dnsdist

This role installs and configures PowerDNS dnsdist. dnsdist is automatically restarted after configuration changes, unless the role variables say otherwise.

Requirements

Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Role Variables

Name	Default/Required	Description
dnsdist_repo_ver	13	Version of the apt repository for dnsdist (Ubuntu only)
dnsdist_config		Configuration of dnsdist (will be put to the configuration file as-is)
dnsdist_restart	true	Set this to false to prevent dnsdist from being restarted after configuration changes
dnsdist_limit_nofile		Limit of file handles of dnsdist

Example Playbook

- hosts: dns
  roles:
  - dnsdist
     dnsdist_config: |
       setLocal('0.0.0.0:53', { toTCP=true, reusePort=true, })
       newServer({address="2001:4860:4860::8888", qps=1})
       setServerPolicy(firstAvailable)

License

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Author Information

• Janne Heß