dnscontrol/docs/_providers/powerdns.md

name	title	layout	jsId
PowerDNS	PowerDNS Provider	default	POWERDNS

PowerDNS Provider

Configuration

To use this provider, add an entry to creds.json with TYPE set to POWERDNS along with your API URL, API Key and Server ID. In most cases the Server id is localhost.

Example:

{
  "powerdns": {
    "TYPE": "POWERDNS",
    "apiKey": "your-key",
    "apiUrl": "http://localhost",
    "serverName": "localhost"
  }
}

Metadata

Following metadata are available:

{
    'default_ns': [
        'a.example.com.',
        'b.example.com.'
    ],
    'dnssec_on_create': false
}

• default_ns sets the nameserver which are used
• dnssec_on_create specifies if DNSSEC should be enabled when creating zones

Usage

An example dnsconfig.js configuration:

var REG_NONE = NewRegistrar("none");
var DSP_POWERDNS = NewDnsProvider("powerdns");

D("example.tld", REG_NONE, DnsProvider(DSP_POWERDNS),
    A("test", "1.2.3.4")
);

Activation

See the PowerDNS documentation how the API can be enabled.