NAME

       pdns_server - The PowerDNS Authoritative Namserver

SYNOPSIS

       pdns_server [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

       The  PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a versatile nameserver which supports a large number
       of backends.  These backends can either be plain zone files or be more dynamic in  nature.
       Please see the online documentation for more information.

OPTIONS

       See the online documentation for all 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(8) 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 program.

SEE ALSO

       pdns_control(1), pdnsutil(1), http://doc.powerdns.com/md/authoritative/

AUTHORS

       PowerDNS.COM BV.

                                          December 2012                            PDNS_SERVER(1)