PDNS_CONTROL(1) PowerDNS Authoritative Server PDNS_CONTROL(1) (NAME) pdns_control - PowerDNS (SYNOPSIS) pdns_control [OPTION]... COMMAND (DESCRIPTION) pdns_control PowerDNS . (OPTIONS) --help . --chroot= PowerDNS chroot . --config-dir= (pdns.conf). --config-name= - . --remote-address=
. --remote-port= . --secret= PowerDNS . --socket-dir= controlsocket . (COMMANDS) bind-add-zone ZONE FILENAME backend BIND . . bind-config . FILENAME . bind-domain-extended-status [ZONE...] pdns primary secondary primary . ZONE . bind-domain-status [ZONE...] backend BIND . ZONE . bind-list-rejects backend BIND . bind-reload-now ZONE [ZONE...] backend BIND ZONE . ccounts (cache) . current-config [diff] . pdns_server --config . diff . cycle . guardian . flush backend . backend LMDB lmdb-write-notification-update no . list show *. list-zones [primary,secondary,native] . notify ZONE ZONE PowerDNS . secondary . * . ( * .) notify-host ZONE ADDRESS (ADDRESS) PowerDNS . ping, rping . 'PONG' . ping guardian rping guardian . purge [RECORD] (cache). RECORD ($) . cache . qtypes qtype . quit or stop pdns_server . rediscover backend BIND backend named.conf . reload . remotes (). respsizes () . retrieve ZONE [IP] secondary ZONE primary . . IP IP . AFI . set VARIABLE VALUE VARIABLE VALUE. query-logging . show STATISTIC list . show STATISTIC-PREFIX* STATISTIC-PREFIX . ( ) . status . guardian . token-login MODULE SLOT PIN PKCS#11. . PowerDNS PKCS#11 . uptime (uptime) . version pdns . (SEE ALSO) pdns_server (1), pdnsutil (1) (AUTHORS) PowerDNS.COM BV (COPYRIGHT) PowerDNS.COM BV August 5, 2026 PDNS_CONTROL(1)