1PDNS_SERVER(1) PowerDNS Authoritative Server PDNS_SERVER(1)
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6 pdns_server - The PowerDNS Authoritative Nameserver
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9 pdns_server [OPTION]
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12 The PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a versatile nameserver which sup‐
13 ports a large number of backends. These backends can either be plain
14 zone files or be more dynamic in nature. Please see the online documen‐
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18 See the online documentation for all options
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20 --daemon
21 Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real
22 daemon, or in the foreground.
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24 --guardian
25 Run pdns_server inside a guardian. This guardian monitors the
26 performance of the inner pdns_server instance. It is also this
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29 --control-console
30 Run the server in a special monitor mode. This enables detailed
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33 --loglevel=<LEVEL>
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36 --config
37 Show the currently configuration. There are three optional val‐
38 ues: --config=default show the default configuration. --con‐
39 fig=diff show modified options in the current configuration.
40 --config=check parse the current configuration, with error
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43 --help To view more options that are available use this program.
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46 pdns_control(1), pdnsutil(1), https://doc.powerdns.com/
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57 Nov 01, 2022 PDNS_SERVER(1)