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powerdns Advanced DNS server with multiple backends including SQL
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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

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
powerdns
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest5.0.35.0.34.4.05.0.0-n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly5.0.35.0.34.8.04.9.7-n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest5.0.35.0.34.7.34.9.8---4.8.0
FreeBSD:14:quarterly5.0.35.0.3-4.9.7--4.8.44.8.4
FreeBSD:15:latest5.0.35.0.3n/a4.9.8n/an/a4.8.44.8.4_2
FreeBSD:15:quarterly5.0.35.0.3n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest5.0.35.0.3n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
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)
CommitCreditsLog message
5.0.3
12 Mar 2026 20:16:14
commit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101bcommit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101bcommit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101bcommit hash: 8160bb5d692b94685ee1900309e3084dcc72101b files touched by this commit
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
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