Random Backend¶

• Native: Yes

• Primary: No

• Secondary: No

• Producer: No

• Consumer: No

• Autosecondary: No

• DNS Update: No

• DNSSEC: No

• Disabled data: No

• Comments: No

• Search: No

• Views: No

• API: No

• Multiple instances: No

• Zone caching: No

• Module name: random

• Launch: random

This used to be a very silly backend which is still discussed in the Backends writer’s guide. as a demonstration on how to write a PowerDNS backend.

This backend knew about only one hostname, and only about its IP address at that. With every query, a new random IP address was generated.

It only made sense to load the random backend in combination with a regular backend. This can be done by prepending it to the launch instruction, such as launch=random,gmysql.

Configuration Parameters¶

random-hostname¶

• String

Hostname for which to supply a random IP address.