Overview

The PowerDNS service is a DNS hosting service supported by CloudBlue Commerce. With this service, users of any system account can:

• create forward DNS zones for their domains on PowerDNS servers registered in the system,

• manage DNS zone settings,

• create and manage A, TLSA, TXT, CAA, NS, SRV, CNAME, MX, NAPTR, and AAAA DNS records,

• and enable DNSSEC for their domains.

Note: In the current version of the service, reverse DNS zones are not supported.

The deployment of the service consists of the following steps:

1. Prepare virtual or physical servers that meet the requirements in these sections:

   • Hardware Requirements for PowerDNS Servers

   • Network Requirements for PowerDNS Servers

   • DNS Requirements for PowerDNS Servers

2. On the servers, install and configure PowerDNS so that the requirements in PowerDNS Configuration Requirements will be met.

3. Register the servers, as described in Registering PowerDNS Servers in the System.

4. Create DNS resources for the service.

Note: The system does not manage the configuration of PowerDNS installed on the servers. It manages only DNS zones created by users for their domains.