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4Synopsis
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7:program:`pdns_server` [*OPTION*]
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9Description
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11
12The PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a versatile nameserver which
13supports a large number of backends. These backends can either be plain
14zone files or be more dynamic in nature. Please see the online
15documentation for more information.
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17Options
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20See the online documentation for all options
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22--daemon Indicate if the server should run in the background as a real
23 daemon, or in the foreground.
24--guardian Run :program:`pdns_server` inside a guardian. This guardian monitors the
25 performance of the inner :program:`pdns_server` instance. It is also this
26 guardian that :program:`pdns_control`\ talks to.
27--control-console Run the server in a special monitor mode. This enables detailed
28 logging and exposes the raw control socket.
29--loglevel=<LEVEL> Set the logging level.
30--help To view more options that are available use this program.
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32See also
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35pdns_control(1), pdnsutil(1), `<https://doc.powerdns.com/>`__