[Pdns-users] PowerDNS backend

RBK1001 Paul.Sun at syniverse.com
Mon Feb 4 09:56:22 UTC 2013


Hi

I need more information on how I can perform Remote Backend? is there any
more information that I can refer to?

- rbk


Roman Gaufman-2 wrote:
> 
> PowerDNS can fork the process as many times as you configure using
> the distributor-threads option.
> 
> The good thing is the process remains running and kept running by
> PowerDNS's guardian so I think it will be more limited by your process
> than
> by PowerDNS :)
> 
> Re: Peter van Dijk
> 
> Thank you for that, I will check it out :) - right now I also read the
> openvpn ipp.txt file every time it changes to give vpn clients their own
> hostname so the pipe backend gives a bit more flexibility, but will
> definitely check out the remotebackend!
> 
> On 4 February 2013 09:39, RBK1001 <Paul.Sun at syniverse.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> 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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