[Pdns-users] turn off all type of caching in pdns-recursor

bert hubert bert.hubert at netherlabs.nl
Wed Jun 19 06:11:03 UTC 2013


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:22:16PM -0600, Alex Flex wrote:
> My question is: How can I disable all types of caching in the pdns
> recursor so that all my requests are always forwarded to upstream?

PowerDNS uses its cache as a "knowledge base" during recursion, so if you
take away its memory, it has no idea what it is doing.

But, if you set max-cache-ttl=1, packetcache-ttl=0,
packetcache-servfail-ttl=0, you should get a long way.

	Bert




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