NAME
pdns_control - Control the pDNS nameserver
SYNOPSIS
pdns_control command
DESCRIPTION
pdns_control is used to send commands to a running pDNS nameserver.
COMMANDS
ccounts
Show the content of the cache
notify <domain>
Adds a domain to the notification list, causing PDNS to send out
notifications to the nameservers of a domain. Can be used if a
slave missed previous notifications or is generally hard of
hearing.
notify-host <domain> <host>
Same as above but with operator specified IP address as
destination, to be used if you know better than PowerDNS.
cycle Restart the nameserver so it reloads its configuration.
ping Check if the server is alive.
purge [<record>]
Purge entries from the packet cache. If the record name ends
with a dollar ($) all entries that end with that name are
removed. If no record is specified the entire cache is purged.
rediscover
Instructs backends that new domains may have appeared in the
database, or, in the case of the Bind backend, in named.conf.
retrieve <domain>
Retrieve a slave domain from its master. Done nearly immediatly.
set <variable> <value>
Set the configuration parameter <variable> to <value>. Currently
only the query-logging can be set.
show <variable>
Show a single statistic, as present in the output of the list
command.
quit Tell a running pdns_server to quit.
status Show usage statistics.
uptime Show the uptime of the running server.
version
Print the version of the running pdns daemon.
FILES
<socket>
Control socket used to communicate with pdns_server.
SEE ALSO
pdns_server(8)