.TH "PDNS_SERVER" "1" "December 2012" "" ""
.SH NAME
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\f[B]pdns_server\f[] \- The PowerDNS Authoritative Namserver
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\f[B]pdns_server\f[] [\f[I]OPTION\f[]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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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
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See the online documentation for all options
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.B \-\-daemon={\f[B]yes\f[],\f[B]no\f[]}
Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real daemon, or
in the foreground.
.RS
.RE
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.B \-\-guardian={\f[B]yes\f[],\f[B]no\f[]}
Run \f[B]pdns_server\f[] inside a guardian.
This guardian monitors the performance of the inner \f[B]pdns_server\f[]
instance.
It is also this guardian that \f[B]pdns_control\f[](8) talks to.
.RS
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.B \-\-control\-console
Run the server in a special monitor mode.
This enables detailed logging and exposes the raw control socket.
.RS
.RE
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.B \-\-loglevel=\f[I]LEVEL\f[]
Set the logging level.
.RS
.RE
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\-\-help To view more options that are available use this program.
.SH SEE ALSO
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pdns_control(1), pdnsutil(1), http://doc.powerdns.com/md/authoritative/
.SH AUTHORS
PowerDNS.COM BV.