All PDNS settings are listed here, excluding those that originate from backends, which are documented in the relevant chapters.
When not allowing AXFR (disable-axfr), DO allow from these IP addresses or netmasks.
Seconds to store packets in the PacketCache. See Section 9.1.
If set, chroot to this directory for more security. See Chapter 7.
Location of configuration directory (pdns.conf)
Name of this virtual configuration - will rename the binary image. See Chapter 8.
Debugging switch - don't use.
Operate as a daemon
name to insert in the SOA record if none set in the backend
Do not allow zone transfers
Do not listen to TCP queries. Breaks RFC compliance.
Default number of Distributor (backend) threads to start. See Chapter 9.
Process URL and MBOXFW records. See Chapter 13.
Run within a guardian process. See Section B.2.
Provide a helpful message
Which backends to launch and order to query them in. See Section B.3.
Load this module - supply absolute or relative path. See Section B.3.
Local IP address to which we bind. You can specify multiple addresses separated by commas or whitespace.
The port on which we listen. Only one port possible.
If set to a a digit, logging is performed under this LOCAL facility. See Section 6.3. Available from 1.99.9 and onwards.
Amount of logging. Higher is more. Do not set below 3
If this many packets are waiting for database attention, consider the situation hopeless and respawn.
Default directory for modules. See Section B.3.
Do not attempt to read the configuration file.
Do out of zone additional processing
Maximum number of miliseconds to queue a query. See Chapter 9.
If set, recursive queries will be handed to the recursor specified here. See Chapter 11.
If set, change group id to this gid for more security. See Chapter 7.
If set, change user id to this uid for more security. See Chapter 7.
Do not perform CNAME indirection for each query. Has performance implications. See Chapter 7.
Our smtpredir MX host. See Chapter 13.
Where the controlsocket will live. See Section B.1.
Where we send hosts to that need to be url redirected. See Chapter 13.
Start a webserver for monitoring. See Chapter 6.
IP Address of webserver to listen on. See Chapter 6.
Password required for accessing the webserver. See Chapter 6.
Port of webserver to listen on. See Chapter 6.
Hon or wildcards in the database. On by default. Turning this off has performance implications, see Chapter 9.