powerdns-admin/docs/wiki/preparation/Prepare-MySQL-or-MariaDB-Database-for-PowerDNS-Admin.md

This guide will show you how to prepare a MySQL or MariaDB database for PowerDNS-Admin.

Step-by-step instructions

1. ivan@ubuntu:~$ mysql -u root -p (then enter your MySQL/MariaDB root users password)
2. mysql> CREATE DATABASE powerdnsadmin CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
3. mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON powerdnsadmin.* TO 'pdnsadminuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'p4ssw0rd';
4. mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
5. mysql> quit

NOTE:

If you plan to manage large zones, you may encounter some issues while applying changes. This is due to PowerDNS-Admin trying to insert the entire modified zone into the column history.detail.

Using MySQL/MariaDB, this column is created by default as TEXT and thus limited to 65,535 characters.

Solution:

Convert the column to MEDIUMTEXT:

• USE powerdnsadmin;
• ALTER TABLE history MODIFY detail MEDIUMTEXT;