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Port details on branch 2026Q1
powerdns Advanced DNS server with multiple backends including SQL
5.0.3 dns on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port This port version is marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 5.0.3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: tremere@cainites.net search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-01-18 20:30:44
Last Update: 2026-03-12 20:16:14
Commit Hash: 8160bb5
License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://www.powerdns.com/auth.html
Description:
The PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a versatile nameserver which supports a large number of backends. These backends can either be plain zone files or be more dynamic in nature. PowerDNS has the concepts of 'backends'. A backend is a datastore that the server will consult that contains DNS records (and some metadata). The backends range from database backends (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and BIND zone files to co-processes and JSON API's. Multiple backends can be enabled in the configuration by using the launch option. Each backend can be configured separately.
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Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/powerdns-5.0.3/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/powerdns-5.0.3/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/powerdns-5.0.3/GPLv2
  4. bin/pdns_control
  5. bin/pdnsutil
  6. bin/zone2json
  7. bin/zone2sql
  8. sbin/pdns_server
  9. @comment bin/dnspcap2protobuf
  10. @comment bin/calidns
  11. @comment bin/dnsbulktest
  12. @comment bin/dnsgram
  13. @comment bin/dnspcap2calidns
  14. @comment bin/dnsreplay
  15. @comment bin/dnsscan
  16. @comment bin/dnsscope
  17. @comment bin/dnstcpbench
  18. @comment bin/dnswasher
  19. @comment bin/dumresp
  20. @comment bin/ixfrdist
  21. @comment bin/ixplore
  22. @comment bin/nproxy
  23. @comment bin/nsec3dig
  24. @comment bin/pdns_notify
  25. @comment bin/saxfr
  26. @comment bin/sdig
  27. @comment bin/stubquery
  28. lib/pdns/libbindbackend.so
  29. lib/pdns/libpipebackend.so
  30. @comment lib/pdns/libgeoipbackend.so
  31. lib/pdns/liblmdbbackend.so
  32. @comment lib/pdns/liblua2backend.so
  33. lib/pdns/libgmysqlbackend.so
  34. @comment lib/pdns/libldapbackend.so
  35. @comment bin/zone2ldap
  36. lib/pdns/libgpgsqlbackend.so
  37. @comment lib/pdns/libremotebackend.so
  38. lib/pdns/libgsqlite3backend.so
  39. @comment lib/pdns/libtinydnsbackend.so
  40. @comment lib/pdns/libgodbcbackend.so
  41. @comment share/man/man1/calidns.1.gz
  42. @comment share/man/man1/dnsbulktest.1.gz
  43. @comment share/man/man1/dnsgram.1.gz
  44. @comment share/man/man1/dnspcap2calidns.1.gz
  45. @comment share/man/man1/dnsscan.1.gz
  46. @comment share/man/man1/dumresp.1.gz
  47. @comment share/man/man1/ixfrdist.1.gz
  48. @comment share/man/man1/ixplore.1.gz
  49. @comment share/man/man1/nproxy.1.gz
  50. @comment share/man/man1/nsec3dig.1.gz
  51. @comment share/man/man1/pdns_notify.1.gz
  52. share/man/man1/pdnsutil.1.gz
  53. @comment share/man/man1/saxfr.1.gz
  54. @comment share/man/man1/sdig.1.gz
  55. share/man/man1/pdns_control.1.gz
  56. share/man/man1/pdns_server.1.gz
  57. share/man/man1/zone2json.1.gz
  58. @comment share/man/man1/zone2ldap.1.gz
  59. share/man/man1/zone2sql.1.gz
  60. @comment share/man/man1/dnspcap2protobuf.1.gz
  61. @comment share/man/man1/dnstcpbench.1.gz
  62. @comment share/man/man1/dnsreplay.1.gz
  63. @comment share/man/man1/dnsscope.1.gz
  64. @comment share/man/man1/dnswasher.1.gz
  65. @comment share/man/man5/ixfrdist.yml.5.gz
  66. @comment etc/pdns/ixfrdist.example.yml
  67. @sample etc/pdns/pdns.conf-dist etc/pdns/pdns.conf
  68. share/examples/powerdns/pdns.conf
  69. @dir share/examples/powerdns
  70. share/doc/powerdns/3.4.0_to_4.1.0_schema.mysql.sql
  71. share/doc/powerdns/3.4.0_to_4.1.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  72. share/doc/powerdns/3.4.0_to_4.0.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  73. @comment share/doc/powerdns/4.0.0_to_4.2.0_schema.mssql.sql
  74. share/doc/powerdns/4.0.0_to_4.2.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  75. share/doc/powerdns/4.1.0_to_4.2.0_schema.mysql.sql
  76. share/doc/powerdns/4.1.0_to_4.2.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  77. @comment share/doc/powerdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.mssql.sql
  78. share/doc/powerdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.mysql.sql
  79. share/doc/powerdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  80. share/doc/powerdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  81. share/doc/powerdns/4.3.0_to_4.3.1_schema.sqlite3.sql
  82. share/doc/powerdns/4.3.0_to_4.7.0_schema.mysql.sql
  83. share/doc/powerdns/4.3.0_to_4.7.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  84. share/doc/powerdns/4.3.1_to_4.7.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  85. @comment share/doc/powerdns/4.3.0_to_4.7.0_schema.mssql.sql
  86. share/doc/powerdns/bind-dnssec.4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  87. share/doc/powerdns/bind-dnssec.schema.sqlite3.sql
  88. share/doc/powerdns/dnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.mysql.sql
  89. share/doc/powerdns/dnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  90. share/doc/powerdns/dnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  91. share/doc/powerdns/enable-foreign-keys.mysql.sql
  92. share/doc/powerdns/nodnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.mysql.sql
  93. share/doc/powerdns/nodnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  94. share/doc/powerdns/nodnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  95. @comment share/doc/powerdns/dnsdomain2.schema
  96. @comment share/doc/powerdns/pdns-domaininfo.schema
  97. share/doc/powerdns/schema.mysql.sql
  98. share/doc/powerdns/schema.pgsql.sql
  99. share/doc/powerdns/schema.sqlite3.sql
  100. @comment share/doc/powerdns/schema.mssql.sql
  101. @dir(root,wheel,0755) /var/run/pdns
  102. @owner
  103. @group
  104. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • pdns
Dependency lines:
  • powerdns>0:dns/powerdns
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/dns/powerdns/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install dns/powerdns
  • pkg install powerdns
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: powerdns
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
NOT_FOR_ARCHS: i386
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1771806213 SHA256 (pdns-5.0.3.tar.bz2) = ec3120501950a772c785c600f599e8f4d711f703a02cbd1bec42edc1a05f81cc SIZE (pdns-5.0.3.tar.bz2) = 1492444

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  2. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  3. autoconf>=2.72_1 : devel/autoconf
  4. automake>=1.18.1 : devel/automake
  5. libtoolize : devel/libtool
Library dependencies:
  1. libboost_program_options.so : devel/boost-libs
  2. libcurl.so : ftp/curl
  3. libsodium.so : security/libsodium
  4. liblmdb.so : databases/lmdb
  5. libboost_serialization.so : devel/boost-libs
  6. libunwind.so : devel/libunwind
  7. liblua-5.4.so : lang/lua54
  8. libmysqlclient.so.21 : databases/mysql80-client
  9. libpq.so.5 : databases/postgresql17-client
  10. libsqlite3.so : databases/sqlite3
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for powerdns-5.0.3: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples GEOIP=off: GeoIP backend (GeoIP2 DB) IXFRDIST=off: Build ixfrdist LMDB=on: LMDB backend LUABACKEND=off: Lua2 backend MYSQL=on: MySQL backend OPENLDAP=off: OpenLDAP backend PGSQL=on: PostgreSQL backend REMOTE=off: Remote backend SQLITE3=on: SQLite 3 backend TINYDNS=off: TinyDNS backend TOOLS=off: Build extra tools UNIXODBC=off: ODBC backend via unixODBC ZEROMQ=off: Enable ZeroMQ connector (Implies REMOTE enabled) ====> Lua library: you have to select exactly one of them LUA=on: Use lang/lua LUAJIT=off: Use luajit ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
dns_powerdns
USES:
autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib cpe gmake libtool localbase:ldflags pathfix pkgconfig ssl tar:bzip2 lua mysql pgsql sqlite:3
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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5.0.3
12 Mar 2026 20:16:14
commit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101bcommit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101bcommit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101bcommit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101b files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Ralf van der Enden
dns/powerdns: Update 5.0.2 => 5.0.3

News:
https://blog.powerdns.com/2026/02/20/powerdns-authoritative-server-5.0.3-4.9.13

Changelog:
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.0.html#change-5.0.3

PR:	293754
MFH:	2026Q1
(cherry picked from commit fdb31c075155dab8e7cfd8405e22f96971ff6f17)
5.0.2
18 Jan 2026 20:28:39
commit hash: 40fbc85fff516e05ae269dc603bbcab7a74d1463commit hash: 40fbc85fff516e05ae269dc603bbcab7a74d1463commit hash: 40fbc85fff516e05ae269dc603bbcab7a74d1463commit hash: 40fbc85fff516e05ae269dc603bbcab7a74d1463 files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Ralf van der Enden
dns/powerdns: Update 5.0.1 => 5.0.2

Changelog:
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.0.html#change-5.0.2

PR:	291574
MFH:	2026Q1
(cherry picked from commit ff525a1484193e2fbff486ef76b043dfce9f1a8c)

Number of commits found: 2