Editing PowerDNS (section)

{{short description|Versatile nameserver which supports a large number of backends}}
{{distinguish|text=[[pdnsd]], a caching DNS proxy}}
{{Infobox software
| name = PowerDNS Server
| logo = [[File:Official PowerDNS logo 250 pixels.png]]
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| author = PowerDNS.com B.V.
| developer = PowerDNS Community, Bert Hubert
| released = 
| latest release version = 4.9.5
| latest release date = {{release date|2025|05|07}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Changelogs for Authoritative Server 4.9.x|url=https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/changelog/4.9.html#change-4.9.5|accessdate=2025-05-07}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| programming language = [[C++]]
| platform = 
| genre = [[Domain Name System|DNS]] server
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] v2
| website = <!-- Leave empty for Wikidata. -->
}}
{{Infobox software
| name = PowerDNS Recursor
| logo = 
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| author = PowerDNS.com B.V.
| developer = PowerDNS Community, Bert Hubert
| released = 
| latest release version = 5.2.2
| latest release date = {{release date|2025|04|09}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Changelogs for Recursor 5.2.x|url=https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/5.2.html#change-5.2.2|date=2025-04-09|accessdate=2025-04-09}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| programming language = [[C++]]
| platform = 
| genre = [[Domain Name System|DNS]] server
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] v2
| website = <!-- Leave empty for Wikidata. -->
}}
{{Infobox software
| name = PowerDNS DNSdist
| logo = 
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| author = PowerDNS.com B.V.
| developer = PowerDNS Community, Bert Hubert
| released = 
| latest release version = 1.9.10
| latest release date = {{release date|2025|05|20}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Changelogs for DNSdist 1.9.10|url=https://dnsdist.org/changelog.html#change-1.9.10|date=2025-05-20|accessdate=2025-05-20}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| operating system = [[Unix-like]]
| programming language = [[C++]]
| platform = 
| genre = [[Domain Name System|DNS]] server
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] v2
| website = <!-- Leave empty for Wikidata. -->
}}

'''PowerDNS''' is a [[Name server|DNS server]] program, written in [[C++]] and licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]. It runs on most [[Unix]] derivatives. PowerDNS features a large number of different ''backends'' ranging from simple [[BIND]] style zonefiles to [[relational database]]s<ref name = "Jeannerot, Azylis Net, 2016" >{{ Cite web | url = http://technique.azylis.net/powerdns/ | title = {{sic|POWERDNS|nolink=y}} | access-date = 27 July 2019 | first = Christophe | last = Jeannerot | date = 21 October 2016 | website = Azylis dot net | language = fr | quote = Nous allons utiliser POWERDNS avec un stockage des tables DNS dans une base de données MARIADB. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190727161551/http://technique.azylis.net/powerdns/ | archive-date = 27 July 2019 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and [[Load balancing (computing)|load balancing]]/[[failover]] [[algorithms]]. A DNS [[Domain Name System#DNS resolvers|recursor]] is provided as a separate program.