---
title: Enhance Panel integration
description: "**This is experimental, since pdns.conf isn't yet persistent in docker container, but it will be soon. ** Enhance runs on Ubuntu, so we gonna need our .deb packages. 1. Install Agent on Ubuntu ``` mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/ wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/nixpal.gpg -q…"
url: "https://zonecloud.io/documentation/enhance-panel-integration/"
updated: "2024-10-13"
category: Agent (Web Servers)
tags:
  - enhance
  - ubuntu
---

# Enhance Panel integration

**This is experimental, since pdns.conf isn't yet persistent in docker container, but it will be soon. **

Enhance runs on Ubuntu, so we gonna need our .deb packages.

1. Install Agent on Ubuntu

```
mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/ 
wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/nixpal.gpg -q https://repo.nixpal.com/debian/KEY.gpg 
apt-key add /etc/apt/keyrings/nixpal.gpg 
wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nixpal.list https://repo.nixpal.com/debian/nixpal.list 
apt-get update
apt install zcloudagent
```

2. Configure Agent:

In **/etc/zcloudagent.conf** add your Token, License, and CONTROLLER's Hostname:

```
TOKEN=Token_From_zCloud_Server
SERVER_HOSTNAME=controller.yourdomain.com
LICENSE=ZCAgent-xxxxxxxxxxx
```

Because we gonna use PowerDNS Don't Forget we also need:

```
DNS_SERVER_TYPE=PDNS
```

and PDNSUTIL_BINARY_PATH. 

But because PowerDNS Is in a container we move slightly different. So we need:

```
PDNSUTIL_BINARY_PATH=docker exec dnscd /usr/bin/pdnsutil
```

 

So our complete conf should be something like:

```
ZONES_FILE=/etc/named.conf
TOKEN=Token_From_zCloud_Server
SERVER_HOSTNAME=controller.yourdomain.com
UPDATE_INTERVAL=60
LOG_LEVEL=1
LICENSE=ZCAgent-xxxxxxxxxxx
//If your server uses PowerDNS uncomment the following 2 lines
DNS_SERVER_TYPE=PDNS
PDNSUTIL_BINARY_PATH=docker exec dnscd /usr/bin/pdnsutil
```

We can enable  zcloudagent now. But we still got work to do.

```
systemctl enable zcloudagent
```

You should see your zones syncing.

## **ENHANCE SETUP**

 

On the Enhance Panel you are going to add your custom Zonecloud nameservers.

Go to Settings > Platform > DNS zone templating and add your records like this:

| KIND | NAME | VALUE | TTL | OVERRIDE |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NS | @ | ns1.myip.gr. | 1 day | YES |  |
| NS | @ | ns2.myip.gr. | 1 day | YES |  |

[![](https://zonecloud.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dns1-1024x372.png)](https://zonecloud.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dns1.png) [![](https://zonecloud.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dns2-1024x729.png)](https://zonecloud.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dns2.png)

 

**You also need to make PowerDNS notify our Nameservers.**

We need to get inside the docker container of dns.

```
docker exec -it dnscd bash
```

 

There is no vi, vim or nano, so let's install something.

```
root@e22be4081067:/# apt install nano -y
```

 

We need to add our pdns.conf config.
 Config is located at:

```
/etc/powerdns/pdns.conf
```

 

Grab the config from your Controller web interface > Servers > Configuration button.
 Paste it on top of the file, save, exit.

No systemd on container. Sorry systemd. You Have No Power Here.
 Let's restart PowerDNS and check if it's ok:

```
root@e22be4081067:/etc/powerdns# service pdns restart
Restarting PowerDNS Authoritative Server: pdns ...done
root@e22be4081067:/etc/powerdns# service pdns status
```

 

pdns is running: 580: Child running on pid 582
 root@e22be4081067:/etc/powerdns#

root@e22be4081067:/etc/powerdns# ps aux
 USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
 root 1 0.0 0.2 378888 11924 ? Ssl 14:14 0:04 ./dnscd
 root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Zs 14:14 0:00 [pdns_server] <defunct>
 pdns 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 14:14 0:00 [pdns_server] <defunct>
 root 76 0.0 0.0 4116 3536 pts/0 Ss+ 14:20 0:00 bash
 root 533 0.0 0.0 4248 3656 pts/1 Ss 15:50 0:00 bash
 root 580 0.0 0.2 107216 8980 ? Ssl 15:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/pdns_server --daemon --guardian=yes
 pdns 582 0.0 0.5 577580 20692 ? Sl 15:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/pdns_server-instance --daemon --guardian=yes
 root 616 0.0 0.0 5900 3064 pts/1 R+ 15:54 0:00 ps aux
 root@e22be4081067:/etc/powerdns#

Seems ok.

 

You can start and check zcloudagent now,

```
systemctl start zcloudagent

systemctl status zcloudagent
```

 

 

It should sync your Enhance's zones with your own nameservers and per server zones only without conflicts.

If there any problems don't forget to check pdns inside the docker container!