[dnsdist] Dynamic reload dnsdist config files

[Remi Gacogne]

Hi,

On 3/15/21 9:04 AM, Cheikh Dieng via dnsdist wrote:
> I'm using dnsdist in docker mode.
> I have to add some downstream servers in my running dnsdist docker.
> I want to know if there is a way to dynamic reload my conf files  for 
> the new entries without rebuilding the dnsdist images or do and 
> stop/restart process
> 
> I can use a volume to persist the conf files.

Fully reloading the configuration without restarting dnsdist is not 
possible, mostly because we made the choice to create some objects at 
configuration time and not at runtime for performance reasons.
You can, however, add and remove downstream servers at runtime without 
reloading dnsdist by using the console [1].

Hope that helps.

[1]: https://dnsdist.org/guides/console.html

Best regards,
-- 
Remi Gacogne
PowerDNS.COM BV - https://www.powerdns.com/