1.99.1 Early Access Prerelease .....................................................................51 1.4. Security .....................................................................................................................................51 1.5. Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................52 2. Installing on Unix.................................................................................................................................54 2.1. Possible problems at this point..................................................................................................54 2.2. Testing your install....................................................................................................................54 2.2.1. Typical errors................................................................................................................55 2.3. Running PDNS on unix.............................................................................................................55 3. Installing on Microsoft Windows .......................................................................................................57 3.1. Configuring PDNS on Microsoft Windows ..............................................................................58 3.2. Running PDNS on Microsoft Windows....................................................................................58 4. Configure database connectivity.........................................................................................................60 4.1. Configuring MySQL .................................................................................................................61 4.1.1. Common problems .......................................................................................................63 5. Dynamic resolution using the PipeBackend ......................................................................................64 5.1. Deploying the PipeBackend with the BindBackend .................................................................64 6. Logging & Monitoring PDNS performance ......................................................................................65 6.1. Webserver..................................................................................................................................65 6.2. Via init.d commands .................................................................................................................65 6.3. Operational logging using syslog..............................................................................................67 7. Security settings & considerations .....................................................................................................69 7.1. Settings......................................................................................................................................69 7.1.1. Running as