PowerDNS pdnsutil cheat sheet

This is an extremely simple tutorial on how to manage data in the PowerDNS Authoritative Server using the command line "pdnsutil" tool. The guide is written in the "walk through" format: create zone - add data - update serial.

CREATE ZONE

pdnsutil create-zone example.com

ADD DATA TO ZONE // Let's start by adding the root A-record and AAAA for IPv6 (cloud1.anyplanet.org)

pdnsutil add-record example.com @ A 192.168.1.2
pdnsutil add-record example.com @ AAAA 2a01:4f9:c011:8571::1

ADD DATA TO ZONE // adding a subdomain (www)

pdnsutil add-record example.com www A 192.168.1.2

ADD DATA TO ZONE // every domain needs name servers

pdnsutil add-record example.com @ NS ns1.example.com

ADD DATA TO ZONE

pdnsutil add-record example.com @ MX "10 example.com"

pdnsutil add-record example.com 3600 TXT "google-site-verification=example-id"

SET KIND OF THE ZONE // primary as default (primary, secondary, native, producer, consumer)

pdnsutil set-kind exsample.com primary

MANAGE ZONES // check the information provided

pdnsutil list-zone example.com

MANAGE ZONES // modify the zone (if changes do not miss update serial -> UPDATE SERIAL)

pdnsutil edit-zone example.com

MANAGE ZONES

pdnsutil check-all-zones

pdnsutil show-zone example.com

DELETE A SPECIFIC ZONE

pdnsutil delete-zone example.com

UPDATE SERIAL

pdnsutil increase-serial example.com

UPDATE THE CONNECTED DNS SERVERS

pdns_control notify example.com

START THE POWERDNS SERVER IN UBUNTU

service pdns start

Questions

Where do I enter a SOA-record? - No, you don't have to enter it. PowerDNS generates it automatically when you update the serial. However, specify initialization values in the /etc/powerdns/pdns.conf file.