SYNOPSIS

rec_control [--help] [--socket-dir] [--socket-pid] command ..

DESCRIPTION

rec_control(1) allows the operator to control a running instance of the pdns_recursor.

The commands that can be passed to the recursor are described on \m[blue]http://doc.powerdns.com/rec-control.html\m[]

EXAMPLES

To stop the recursor by hand, run:

# rec_control quit

To dump the cache to disk, execute:

# rec_control dump-cache /tmp/the-cache

OPTIONS

--help

provide this helpful message

--socket-dir

Where the controlsocket will live

--socket-pid

When running in SMP mode, pid of pdns_recursor to control

--timeout

Number of seconds to wait for the remote PowerDNS Recursor to respond. Set to 0 for infinite.

COMMANDS

dump-cache filename

Dumps the entire cache to the filename mentioned. This file should not exist already, PowerDNS will refuse to overwrite it. While dumping, the recursor will not answer questions.

get statistic

Retrieve a statistic. For items that can be queried, see \m[blue]http://doc.powerdns.com/recursor-stats.html\m[]

get-all

Retrieve all known statistics.

ping

Check if server is alive.

quit

Request shutdown of the recursor

reload-zones

Reload authoritative and forward zones. Retains current configuration in case of errors.

top-remotes

Shows the top-20 most active remote hosts. Statistics are over the last remotes-ringbuffer-entries queries, which defaults to 0.

wipe-cache domain0 [domain1]

Wipe entries from the cache. This is useful if, for example, an important server has a new IP address, but the TTL has not yet expired. Multiple domain names can be passed. Note that you must terminate a domain with a .! So to wipe powerdns.org, issue rec_control wipe-cache powerdns.org.. Versions beyond 3.1 don\(cqt need the trailing dot. Consider not only wiping www.domain.com. but also domain.com., as the cached nameservers or target of CNAME may continue to be undesired.

BUGS

None known. File new ones at \m[blue]http://wiki.powerdns.com\m[].

AUTHOR

Written by PowerDNS.COM BV, bert hubert, <\m[blue][email protected]\m[]\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2>

RESOURCES

Website: \m[blue]http://wiki.powerdns.com\m[], \m[blue]http://www.powerdns.com\m[]

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COPYING

Copyright © 2006 PowerDNS.COM BV. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.

AUTHOR

bert hubert <[email protected]>

Author.

NOTES