NAME

       pdns_server - The PowerDNS Authoritative Nameserver

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. The most important ones are:

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

       --guardian
              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.

       --config
              Show the current configuration. There are three optional values:

              --config=default
                     show the default configuration.

              --config=diff
                     show modified options in the current configuration.

              --config=check
                     parse the current configuration, with error checking.

       --help Display the list of all the available options.

SEE ALSO

       pdns_control(1), pdnsutil(1), https://doc.powerdns.com/

AUTHOR

       PowerDNS.COM BV

COPYRIGHT

       PowerDNS.COM BV

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