[Pdns-users] powerdns hangs when ldap backend is unavailable

Ton van Rosmalen ton at netbase.nl
Fri Oct 29 09:03:07 UTC 2010


Hi,

Op 29-10-2010 9:08, Nikolaos Milas schreef:
> I totally agree. I even use a local ldap "slave" server (an openldap
> syncrepl consumer, on the powerdns box) using syncrepl (on openldap)
> to avoid any pdns service outage due to network problems which would
> prevent connectivity with ldap. (Thankfully, syncrepl does not hang
> when there is a network outage.) So, practically, I have minimized any
> problems. (This design also optimizes the speed of lookups [i.e. of
> DNS authoritative queries], since they are carried out locally, and no
> network activity is required.)
>
> However, as you point out as well, I believe the problem is critical
> and should be treated.
>
I suggest one of you open a feature request/bug on:
http://wiki.powerdns.com/trac

That would get it on Bert's list.

Regards,

Ton



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