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PDNS_CONTROL(1) |
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PDNS_CONTROL(1) |
NAME¶
pdns_control - Control the PowerDNS nameserver
SYNOPSIS¶
pdns_control [OPTION]... COMMAND
DESCRIPTION¶
pdns_control is used to send commands to a running PowerDNS nameserver.
OPTIONS¶
- --help
- Show summary of options.
- --chroot=DIR
- Directory where PowerDNS is chrooted.
- --config-dir=DIR
- Location of configuration directory (pdns.conf).
- --config-name=NAME
- Name of this virtual configuration - will rename the binary image.
- --remote-address=ADDRESS
- Remote address to query.
- --remote-port=PORT
- Remote port to query.
- --secret=SECRET
- Secret needed to connect to remote PowerDNS.
- --socket-dir=DIR
- Where the controlsocket lives.
COMMANDS¶
- bind-add-zone DOMAIN FILENAME
- When using the bindbackend, add a zone. This zone is added in-memory and
served immediately. Note that this does not add the zone to the
bind-config file. FILENAME must be an absolute path.
- bind-domain-status [DOMAIN...]
- When using the bindbackend, list status of all domains. Optionally, append
DOMAINs to get the status of specific zones.
- bind-list-rejects
- When using the bindbackend, get a list of all rejected domains.
- bind-reload-now DOMAIN [DOMAIN...]
- When using the bindbackend, immediately reload DOMAIN from
disk.
- ccounts
- Show the content of the cache.
- current-config
- Show the currently running configuration. The output has the same format
as pdns_server --config. You'll notice that all the are
uncommented. This is because PowerDNS simply has values, and the
default isn't known at runtime.
- cycle
- Restart the nameserver so it reloads its configuration. Only works when
the server is running in guardian mode.
- list
- Dump all variables and their values in a comma separated list, equivalent
to show *.
- list-zones [master,slave,native]
- Show a list of zones, optionally filter on the type of zones to show.
- notify DOMAIN
- Adds DOMAIN to the notification list, causing PowerDNS to send out
notifications to the nameservers of a domain. Can be used if a slave
missed previous notifications or is generally hard of hearing.
- notify-host DOMAIN ADDRESS
- Same as above but with operator specified IP ADDRESS as
destination, to be used if you know better than PowerDNS.
- ping, rping
- Check if the server is still alive. Will return 'PONG' when it is.
ping works when running inside a guardian, whereas rping
works when running without a guardian.
- purge [RECORD]
- Purge entries from the cache. If RECORD ends with a dollar ($) all
entries that end with that name are removed. If no record is specified the
entire cache is purged.
- qtypes
- Get a count of queries per qtype on standard out.
- quit
- Tell a running pdns_server to quit.
- rediscover
- Instructs backends that new domains may have appeared in the database, or,
in the case of the Bind backend, in named.conf.
- reload
- Instruct the server to reload all its zones, this will not add new
zones.
- remotes
- Get the top number of remote addresses (clients).
- respsizes
- Get a histogram of the response sizes.
- retrieve DOMAIN
- Retrieve slave DOMAIN from its master. Done nearly
immediately.
- set VARIABLE VALUE
- Set the configuration parameter VARIABLE to VALUE. Currently
only the query-logging can be set.
- show VARIABLE
- Show a single statistic, as present in the output of the list
command.
- status
- Show usage statistics. This only works if the server is running in
guardian mode.
- token-login MODULE SLOT PIN
- Log on to a PKCS#11 slot. You only need to login once per slot, even if
you have multiple keys on single slot. Only available if PowerDNS was
compiled with PKCS#11 support.
- uptime
- Show the uptime of the running server.
- version
- Print the version of the running pdns daemon.
AUTHORS¶
PowerDNS.com BV.