Merge pull request #100063 from aanderse/nixos/powerdns

nixos/powerdns: use upstream systemd unit

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml

@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@
       to <literal>/run/pdns-recursor</literal> to match upstream.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      PowerDNS has been updated from <literal>4.2.x</literal> to <literal>4.3.x</literal>. Please
+      be sure to review the <link xlink:href="https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/upgrading.html#x-to-4-3-0">Upgrade Notes</link>
+      provided by upstream before upgrading. Worth specifically noting is that the service now runs
+      entirely as a dedicated <literal>pdns</literal> user, instead of starting as <literal>root</literal>
+      and dropping privileges, as well as the default <literal>socket-dir</literal> location changing from
+      <literal>/var/lib/powerdns</literal> to <literal>/run/pdns</literal>.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 

nixos/modules/services/networking/powerdns.nix

@@ -8,42 +8,40 @@ let
 in {
   options = {
     services.powerdns = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "Powerdns domain name server";
+      enable = mkEnableOption "PowerDNS domain name server";
 
       extraConfig = mkOption {
         type = types.lines;
         default = "launch=bind";
         description = ''
-          Extra lines to be added verbatim to pdns.conf.
-          Powerdns will chroot to /var/lib/powerdns.
-          So any file, powerdns is supposed to be read,
-          should be in /var/lib/powerdns and needs to specified
-          relative to the chroot.
+          PowerDNS configuration. Refer to
+          <link xlink:href="https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/settings.html"/>
+          for details on supported values.
         '';
       };
     };
   };
 
-  config = mkIf config.services.powerdns.enable {
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    systemd.packages = [ pkgs.powerdns ];
+
     systemd.services.pdns = {
-      unitConfig.Documentation = "man:pdns_server(1) man:pdns_control(1)";
-      description = "Powerdns name server";
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      after = ["network.target" "mysql.service" "postgresql.service" "openldap.service"];
+      after = [ "network.target" "mysql.service" "postgresql.service" "openldap.service" ];
 
       serviceConfig = {
-        Restart="on-failure";
-        RestartSec="1";
-        StartLimitInterval="0";
-        PrivateDevices=true;
-        CapabilityBoundingSet="CAP_CHOWN CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_SYS_CHROOT";
-        NoNewPrivileges=true;
-        ExecStartPre = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/powerdns";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.powerdns}/bin/pdns_server --setuid=nobody --setgid=nogroup --chroot=/var/lib/powerdns --socket-dir=/ --daemon=no --guardian=no --disable-syslog --write-pid=no --config-dir=${configDir}";
-        ProtectSystem="full";
-        ProtectHome=true;
-        RestrictAddressFamilies="AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6";
+        ExecStart = [ "" "${pkgs.powerdns}/bin/pdns_server --config-dir=${configDir} --guardian=no --daemon=no --disable-syslog --log-timestamp=no --write-pid=no" ];
       };
     };
+
+    users.users.pdns = {
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group = "pdns";
+      description = "PowerDNS";
+    };
+
+    users.groups.pdns = {};
+
   };
 }

nixos/tests/powerdns.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,65 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+# This test runs PowerDNS authoritative server with the
+# generic MySQL backend (gmysql) to connect to a
+# MariaDB server using UNIX sockets authentication.
+
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
   name = "powerdns";
 
   nodes.server = { ... }: {
     services.powerdns.enable = true;
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.dnsutils ];
+    services.powerdns.extraConfig = ''
+      launch=gmysql
+      gmysql-user=pdns
+    '';
+
+    services.mysql = {
+      enable = true;
+      package = pkgs.mariadb;
+      ensureDatabases = [ "powerdns" ];
+      ensureUsers = lib.singleton
+        { name = "pdns";
+          ensurePermissions = { "powerdns.*" = "ALL PRIVILEGES"; };
+        };
+    };
+
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs;
+      [ dnsutils powerdns mariadb ];
   };
 
   testScript = ''
-    server.wait_for_unit("pdns")
-    server.succeed("dig version.bind txt chaos \@127.0.0.1")
+    import re
+
+    with subtest("PowerDNS database exists"):
+        server.wait_for_unit("mysql")
+        server.succeed("echo 'SHOW DATABASES;' | sudo -u pdns mysql -u pdns >&2")
+
+    with subtest("Loading the MySQL schema works"):
+        server.succeed(
+            "sudo -u pdns mysql -u pdns -D powerdns <"
+            "${pkgs.powerdns}/share/doc/pdns/schema.mysql.sql"
+        )
+
+    with subtest("PowerDNS server starts"):
+        server.wait_for_unit("pdns")
+        server.succeed("dig version.bind txt chaos @127.0.0.1 >&2")
+
+    with subtest("Adding an example zone works"):
+        # Extract configuration file needed by pdnsutil
+        unit = server.succeed("systemctl cat pdns")
+        conf = re.search("(--config-dir=[^ ]+)", unit).group(1)
+        pdnsutil = "sudo -u pdns pdnsutil " + conf
+        server.succeed(f"{pdnsutil} create-zone example.com ns1.example.com")
+        server.succeed(f"{pdnsutil} add-record  example.com ns1 A 192.168.1.2")
+
+    with subtest("Querying the example zone works"):
+        reply = server.succeed("dig +noall +answer ns1.example.com @127.0.0.1")
+        assert (
+            "192.168.1.2" in reply
+        ), f""""
+        The reply does not contain the expected IP address:
+          Expected:
+            ns1.example.com.        3600    IN      A       192.168.1.2
+          Reply:
+            {reply}"""
   '';
 })

pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix

@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, nixosTests
 , boost, libyamlcpp, libsodium, sqlite, protobuf, openssl, systemd
-, mysql57, postgresql, lua, openldap, geoip, curl, opendbx, unixODBC
+, mysql57, postgresql, lua, openldap, geoip, curl, unixODBC
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "powerdns";
-  version = "4.2.3";
+  version = "4.3.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1vf03hssk9rfhvhzfc5ca2r4ly67wq0czr0ysvdrk8pnb0yk6yfi";
+    sha256 = "0if27znz528sir52y9i4gcfhdsym7yxiwjgffy9lpscf1426q56m";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     boost mysql57.connector-c postgresql lua openldap sqlite protobuf geoip
-    libyamlcpp libsodium curl opendbx unixODBC openssl systemd
+    libyamlcpp libsodium curl unixODBC openssl systemd
   ];
 
   # nix destroy with-modules arguments, when using configureFlags
   preConfigure = ''
     configureFlagsArray=(
-      "--with-modules=bind gmysql geoip godbc gpgsql gsqlite3 ldap lua mydns opendbx pipe random remote"
+      "--with-modules=bind gmysql geoip godbc gpgsql gsqlite3 ldap lua2 pipe random remote"
       --with-sqlite3
-      --with-socketdir=/var/lib/powerdns
       --with-libcrypto=${openssl.dev}
       --with-libsodium
       --enable-tools