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Master DNS Server Install

The instruction vary for different OSes. The instructions for the following OSes can be found in this document.

  • CentOS 6 x86_64

  • CentOS 7 x86_64

CentOS 6 x86_64:

1. Enable epel repository using the instruction from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F

2. Install PowerDNS and MySQL

yum -y install mysql mysql-server pdns pdns-backend-mysql
chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on
chkconfig --levels 235 pdns on
service mysqld start

3. Set a MySQL root password

mysqladmin -u root password MYNEWPASSWORD

4. Download the PowerDNS SQL and import it

wget http://files.soluslabs.com/solusvm/pdns/pdns.sql
mysql --user=root --password=MYNEWPASSWORD < pdns.sql

5. Edit /etc/pdns/pdns.conf with your database details:

launch=gmysql
gmysql-host=127.0.0.1
gmysql-user=root
gmysql-password=MYNEWPASSWORD
gmysql-dbname=powerdns

6. To give permission for the MySQL user to connect from your SolusVM master, use following:

mysql -u root -p
After entering the password use following: 
GRANT ALL ON powerdns.* TO 'root'@'YOUR_SOLUSVM_MASTERS_IP' IDENTIFIED BY 'MYNEWPASSWORD';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

7. Start PowerDNS:

/etc/init.d/pdns start
To do a monitored start, use following: 
/etc/init.d/pdns monitor

CentOS 7 x86_64:

1. Enable epel repository using the instruction from here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F

2. Install PowerDNS and MySQL

yum -y install mariadb mariadb-server pdns pdns-backend-mysql
systemctl enable mariadb
systemctl enable pdns
systemctl start mariadb

3. Set a MySQL root password

mysqladmin -u root password MYNEWPASSWORD

4. On CentOS 7 pdns 4.0.6 is installed by default and in this version powerdns database is different from the one in version 3.X.
Create a file pdns.sql with the below content and import it:

CREATE TABLE domains (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
master VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
last_check INT DEFAULT NULL,
type VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL,
notified_serial INT DEFAULT NULL,
account VARCHAR(40) DEFAULT NULL,
solusvm_cid int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX name_index ON domains(name);

CREATE TABLE records (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
domain_id INT DEFAULT NULL,
name VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL,
type VARCHAR(10) DEFAULT NULL,
content VARCHAR(64000) DEFAULT NULL,
ttl INT DEFAULT NULL,
prio INT DEFAULT NULL,
change_date INT DEFAULT NULL,
disabled TINYINT(1) DEFAULT 0,
ordername VARCHAR(255) BINARY DEFAULT NULL,
auth TINYINT(1) DEFAULT 1,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE INDEX nametype_index ON records(name,type);

CREATE INDEX domain_id ON records(domain_id);

CREATE INDEX recordorder ON records (domain_id, ordername);

CREATE TABLE supermasters (
ip VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
nameserver VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
account VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (ip, nameserver)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE TABLE comments (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
domain_id INT NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
type VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
modified_at INT NOT NULL,
account VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
comment VARCHAR(64000) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE INDEX comments_domain_id_idx ON comments (domain_id);

CREATE INDEX comments_name_type_idx ON comments (name, type);

CREATE INDEX comments_order_idx ON comments (domain_id, modified_at);

CREATE TABLE domainmetadata (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
domain_id INT NOT NULL,
kind VARCHAR(32),
content TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE INDEX domainmetadata_idx ON domainmetadata (domain_id, kind);

CREATE TABLE cryptokeys (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
domain_id INT NOT NULL,
flags INT NOT NULL,
active BOOL,
content TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY(id)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE INDEX domainidindex ON cryptokeys(domain_id);

CREATE TABLE tsigkeys (
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
name VARCHAR(255),
algorithm VARCHAR(50),
secret VARCHAR(255),
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) Engine=InnoDB;

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX namealgoindex ON tsigkeys(name, algorithm);

mysql --user=root --password=MYNEWPASSWORD -e"create database powerdns"
mysql --user=root --password=MYNEWPASSWORD powerdns < pdns.sql

5. Edit /etc/pdns/pdns.conf with your database details:

launch=gmysql
gmysql-host=127.0.0.1
gmysql-user=root
gmysql-password=MYNEWPASSWORD
gmysql-dbname=powerdns

6. To give permission for the MySQL user to connect from your SolusVM master, use following:

mysql -u root -p

After entering the password use following:

GRANT ALL ON powerdns.* TO 'root'@'YOUR_SOLUSVM_MASTERS_IP' IDENTIFIED BY 'MYNEWPASSWORD';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

7. Start PowerDNS:

systemctl start pdns
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