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Set Up Windows PowerDNS

Category: VPS Setup

Install PowerDNS—a DNS server—on a Windows VPS—download from powerdns com install configure pdns conf:
launch=gmysql
Start via Services open port:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=\"DNS\" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=53
On AWS Lightsail test with
nslookup example.com ip
—expect response Ensures DNS uptime—pairs with phpMyAdmin no Bash for VPS hosting

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