Frequently asked questions

Patchvia DNS is an authoritative DNS server with a web console. It answers DNS queries over UDP and TCP and provides a browser interface for zones, records, DNSSEC keys, dynamic DNS, replication and cluster health.

A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SRV, CAA, PTR and SOA records, with wildcards and delegation.

Yes. Zones are signed online as they are served, with key rollover managed from the zone settings page. The console shows the DS record to give your registrar.

Import a zone file, transfer the zone with AXFR from the server that holds it today, or copy zones from an existing MySQL database with the included import tool. Compare the answers from both servers before you change the NS records at your registrar.

Yes. It supports AXFR and IXFR zone transfers and NOTIFY to secondary servers, and dynamic DNS updates through per-zone tokens for the update protocols that routers and home gateways use.

Clustering runs several nodes, each with its own database, that keep each other in sync. Each node is configured with environment variables, and the console's cluster page shows the settings to use and the health of each node.

Download the compose file and the environment template, set an admin password and a session secret in the environment file, then pull the published images and start them with Docker Compose. Both images are published to GitHub Container Registry.