DNS

NexPanel manages DNS through PowerDNS Authoritative. When DNS is enabled, a zone is created for every new domain, and customers edit their records in DNS Editor.

Install PowerDNS#

The installer is included in the controller package. After installing NexPanel it is in /root/nexpanel-install/<version>/nexpanel-controller-<version>/packaging/.

On the controller (test setup, SQLite backend):

./install-powerdns.sh --ns1 ns1.example.com --ns2 ns2.example.com --controller-dir /opt/nexpanel-controller

On a separate DNS server (MariaDB backend, API open only to your controllers):

./install-powerdns.sh --backend mysql --ns1 ns1.example.com --ns2 ns2.example.com \
    --allow-from 203.0.113.10 --allow-from 203.0.113.11

then copy the printed NEXPANEL_PDNS_* values into each controller's .env.

Create the ns1/ns2 host records (glue) at your domain registrar so customers can point their domains at your nameservers.

Admin pages#

• DNS › DNS Zones — every zone; edit records as an admin.
• DNS › DNS Cluster — additional PowerDNS servers that receive copies of the zones.