[Pdns-users] Enable/Disable domain without breaking PowerDNS.

bert hubert bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl
Thu Jun 30 21:01:11 UTC 2011


On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:59:19PM +0200, Tino Donderwinkel wrote:
> In order for this to work, I have altered some of the basic queries by means
> of the configuration file.

Many people have done it in this way.

> For example the 'any-query'. I have modified it in such a way that it yields
> no results when the domain is not 'enabled'. But what does this mean for the
> 'internal use' of this query? What are the side effects of modifying the
> query in this way? (E.g. the query yields no results, but the domain does
> 'exist'.)

No other queries are used than the ones you can edit - as long as none of
them will report a disabled domain, you should be fine.

Quite some places run in this way, including express.powerdns.net, so this
is probably not a problem.

Good luck!

> 
> This goes, of course, for all queries.
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> Any ideas, hints or tips on this?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Tino (Novice PowerDNS user)
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