README.md

   1 PowerDNS is copyright © 2002-2016 by PowerDNS.COM BV and lots of
   2 contributors, using the GNU GPLv2 license (see NOTICE for the
   3 exact license and exception used).
   4
   5 All documentation can be found on http://doc.powerdns.com/
   6
   7 This file may lag behind at times. For most recent updates, always check
   8 https://doc.powerdns.com/md/changelog/.
   9
  10 Another good place to look for information is:
  11 https://doc.powerdns.com/md/appendix/compiling-powerdns/
  12
  13 To file bugs, head towards:
  14 https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues
  15
  16 But please check if the issue is already reported there first.
  17
  18 SOURCE CODE / GIT
  19 -----------------
  20 Source code is available on GitHub:
  21
  22 ```
  23 $ git clone https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns.git
  24 ```
  25
  26 This repository contains the sources for the PowerDNS Recursor, the PowerDNS
  27 Authoritative Server, and dnsdist (a powerful DNS loadbalancer). All three can
  28 be built from this repository. However, all three released separately as .tar.bz2,
  29 .deb and .rpm.
  30
  31 COMPILING Authoritative Server
  32 ------------------------------
  33 The PowerDNS Authoritative Server depends on Boost, OpenSSL and requires a
  34 compiler with C++-2011 support.
  35
  36 On Debian 8.0, the following is useful:
  37
  38 ```
  39 $ apt-get install g++ libboost-all-dev libtool make pkg-config libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev
  40 ```
  41
  42 When building from git, the following packages are also required: autoconf, automake,
  43 ragel, bison and flex, then generate the configure file:
  44
  45 ```
  46 $ ./bootstrap
  47 ```
  48
  49 To compile a very clean version, use:
  50
  51 ```
  52 $ ./configure --with-modules="" --without-lua
  53 $ make
  54 # make install
  55 ```
  56
  57 This generates a PowerDNS Authoritative Server binary with no modules built in.
  58
  59 When `./configure` is run without `--with-modules`, the bind and gmysql module are
  60 built-in by default and the pipe-backend is compiled for runtime loading.
  61
  62 To add multiple modules, try:
  63
  64 ```
  65 $ ./configure --with-modules="bind gmysql gpgsql"
  66 ```
  67
  68 Note that you will need the development headers for PostgreSQL as well in this case.
  69
  70 See https://doc.powerdns.com/md/appendix/compiling-powerdns/ for more details.
  71
  72 If you run into C++11-related symbol trouble, please try passing `CPPFLAGS=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0` (or 1) to `./configure` to make sure you are compatible with the installed dependencies.
  73
  74 COMPILING THE RECURSOR
  75 ----------------------
  76 See the README in pdns/recursordist.
  77
  78 COMPILING DNSDIST
  79 ----------------------
  80 See the README in pdns/dnsdistdist.
  81
  82 SOLARIS NOTES
  83 -------------
  84 Use a recent gcc. OpenCSW is a good source, as is Solaris 11 IPS.
  85
  86 If you encounter problems with the Solaris make, gmake is advised.
  87
  88 FREEBSD NOTES
  89 -------------
  90 You need to compile using gmake - regular make only appears to work, but doesn't in fact. Use gmake, not make.
  91
  92 The clang compiler installed through FreeBSD's package manager does not expose all of the C++11 features needed under `std=gnuc++11`. Force the compiler to use `std=c++11` mode instead.
  93
  94     export CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11
  95
  96 MAC OS X NOTES
  97 --------------
  98 PowerDNS Authoritative Server is available through Homebrew:
  99
 100 ```
 101 $ brew install pdns
 102 ```
 103
 104 If you want to compile yourself, the dependencies can be installed using
 105 Homebrew:
 106
 107 ```
 108 $ brew install boost lua pkg-config ragel
 109 ```
 110
 111 For PostgreSQL support:
 112
 113 ```
 114 $ brew install postgresql
 115 ```
 116
 117 For MySQL support:
 118
 119 ```
 120 $ brew install mariadb
 121 ```
 122
 123 LINUX NOTES
 124 -----------
 125 None really.