[Pdns-users] Request for Help with PowerDNS + Recursor Configuration for Final Year Project

[Nacho Oppo]

Dear "PowerDNS MailGroup",

My name is Nacho, and I am a university student currently studying Computer
Science. I’m working on my final-year project, which involves setting up a
system that allows resolution of personal names using PowerDNS.

The goal is to configure PowerDNS so that it first checks an A record in a
MySQL backend, and if the record is not found o if database does´not
respond, it should forward the query to an external DNS server, such as
Google’s (8.8.8.8).

>From what I’ve read, this setup used to be possible directly with PowerDNS,
but now it seems that the use of a separate PowerDNS Recursor in front is
required. I’ve tried configuring it myself, but unfortunately, I haven’t
been able to make it work properly.

If someone could share a working configuration for both PowerDNS
Authoritative and PowerDNS Recursor (for the current versions), or point me
to a complete example, I would be truly grateful.

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Best regards,
Nacho
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