SYNOPSIS

rec_control [OPTION]... COMMAND [COMMAND-OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

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

The commands that can be passed to the recursor are described on http://doc.powerdns.com/md/recursor/running/#rec_control-commands

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.

--config-dir=PATH

Directory where the recursor.conf lives.

--socket-dir=PATH

Where the controlsocket will live, please use --config-dir instead.

--socket-pid=PID

When running in SMP mode, pid of pdns_recursor to control.

--timeout=NUM

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

COMMANDS

add-nta DOMAIN [REASON]

Add a Negative Trust Anchor for DOMAIN, suffixed optionally with REASON.

add-ta DOMAIN DSRECORD

Add a Trust Anchor for DOMAIN with DS record data DSRECORD.

current-queries

Shows the currently active queries.

clear-nta DOMAIN...

Remove Negative Trust Anchor for one or more DOMAINs. Set domain to '*' to remove all NTA's.

clear-ta [DOMAIN]...

Remove Trust Anchor for one or more DOMAINs. Note that removing the root trust anchor is not possible.

dump-cache FILENAME

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

dump-edns FILENAME

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

dump-nsspeeds FILENAME

Dumps the nameserver speed statistics 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 [STATISTIC]...

Retrieve a statistic. For items that can be queried, see http://doc.powerdns.com/md/recursor/stats/

get-all

Retrieve all known statistics.

get-ntas

Get a list of the currently configured Negative Trust Anchors.

get-tas

Get a list of the currently configured Trust Anchors.

get-parameter KEY [KEY]...

Retrieves the specified configuration parameter(s).

get-qtypelist

Retrieves QType statistics. Queries from cache aren't being counted yet.

help

Shows a list of supported commands.

ping

Check if server is alive.

quit

Request shutdown of the recursor.

quit-nicely

Request nice shutdown of the recursor.

reload-acls

Reloads ACLs.

reload-lua-script FILENAME

(Re)loads Lua script FILENAME. This replaces the script currently loaded.

reload-zones

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

set-minimum-ttl NUM

Set minimum-ttl-override to NUM.

top-remotes

Shows the top-20 most active remote hosts. Statistics are over the last 'stats-ringbuffer-entries' queries.

trace-regex REGEX

Emit resolution trace for matching queries. Empty regex to disable trace.

unload-lua-script

Unloads Lua script.

version

Report running version.

wipe-cache DOMAIN [DOMAIN] [...]

Wipe entries for DOMAIN (exact name match) 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. DOMAIN can be suffixed with a 'ʹtodeletethewholetreefromthecache.i.e.ʹpowerdns.com' will remove all cached entries under and including the powerdns.com name.

RESOURCES

Website: https://docs.powerdns.com, https://www.powerdns.com

AUTHORS