.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . .TH "PDNS_SERVER" "1" "Jan 31, 2019" "4.1" "PowerDNS Recursor" .SH NAME pdns_server \- . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .sp \fBpdns_server\fP \- The PowerDNS Authoritative Namserver .SH SYNOPSIS .sp \fBpdns_server\fP [\fIOPTION\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION .sp 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. .SH OPTIONS .sp See the online documentation for all options .INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \-\-daemon Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real daemon, or in the foreground. .TP .B \-\-guardian Run \fBpdns_server\fP inside a guardian. This guardian monitors the performance of the inner \fBpdns_server\fP instance. It is also this guardian that \fBpdns_control\fPtalks to. .TP .B \-\-control\-console Run the server in a special monitor mode. This enables detailed logging and exposes the raw control socket. .TP .BI \-\-loglevel\fB= Set the logging level. .TP .B \-\-help To view more options that are available use this program. .UNINDENT .SH SEE ALSO .sp pdns_control(1), pdnsutil(1), \fI\%https://doc.powerdns.com/\fP .SH AUTHOR PowerDNS.COM BV .SH COPYRIGHT 2001-2018, PowerDNS.COM BV .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .