Poweradmin 4 DNS Control Panel on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Networking

Poweradmin is the web control panel for PowerDNS, where you create zones and edit DNS records in a browser instead of hand editing zone files.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Poweradmin is an open source, web based DNS control panel for PowerDNS. It puts a friendly browser interface over an authoritative name server: create and delete forward and reverse zones, add and edit records, apply zone templates for repeatable record sets, run bulk record operations, and add PTR records automatically as you go. Permission templates and user groups let you hand zone administration to colleagues or customers without giving anyone full control, an audit log records who changed what, and multi factor authentication protects panel accounts. A REST API and API keys are there when you want to automate instead of click.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Poweradmin already wired to a PowerDNS authoritative server and a database, so a record you add in the browser is answered by the name server straight away with nothing to assemble. The image is secure by default and contains no administrator account at all: first boot mints a unique administrator password, unique database passwords and a unique DNS API key, creates the single administrator account, and then proves the new credentials sign in and that the common defaults do not, before it completes. The control panel, PHP runtime and name server are each gated on a bootstrap marker that first boot writes only once every credential is in place, so no service can serve an unprovisioned instance. The management API and the database are bound to the loopback interface, the base is fully patched with unattended security upgrades enabled, and every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide, backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.

Common uses

  • Browser based DNS zone and record management
  • Delegated DNS administration for teams and customers
  • Self hosted authoritative DNS with a control panel

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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