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PowerDNS Plugin for Charon

This is an example DNS provider plugin for Charon that adds support for PowerDNS Authoritative Server.

Building

To build this plugin, you must use CGO_ENABLED=1 and the same Go version as the Charon binary:

cd plugins/powerdns
CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -buildmode=plugin -o ../powerdns.so main.go

Installation

  1. Build the plugin as shown above
  2. Copy powerdns.so to /app/plugins/ (or your configured plugin directory)
  3. Restart Charon to load the plugin
  4. The PowerDNS provider will appear in the DNS providers list

Configuration

The PowerDNS plugin requires:

  • API URL: The PowerDNS HTTP API endpoint (e.g., https://pdns.example.com:8081)
  • API Key: Your PowerDNS API key (X-API-Key header value)
  • Server ID (optional): PowerDNS server ID (default: localhost)

Caddy Requirement

This plugin only handles the Charon UI/API integration. To use PowerDNS for DNS challenges, Caddy must be built with the caddy-dns/powerdns module.

Security

Always verify the plugin source before loading it. Plugins run in the same process as Charon and have full access to system resources.