Ultra-scalable authorativ PowerDNS Server on Fly.io.
Main Credits and thanks to: https://www.powerdns.com/
The Records for the nameserver itself (A, AAA, CNAME) should not be hosted on the server itself.
ATM: Fly.io can`t resolv those Records when issueing SSL Certs.
Alpha stage - no warranty for any bugs or security issues.
Non sensitive Information can be specified in the fly.toml file.
For passwords, you should use flyctl secrets set VAR=VALUE cmdlet.
PDNSCONF_GPGSQL_HOST="postgres"
Hostname or DNS of the Postgres Database: .internal
Mainregion is configured for write-access, Edgeregions will connect to the nearest read replica automaticly.
PDNSCONF_GPGSQL_PORT="5432"
Port of the DB with write-capability.
PDNSCONF_GPGSQL_READPORT="5433"
Port of the DB readonly, but with better geo-awarness.
PDNSCONF_GPGSQL_DBNAME="pdns"
Database-Name - has to be created manually on Fly.io.
The DB Schema can be found here: PowerDNS Postgres Docs
PDNSCONF_GPGSQL_USER="postgres"
Username for connectiong the Database.
PDNSCONF_GPGSQL_PASSWORD="changeme"
Password of the Database, will be shown when deploying a PG-DB on fly.io
PDNSCONF_API_KEY="changeme"
Password when using the PowerDNS API (e.g. when connecting with PowerDNS-Admin)
PDNSCONF_FLYIO_MAINREGION="fra"
Your Mainregion specified during initial Fly deployment.
Mainregion will be ablte to connect to writeable Postgres DB.
All other regions will connect to read replicas cause of there better performance when distributed globaly.
PDNSCONF_DEFAULT_SOA="a.dns.server. web.hostmaster. 0 10800 3600 604800 3600"
Your Default SOA Record.
After deploying open the Fly.io Grafana Dashboard and Import the folowing Template.