I am using PowerDns on a Linux box (Debian 6).
I would like to set up the powerdns server to resolve all externally unresolved DNS queries to a given, internal host. Is this possible? How is it done?
I think it's necessary to use pdns-recursor, but my configuration file doesn't works !
I use mysql for backend.
I add manually google.com and it's works, but if I delete entry I have "server failed", root dns (or isp dns) don't answer me.
Best Answer
PowerDNS is not designed to provide recursive results. It is intended to act only as an authoritative server for the domains it serves. This implies it will be serving domain data to other hosts.
You could add the Recursor module but I would recommend only using it on intranets. It may have appropriate security to prevent it from being used for DNS amplification attacks.
The easiest method to resolve your issue is to configure your
/etc/resolv.conffile to use external servers to resolve DNS. You can use your servers from your ISPs, Google's, OpenDNS, or others. You should check that you can access your PowerDNS server on its published Nameserver address (which may not be your hosts address). Otherwise you will have to rely on your backup nameservers for local access.