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    :glob:
 
    backends/bind9
+   backends/powerdns
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+..
+    Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+    a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+
+
+PowerDNS Backend
+================
+
+Designate Configuration
+-----------------------
+
+===============================  ====================================== ==============================================================
+Parameter                        Default                                Note
+===============================  ====================================== ==============================================================
+domain_type                      NATIVE                                 PowerDNS Domain Type
+also_notify                      []                                     List of additional IPs to send NOTIFYs to.
+database_connection              sqlite:///$pystatepath/powerdns.sqlite Database connection string
+connection_debug                 0                                      Verbosity of SQL debugging information. 0=None, 100=Everything
+connection_trace                 False                                  Add python stack traces to SQL as comment strings
+idle_timeout                     3600                                   timeout before idle sql connections are reaped
+max_retries                      10                                     maximum db connection retries during startup.
+                                                                        (setting -1 implies an infinite retry count)
+retry_interval                   10                                     interval between retries of opening a sql connection
+mysql_engine                     InnoDB                                 MySQL engine to use
+sqlite_synchronous               True                                   If passed, use synchronous mode for sqlite
+===============================  ====================================== ==============================================================
+
+
+PowerDNS Configuration
+-------------------
+
+You need to configure PowerDNS to use the MySQL backend.
+
+1. First enable the MySQL backend:
+
+    launch = gmysql
+
+2. Configure the MySQL database settings::
+
+    gmysql-host=<host>
+    gmysql-port=
+    gmysql-dbname=<dbname>
+    gmysql-user=<username>
+    gmysql-password=<password>
+    gmysql-dnssec=yes
+    #gmysql-socket=<socket path>
+
+.. note::
+   PowerDNS can connect via socket or host/port.
+
+3. Configure the options for designate-central - specifaclly "database_connection" to point to your MySQL database::
+
+    [backend:powerdns]
+    database_connection = mysql://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<dbname>
+
+4. Setup the database schema.
+
+::
+
+    $ designate-manage powerdns database-init
+    $ designate-manage powerdns database-sync
+
+5. Restart PowerDNS and it should be ready to serve queries using the MySQL database as the backing store.
+
+
+PowerDNS deployment as hidden Master
+------------------------------------
+
+One deployment scenario can be that the PowerDNS backend will be used as a "hidden" Master DNS for other DNS servers to consume via AXFR.
+
+Say you have 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 as slaves then configure the backend as follows in addition to other options::
+
+    [backend:powernds]
+    domain_type = MASTER
+    also_notify = 10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2
+
+.. note::
+   This should mostly be used in connection with another backend acting as slave.
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