[Pdns-users] PowerDNS backend

RBK1001 Paul.Sun at syniverse.com
Mon Feb 4 09:39:52 UTC 2013


Hi

Thank for the reply. If using pipebackend/bindbackend, is the performance
acceptable when comparing within mysql/pgsql?

- rbk



Roman Gaufman-2 wrote:
> 
> I really love the simplicity of pipe backend and why I use powerdns
> instead
> of say bind, all you need to really do is add this to your pdns.conf:
> 
> launch=pipe,bind
> pipe-command=/etc/powerdns/dns_pipe.rb
> 
> And in your script, you can have something as simple as:
> 
> require 'powerdns_pipe'
> PowerDNS::Pipe.new.run! do
>   answer :name => question.name, :type => 'A', :ttl => 60, :content =>
> '1.2.3.4'
> end
> 
> The above is an example written in Ruby, but really it just reads DNS
> requests from STDIN and writes DNS responses to STDOUT. You can add any
> custom code that will figure out the IP to your question - in my case I
> plan to query a RESTFUL Rails API.
> 
> Roman
> 
> On 4 February 2013 09:29, RBK1001 <Paul.Sun at syniverse.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Thank for the information.
>>
>> I have a bit confused on the the pipebackend and bind backend, which one
>> should I use?
>>
>> - rbk
>>
>>
>> Ruben '_cyclops_' d'Arco wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This should be helpful as a first start:
>> >  http://doc.powerdns.com/backend-writers-guide.html
>> >
>> > Also have a look at the regression-test direcory, as it is quiet helpul
>> > for testing your backend.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >     Ruben
>> >
>> > RBK1001 <Paul.Sun at syniverse.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>Hi
>> >>
>> >>we would like to seek for an advice on the use of backend.
>> >>
>> >>we understood that PowerDNS offers several backend solutions, however,
>> >>I
>> >>would like to know is there a way to connect to our customerized
>> >>backend?
>> >>Currently, we are using a non-sql customerized backend with large
>> >>amount of
>> >>data stored, and we would like to intergrate powerdns with it, is there
>> >>anyway we can do?
>> >>
>> >>- rbk
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >           Ruben
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