powerdns

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    Enabling PowerDNS to existing webserver in DNS Cluster

    Hello, So looking for any advise from the community. We have a number of WHM servers which are not running any DNS services themselves. They have 3 DNSONLY remote servers in a cluster running PowerDNS. We need to enable DNSSEC for some customers so will need to enable PowerDNS service on the...
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    SOLVED Cannot migrate to AlmaLinux 8: PowerDNS is not available for your system

    Taking baby steps towards migrating to something newer than CentOS 7.9 as I'm forced to do so if I want anything above WHM 110 and now I'm facing a road block which I hope somebody could give me solution ideas/pointers to fix without crashing my server or taking all my customers web services...
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    ClusterDNS external with PDNS

    Hello good afternoon. We are currently working on our own DNS cluster. To make this work we are working with PowerDNS. We are doing this to have greater possibility of management and integration with other platforms. The integrations are working very well, I have a question and would like to...
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    System uses BIND, but attempts to run PowerDNS anyway

    Hi, I noticed this error in my logs: Failed to start PowerDNS Authoritative Server pdns.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=218/CAPABILITIES It says here I should update the kernel, which I cannot do on my VPS. Or, as an alternative, I should use BIND instead. The thing is...
  5. speckados

    Sometimes, named.conf lost first lines of file.

    hello There're any issue on powerdns on my servers. Since yesterday, /etc/named.conf loss first lines of file ## Lost this lines options { /* make named use port 53 for the source of all queries, to allow * firewalls to block all ports except 53: */ // query-source port 53; recursion...
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    DNS Cluster shows Bind not PowerDNS

    Hi All I have just noticed an issue with the "Remote Server Type" in my DNS Cluster which is showing as "Bind" on all my servers even though it was originally showing "PowerDNS" and the remote servers are still using PowerDNS, and I have checked that they are. This is only recent as I was...
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    Unable to change powerdns configuration because cPanel is resetting my changes

    Hello, so i open /etc/pdns/pdns.conf and change whatever i like to change after that save the file and issue /scripts/restartsrv_pdns powerds restarts but i receive notifications from cPanel from some service called "migrate-pdns-conf" why ?? :mad: i'm angry at you cPanel i tryed to change who...
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    RNDC with PowerDNS

    Hi We have now changed from BIND to PowerDNS across our cPanel infrastructure on both normal cPanel servers as well as the DNSOnly servers. This was done to fulfill a new requirement for providers on nameservices for .dk domains, as it is now a requirement to support DNSSEC on all domains. While...
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    RNDC with PowerDNS and BIND

    Hi We have some servers hosting accounts for some clients on Windows, as these clients have websites in ASP.NET From these servers, the clients manage all aspects of their account, similar to cPanel. This means that they manage files, databases, emails and DNS. DNS on the windows servers is also...
  10. sozotech

    PowerDNS pulling secondary zones from another server

    I am wanting to host some non-cpanel domain zones on our DNS cluster for some legacy systems. We recently switched from BIND to PowerDNS. What I used to do on bind was simply put an include in the /etc/named.conf like such include "/etc/named.custom_include.conf"; I put this include file in...
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    replacing bind with powerdns

    Hello, I'm very skeptical about this i mean bind has worked for me for years (if it's not broken don't mess with it) however i want to enable dnssec and cPanel only supports that with powerdns .I am wondering if the switch is *really* as simple as choosing Powerdns in the "nameserver selection"...
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    Why is PowerDNS required on every server in the DNS cluster to enable DNSSEC?

    In WHM > Service Configuration > Nameserver Selection, the following is displayed as a note to the 'Disabled' option: "This option will disable the nameserver. If you are serving dns as part of a cluster you may not need to run one locally." We've configured 3 DNS servers in our cluster. I...
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    PowerDNS TXT Parsed and original record content are not equal

    Hi All As noted in my other missive on fixing missing records in a domain health check. There is an issue with double-quoting TXT records in CPanel / WHM using the old Edit DNS Zone versus the new DNS Zone Manager. Specific issue: On a DNSOnly server I was running the PowerDNS domain check...
  14. sozotech

    Synchronize DNS zones from BIND to PowerDNS

    I am in the process of upgrading our DNS only servers which are running Centos 6 / BIND. I have setup a new DNS only server on CentOS 7 and it is setup to use PowerDNS. I have clustered the old server to the new one as Synchronize Changes and the status shows OK. The new DNS server is set as...
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    SOLVED How to switch existing DNS Cluster (4 DNS-Only nameservers) to PowerDNS?

    Hello, Our four DNS-Only servers are used as ns1/ns2/ns3/ns4 for all our shared web hosting servers. (Each shared hosting server is configured to send DNS updates to all 4 DNS-Only servers with "Syncronize Changes" setting.) Right now, all the servers (shared hosting and dns-only) are...
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    powerdns not reloading

    HI we are setting up a new dns only server to replace one of the centos 6 servers. This one has powerdns All servers set up to use it standalone for the dns server syncronise for the cpanel servers all the same as the other dns only However if we do a test and edit dns zone on a server we get...
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    Possible to set default DNSSEC algorithm?

    Hello. Running a VPS with CENTOS 6.10 kvm, WHM v78.0.21, using PowerDNS 4.1.5 as master. In cPanel account under Zone Editor enabling DNSSEC always generates using algo 8 RSA/SHA-256 2,048 bits and only digest type can be changed through the gui. I'm setting up a slave DNS with NS1 and...
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    Nameserver Selection - Bind, PowerDNS or NSD

    I am hoping to speed up my server. I am currently hosting my DNS and using Bind. It took me quite a while to correctly tweak all the DNS/Zone files so that I have no errors. I have a couple of questions: 1) If I switch from Bind to PowerDNS or NSD will it create new zone files, or somehow alter...
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    Powerdns feature with poweradmin web interface

    How could I install poweradmin web interface with Cpanel powerdns service enabled?
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    DNSSEC PowerDNS in cPanel with non-PowerDNS (and non-cPanel) slaves

    Hello, I have my master nameserver on a cPanel server with PowerDNS. I then transfer the zones via AXFR to the slave servers of a third-party service and everything is working well, except today I noticed that the RRSIG signatures expired and the domain name is not resolving anymore. From the...