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Port details on branch 2026Q2
powerdns Advanced DNS server with multiple backends including SQL
5.1.3 dns on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 5.1.2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: tremere@cainites.net search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-04-27 00:15:06
Last Update: 2026-07-01 13:04:43
Commit Hash: 156da5c
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-5.1.3/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/powerdns-5.1.3/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/powerdns-5.1.3/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/pdns/3.4.0_to_4.1.0_schema.mysql.sql
  71. share/doc/pdns/3.4.0_to_4.1.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  72. share/doc/pdns/3.4.0_to_4.0.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  73. @comment share/doc/pdns/4.0.0_to_4.2.0_schema.mssql.sql
  74. share/doc/pdns/4.0.0_to_4.2.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  75. share/doc/pdns/4.1.0_to_4.2.0_schema.mysql.sql
  76. share/doc/pdns/4.1.0_to_4.2.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  77. @comment share/doc/pdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.mssql.sql
  78. share/doc/pdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.mysql.sql
  79. share/doc/pdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  80. share/doc/pdns/4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  81. share/doc/pdns/4.3.0_to_4.3.1_schema.sqlite3.sql
  82. share/doc/pdns/4.3.0_to_4.7.0_schema.mysql.sql
  83. share/doc/pdns/4.3.0_to_4.7.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  84. share/doc/pdns/4.3.1_to_4.7.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  85. @comment share/doc/pdns/4.3.0_to_4.7.0_schema.mssql.sql
  86. share/doc/pdns/bind-dnssec.4.2.0_to_4.3.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  87. share/doc/pdns/bind-dnssec.schema.sqlite3.sql
  88. share/doc/pdns/dnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.mysql.sql
  89. share/doc/pdns/dnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  90. share/doc/pdns/dnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  91. share/doc/pdns/enable-foreign-keys.mysql.sql
  92. share/doc/pdns/nodnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.mysql.sql
  93. share/doc/pdns/nodnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.pgsql.sql
  94. share/doc/pdns/nodnssec-3.x_to_3.4.0_schema.sqlite3.sql
  95. @comment share/doc/pdns/dnsdomain2.schema
  96. @comment share/doc/pdns/pdns-domaininfo.schema
  97. share/doc/pdns/schema.mysql.sql
  98. share/doc/pdns/schema.pgsql.sql
  99. share/doc/pdns/schema.sqlite3.sql
  100. @comment share/doc/pdns/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 = 1782810934 SHA256 (pdns-5.1.3.tar.bz2) = 5fb05d5e197f63ab667d9b905e69dc8293244a896fbd046b3630b223ea5051e6 SIZE (pdns-5.1.3.tar.bz2) = 1558769

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
powerdns
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest--4.4.05.0.0-n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly5.0.35.0.44.8.04.9.7-n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest5.1.25.1.3_14.7.34.9.8---4.8.0
FreeBSD:14:quarterly5.1.35.1.3-4.9.7--4.8.44.8.4
FreeBSD:15:latest5.1.3_15.1.3_1n/a4.9.8n/an/a4.8.44.8.4_2
FreeBSD:15:quarterly5.1.35.1.3n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest5.1.35.1.3_1n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. py311-pyyaml>0 : devel/py-pyyaml@py311
  2. meson : devel/meson
  3. ninja : devel/ninja
  4. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  5. python3.11 : lang/python311
Library dependencies:
  1. libboost_program_options.so : devel/boost-libs
  2. libcurl.so : ftp/curl
  3. libsodium.so : security/libsodium
  4. libboost_serialization.so : devel/boost-libs
  5. liblmdb.so : databases/lmdb
  6. liblua-5.4.so : lang/lua54
  7. libmysqlclient.so.24 : databases/mysql84-client
  8. libpq.so.5 : databases/postgresql18-client
  9. libsqlite3.so : databases/sqlite3
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for powerdns-5.1.3: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples GEOIP=off: GeoIP backend (GeoIP2 DB) GNUTLS=off: DoT support via GnuTLS (sdig only) IXFRDIST=off: Build ixfrdist LMDB=on: LMDB backend LUABACKEND=off: Lua2 backend module (launch=lua2) 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 implementation: you have to select exactly one of them LUA=on: Use lang/lua (enables Lua records) LUAJIT=off: Use LuaJIT (enables Lua records) ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
dns_powerdns
USES:
compiler:c++17-lang cpe libtool localbase meson pkgconfig python:build 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: 4

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
5.1.3
01 Jul 2026 13:04:43
commit hash: 156da5c22342aa13ce55ee66cf5a8a1c9f34e3fbcommit hash: 156da5c22342aa13ce55ee66cf5a8a1c9f34e3fbcommit hash: 156da5c22342aa13ce55ee66cf5a8a1c9f34e3fbcommit hash: 156da5c22342aa13ce55ee66cf5a8a1c9f34e3fb files touched by this commit
Yusuf Yaman (nxjoseph) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Jordan Ostreff
dns/powerdns: Update 5.1.2 => 5.1.3

While here:
- Update options' descriptions.
- Drop the backported patch, it's made into release.

Changelog:
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.1.html#change-5.1.3

PR:		296400
Reported by:	Jordan Ostreff <jordan@ostreff.info>
Approved by:	Ralf van der Enden <tremere@cainites.net> (maintainer)
Approved by:	osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)
MFH:		2026Q2

(cherry picked from commit 27d147dd421dd767d40e0d069b413b55650fd095)
5.1.2
29 Jun 2026 12:16:32
commit hash: 9fbdf172c4f20c20cabceeaf5181f8e3d5204b4ecommit hash: 9fbdf172c4f20c20cabceeaf5181f8e3d5204b4ecommit hash: 9fbdf172c4f20c20cabceeaf5181f8e3d5204b4ecommit hash: 9fbdf172c4f20c20cabceeaf5181f8e3d5204b4e files touched by this commit
Yusuf Yaman (nxjoseph) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Ralf van der Enden
dns/powerdns: Security update 5.0.5 => 5.1.2

Port changes:
- Switch from Autotools to Meson.
- Add new GNUTLS option.
- Fix build with OPENLDAP option by adding dependency on security/krb5.

Upgrade Notes (from 5.0.0 to 5.1.0):
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/upgrading.html#to-5-1-0
Changelogs:
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.0.html#change-5.0.6
- https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.1.html#change-5.1.2
Security Advisories:
-
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-05.html
-
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-07.html
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5.0.5
04 Jun 2026 19:17:47
commit hash: cbc82913ee11f81b2674d8b155f18e8b02fcdeddcommit hash: cbc82913ee11f81b2674d8b155f18e8b02fcdeddcommit hash: cbc82913ee11f81b2674d8b155f18e8b02fcdeddcommit hash: cbc82913ee11f81b2674d8b155f18e8b02fcdedd files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
Florian Smeets (flo) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Jordan Ostreff
dns/powerdns: Update to 5.0.5

PR:		295516
Security:	0823ac26-6040-11f1-ba4a-50ebf6bdf8e9
Approved by:	maintainer

(cherry picked from commit 824add6a167bd95eb178c5778b34cda742671ba0)
5.0.4
27 Apr 2026 00:07:26
commit hash: a3fb357ebfca2890e755152ea8b3d41fe0e41d3acommit hash: a3fb357ebfca2890e755152ea8b3d41fe0e41d3acommit hash: a3fb357ebfca2890e755152ea8b3d41fe0e41d3acommit hash: a3fb357ebfca2890e755152ea8b3d41fe0e41d3a files touched by this commit This port version is marked as vulnerable.
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Ralf van der Enden
dns/powerdns: update to 5.0.4 (fixes multiple CVE's)

Changelog:
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/5.0.html#change-5.0.4

PR:		294748
Event:		Wiesbaden Hackathon 202604
Security:	PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-05
MFH:		2026Q2
(cherry picked from commit a3ae2c6915a9ff1fc6b3205f5af5e55707366703)

Number of commits found: 4