[Pdns-users] Correct incantation of followCNAMERecords and follupDomain

[Otto Moerbeek]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 04:54:14PM +0000, Scott Holder wrote:

> 
> 
> > On Mar 24, 2026, at 11:39 AM, Otto Moerbeek <otto at drijf.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> <snip>
> > 
> > https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/lua-scripting/hooks.html#example-script
> > shows an example. I believe it should also work in postresolve.
> > 
> > Looking a bit more, it seems the docs are wrong. followCNAMERecords
> > picks up the target from the answers (potentially added by Lua code).
> > followupDomain does not play a role.
> > 
> > If that does not help, can you show us the Lua code you are using. Do
> > the logs show anything?
> > 
> > 	-Otto
> > 
> 
> Ah hah, I ran across that example and thought I’d tried it, but maybe not. Or I still did it wrong.
> 
> In any case, I removed the followup domainDomain and just set the followCNAMERecords and it’s working perfectly now. Docs are definitely a little unclear.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Scott H.

Good! I'll update the docs soon. 

	-Otto