{"id":383,"date":"2021-07-23T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-use-cpanels-powerdns\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:28:51","slug":"how-to-use-cpanels-powerdns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-use-cpanels-powerdns\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use cPanel’s PowerDNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n

The PowerDNS open source DNS server software offers high performance with very low memory requirements. cPanel\u2019s PowerDNS implementation reads DNS data from the BIND files and stores DNSSEC data in a SQLite database. This makes cPanel\u2019s PowerDNS compatible with most of cPanel\u2019s DNS Management tools.<\/p>\n

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System files and other online sources may refer to PowerDNS as pdns<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Install PowerDNS<\/h2>\n

To install PowerDNS via WHM\u2019s Nameserver Selection<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection)<\/em>, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n

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    Navigate to WHM\u2019s Nameserver Selection<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Select PowerDNS<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Click Save<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    PowerDNS version<\/h2>\n

    To check your server\u2019s PowerDNS version, run the WHM API 1 installed_versions<\/code> function. The function\u2019s output contains the powerdns<\/code> return, which displays the server\u2019s currently-installed PowerDNS version.<\/p>\n

    DNSSEC<\/h2>\n

    PowerDNS allows you to use DNS Security Extension (DNSSEC) with your domains\u2019 DNS records. DNSSEC adds a layer of security to your domains\u2019 DNS records. DNSSEC uses digital signatures and cryptographic keys to validate the DNS responses\u2019 authenticity. These digital signatures protect clients from various forms of attack, such as Spoofing or a Man-in-the-Middle attack.<\/p>\n

    To enable DNSSEC, follow the directions in our Zone Editor documentation.<\/p>\n

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    This feature only<\/strong> appears in cPanel\u2019s Zone Editor<\/em> interface (cPanel >> Home >> Domains >> Zone Editor)<\/em> if your hosting provider installs PowerDNS in WHM\u2019s Nameserver Selection<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Service Configuration >> Nameserver Selection)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Troubleshoot PowerDNS<\/h2>\n

    To troubleshoot PowerDNS further, check the \/var\/log\/messages error<\/code> log.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Overview The PowerDNS open source DNS server software offers high performance with very low memory requirements. cPanel\u2019s PowerDNS implementation reads DNS data from the BIND files and stores DNSSEC data in a SQLite database. This makes cPanel\u2019s PowerDNS compatible with most of cPanel\u2019s DNS Management tools. Note: System files and other online sources may refer …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}