REC_CONTROL(1)

NAME

rec_control - control pdns_recursor

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

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
http://doc.powerdns.com/rec-control.html

To stop the recursor by hand, run:: # rec_control quit
To dump the cache to disk, execute:: # rec_control dump-cache /tmp/the-cache

--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.

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
http://doc.powerdns.com/recursor-stats.html
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't 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.

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Written by PowerDNS.COM BV, bert hubert, <bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl>

Website: http://wiki.powerdns.com, http://www.powerdns.com

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