Chapter 10. Index of all settings

allow-axfr-ips=...

When not allowing AXFR (disable-axfr), DO allow from these IP addresses.

bind-config=...

Location of named.conf

bind-example-zones=...

Install example zones

cache-ttl=...

Seconds to store packets in the PacketCache

chroot=...

If set, chroot to this directory for more security

config

Provide a helpful message

config-dir=...

Location of configuration directory (pdns.conf)

config-name=...

Name of this virtual configuration - will rename the binary image

control-console=...

Debugging switch - don't use

daemon=...

Operate as a daemon

default-soa-name=...

name to insert in the SOA record if none set in the backend

disable-axfr=...

Do not allow zone transfers

disable-tcp=...

Do not listen to TCP queries

distributor-threads=...

Default number of Distributor (backend) threads to start

fancy-records=...

Process URL and MBOXFW records

guardian | --guardian=yes | --guardian=no

Run within a guardian process

help

Provide a helpful message

launch=...

Which backends to launch and order to query them in

load-modules=...

Load this module - supply absolute or relative path

local-address=...

Local IP address to which we bind

local-port=...

The port on which we listen

loglevel=...

Amount of logging. Higher is more. Do not set below 3

module-dir=...

Default directory for modules

mysql-dbname=...

Pdns backend database name to connect to

mysql-host=...

Pdns backend host to connect to

mysql-password=...

Pdns backend password to connect with

mysql-socket=...

Pdns backend socket to connect to

mysql-user=...

Pdns backend user to connect as

out-of-zone-additional-processing | --out-of-zone-additional-processing=yes | --out-of-zone-additional-processing=no

Do out of zone additional processing

queue-limit=...

Maximum number of miliseconds to queue a query

setgid=...

If set, change goup id to this gid for more security

setuid=...

If set, change user id to this uid for more security

skip-cname | --skip-cname=yes | --skip-cname=no

Do not perform CNAME indirection for each query

smtpredirector=...

Our smtpredir MX host

socket-dir=...

Where the controlsocket will live

urlredirector=...

Where we send hosts to that need to be url redirected

webserver | --webserver=yes | --webserver=no

Start a webserver for monitoring

webserver-address=...

IP Address of webserver to listen on

webserver-password=...

Password required for accessing the webserver

webserver-port=...

Port of webserver to listen on

wildcards=...

Honor wildcards in the database