pdns_server(8)

pdns_server8

The powerdns nameserver

Usage

pdns_server [options]

Overview

Options

--daemon=yes|no

Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real daemon, or in the foreground.

--guardian=yes|no

Run pdns_server inside a guardian. This guardian monitors the performance of the inner pdns_server instance. It is also this guardian that pdns_control talks to.

--control-console

Run the server in a special monitor mode. This enables detailed logging and exposes the raw control socket.

--loglevel=<level>

Set the logging level.

--help

To view more options that are available use this option.

Files

<socket>

Control socket used to communicate with pdns_server.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1–6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8

--guardian since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --help since Debian 8 (Jessie).

--guardion until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

From pdns-server 3.4.1-4+deb8u8 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.