NAME

       pdns_control - Control the PowerDNS nameserver

SYNOPSIS

       pdns_control [OPTION]... COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

       pdns_control is used to send commands to a running PowerDNS nameserver.

OPTIONS

       --help Show summary of options.

       --chroot=<DIR>
              Directory where PowerDNS is chrooted.

       --config-dir=<DIR>
              Location of configuration directory (pdns.conf).

       --config-name=<NAME>
              Name of this virtual configuration - will rename the binary image.

       --remote-address=<ADDRESS>
              Remote address to query.

       --remote-port=<PORT>
              Remote port to query.

       --secret=<SECRET>
              Secret needed to connect to remote PowerDNS.

       --socket-dir=<DIR>
              Where the controlsocket lives.

COMMANDS

   bind-add-zone ZONE FILENAME
       When  using  the BIND backend, add a zone. This zone is added in-memory and served immediately. Note that
       this does not add the zone to the bind-config file. FILENAME must be an absolute path.

   bind-domain-extended-status [ZONE...]
       Output an extended status of all zones, containing much more information than  the  simple  zone  status,
       like  the number of records currently loaded, whether pdns is primary or secondary for the zone, the list
       of primaries, various timers, etc Optionally, append ZONEs to get the status of specific zones.

   bind-domain-status [ZONE...]
       When using the BIND backend, list status of all zones. Optionally, append ZONEs  to  get  the  status  of
       specific zones.

   bind-list-rejects
       When using the BIND backend, get a list of all rejected zones.

   bind-reload-now ZONE [ZONE...]
       When using the BIND backend, immediately reload ZONE from disk.

   ccounts
       Show the content of the cache.

   current-config [diff]
       Show  the  currently  running configuration. The output has the same format as pdns_server --config. With
       the diff option only modified options are included in the output.

   cycle
       Restart the nameserver so it reloads its configuration. Only works when the server is running in guardian
       mode.

   list
       Dump all statistics and their values in a comma separated list, equivalent to show *.

   list-zones [primary,secondary,native]
       Show a list of zones, optionally filter on the type of zones to show.

   notify ZONE
       Adds ZONE to the notification list, causing PowerDNS to send out notifications to the  nameservers  of  a
       zone.  Can be used if a secondary missed previous notifications or is generally hard of hearing. Use * to
       notify for all zones. (Note that you may need to escape the * sign in your shell.)

   notify-host ZONE ADDRESS
       Same as above but with operator specified IP ADDRESS as destination, to be used if you know  better  than
       PowerDNS.

   ping, rping
       Check  if  the  server  is  still alive. Will return 'PONG' when it is.  ping works when running inside a
       guardian, whereas rping works when running without a guardian.

   purge [RECORD]
       Purge entries from the cache. If RECORD ends with a dollar ($) all entries that end with  that  name  are
       removed. If no record is specified the entire cache is purged.

   qtypes
       Get a count of queries per qtype on standard out.

   quit
       Tell a running pdns_server to quit.

   rediscover
       Instructs backends that new zones may have appeared in the database, or, in the case of the BIND backend,
       in named.conf.

   reload
       Instruct the server to reload all its zones, this will not add new zones.

   remotes
       Get the top number of remote addresses (clients).

   respsizes
       Get a histogram of the response sizes.

   retrieve ZONE [IP]
       Retrieve secondary ZONE from its primary. Done nearly immediately.  If IP is specified, then retrieval is
       forced from the specified IP.  Port may be specified in AFI specific manner.

   set VARIABLE VALUE
       Set the configuration parameter VARIABLE to VALUE. Currently only the query-logging can be set.

   show STATISTIC
       Show a single statistic, as present in the output of the list command.

   show STATISTIC-PREFIX*
       Show all statistics which names start with the supplied STATISTIC-PREFIX, as a comma-separated list. Only
       one (ending) wildcard is allowed.

   status
       Show usage statistics. This only works if the server is running in guardian mode.

   token-login MODULE SLOT PIN
       Log  on to a PKCS#11 slot. You only need to login once per slot, even if you have multiple keys on single
       slot. Only available if PowerDNS was compiled with PKCS#11 support.

   uptime
       Show the uptime of the running server.

   version
       Print the version of the running pdns daemon.

SEE ALSO

       pdns_server (1), pdnsutil (1)

AUTHOR

       PowerDNS.COM BV

COPYRIGHT

       2001-2023, PowerDNS.COM BV

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