PowerDNS Setup

[theazlan]

Hello everyone, I have a question about the PowerDNS plugin. I upgraded my Proxmox to version 8.X and noticed there is a PowerDNS plugin. I clicked on the "help" button and was redirected to the Proxmox page, where I saw that "You need to enable the web server and the API in your PowerDNS config:". My question is, where can I find this config in Proxmox?

Thank you.

 

[isi]

Datacenter -> SDN -> Options -> DNS -> Add

 

[nalle]

But where is the PowerDNS config file. I don't have one at /etc/powerdns/pdns.conf where it is usually and /etc/pve/sdn is empty. I only get Connection error - Timeout trying to enter any

 

[bennetgallein]

You have to install PowerDNS on an external server and connect it via the API. Proxmox does not ship with PowerDNS installed.

Here is the corresponding documentation for PowerDNS: https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/http-api/index.html

 

[LnxBil]

And for the PVE side of things, here:

https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-pvesdn.html#pvesdn_dns_plugin_powerdns

 

[nalle]

I have read the docs, yes I have tested that use of PDNS. The problem is that the Proxmox documentation do not state the fact you need a server with the PowerDNS, it looks like a lot of people do not know it. Personally, I'm happy without PDNS. I've been using Bind for a very long time and haven't seen a need to change.

The point I'm trying to get across is: I think the correct way would be to not just refer to the PDNS documentation, instead tell people to install it from there.