[BlueOnyx:20572] Re: MyDNS alternative PowerDNS?

[Gregg K]

> Hi all,
> 
> Is anyone here using PowerDNS as DNS server or has some experience or
> recommendations about it?

I have been using PowerDNS along with PowerAdmin for 3 or 4 years now.
It works nicely, I haven't had to mess with it in years.  It's very stable,
and I do have the MySQL replication on so that only one DNS ever needs to be
updated.
It also receives DNS information from BlueOnyx and updates them accordingly.





> 
> I ask because I'm looking for an alternative to MyDNS/MyDNS-NG.
> 
> In specific I'm looking for an easy alternative to migrate away from MyDNS
> onto something that's still actively maintained, modern, secure and allows
> for the most simplistic and robust way to share zones between different
DNS
> servers without having to hack in every single zone that the slave should
> have as well.
> 
> MyDNS fit the bill many years ago, as it stores the DNS records in MySQL.
> Which easily allows you to set up MySQL database replication or (if
> redundancy isn't an issue) let all DNS servers poll the same SQL server.
> However, it's development seems to be as dead as a doorknob. So I think
it's
> time to migrate away from it.
> 
> PowerDNS seems to be a modern alternative: https://www.powerdns.com/
> 
> There is also a PHP GUI available for it: http://www.poweradmin.org/
> 
> I installed both on a test box and was able to haggle something together
with
> which I could import my SQL based zones from MyDNS and it looks kinda
> neat. PowerDNS can either do traditional zone files, or use various
backends
> such as MySQL/MariaDB, Postgres and a few others.
> 
> So I'm wondering if someone is using it (or has been using it) and has
some
> recommendations.
> 
> --
> With best regards
> 
> Michael Stauber
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