PowerDNS Webinar - Part 2
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The document provides an overview of PowerDNS, highlighting its advanced features such as the HTTP API, automatic provisioning of slave servers via a 'supermaster', and support for Lua scripting. It details various use cases, including DNS server automation and integration into customer portals, as well as tools for analyzing DNS traffic and troubleshooting. Additionally, upcoming trainings and webinars are listed, covering topics related to DNS and BIND.
PowerDNS Webinar - Part 2
- 7. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! PowerDNS!HTTP-API DEMO Thursday 17 September 15
- 12. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! “traditional”!DNS!replication Zonetransfer request Zonetransfer request Zonetransfer request Thursday 17 September 15
- 18. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! PowerDNS!“supermaster” Zonetransfer request Zonetransfer request Zonetransfer request Thursday 17 September 15
- 24. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice,com! Lua!uses • Lua!is!very!popular!as!a!scripting! engine!in!games • Other!uses: • Adobe!Lightroom • Apache!HTTP-Server • Cisco!ASA • LuaTeX • MediaWiki • NetBSD!Kernel • Prosody!Jabber!Server • Redis!key-value!database • Snort • VIM!Editor • Wireshark • and!PowerDNS Thursday 17 September 15
- 25. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! PowerDNS!Lua!Backend • With!the!PowerDNS!Lua!Backend,!DNS!answers!from!a!zone!can! be!fully!scripted • Use-cases: • On-the-fly!creation!of!IPv6!and!IPv4!PTR!records!for!reverse!name! resolution • Create!records!from!backend!systems!not!directly!supported!by! PowerDNS • On-the-fly!creation!of!special!resource!records!(TLSA,!OPENPGPKEY,! SMIMEA!...) Thursday 17 September 15
- 26. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! PowerDNS!Lua!Backend DEMO Thursday 17 September 15
- 27. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! more!Lua •Lua!zone-transfer!filter •PowerDNS!can!call!a!filter!written!in!Lua!for!incoming!zone- transfers •Use!cases: • Add!special!(informational)!records!to!zone • Fix!zones!SOA!serial • Add!zone!changes!to!a!version!control!system Thursday 17 September 15
- 30. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! PowerDNS!Tools •Tools: • dnsdist!-!a!DNS!load!balancer,!currently!being!transformed!into! a!separate!product! http://dnsdist.org/ • Tools!to!analyze!DNS!traffic:!dnswasher,!dnsscope,!dnsscan,! dnsreplay • Benchmark!tools:!dnsbulktest,!dnsreplay,!dnstcpbench • DNS!troubleshooting:!nsec3dig,!saxfr Thursday 17 September 15
- 31. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! PowerDNS!Tools DEMO Thursday 17 September 15
- 35. ©!Men!&!Mice!!http://menandmice.com! Upcoming!webinars • Keeping!DNS!server!up-and-running!with!“runit” 22th!October!2015 • RIPE!71!and!IETF!94!reports 19th!November!2015 • DNSTAP!-!have!a!deep!look!into!DNS!server!operations! (featuring!Unbound!and!Knot-DNS) 16th!December!2015 • The!DNS!server!in!Windows!2016!Server!-!a!big!leap!forward!(views,!response!rate! limiting,!ACLs!and!more) January!2016 • An!Update!on!DNSSEC!and!DANE:!new!implementations,!adoption!in!the!market,! new!Internet!standards Thursday 17 September 15