PD BIND 9 DNS for WHMCS and Blesta

Full BIND 9 DNS management inside WHMCS or Blesta

If you run your own ISC BIND 9 name server, PD BIND 9 DNS brings every hosted zone and record under your WHMCS or Blesta admin — and gives your customers a clean, self-service Manage DNS portal so they can add and update their own records without opening a support ticket.

The admin panel your team actually needs

Every zone file on your BIND server appears in a fast, searchable list the moment you connect over SSH. No import. No sync. No manual setup per zone. The list pages server-side, so performance stays consistent whether you have ten zones or ten thousand.

Open any zone and you get a full record editor with live filtering by type and name. Changes write directly to the BIND zone file — there is no local cache to get out of sync.

Atomic writes — named-checkzone before every change

Every record change goes through a lock → read → mutate → SOA bump → named-checkzone → promote → rndc reload sequence. If named-checkzone rejects the change, the temporary file is discarded and the live zone file is never touched. You cannot accidentally break DNS with a typo — the module enforces it.

A type-aware editor that prevents mistakes

Choosing a record type in the editor shows exactly the right fields for that type — and only those fields. An MX record gets a priority and a mail server target; an SRV record gets all four SRV fields; a TLSA record gets the certificate fields. Built-in validators prevent a malformed record from being saved. Supports A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, CAA, PTR, TLSA, SSHFP, NAPTR and more.

Customer self-service that reduces tickets

Bind any zone to a WHMCS or Blesta client and a Manage DNS link appears in their client portal — on their domain page, their service page, or in the navigation. Customers use the same type-aware editor (backed by the same atomic write sequence) to add, edit and delete their own records, without support involvement and without any access to your BIND server.

Zone backups — point-in-time, per zone, automated

Scheduled BIND-format snapshots of every zone run automatically. Restore any zone to a previous state in one click — the restore goes through named-checkzone and writes directly to your BIND server. Download any snapshot as a BIND zone file.

Auto-provision DNS on domain registration

A DNS zone is created on your BIND server automatically whenever a customer registers or transfers a domain, or orders a service. Each new zone gets a valid SOA and NS block using your configured authoritative nameservers, validated by named-checkzone and reloaded into BIND.

Connect over SSH — no new API keys, no third-party accounts

Authenticate with an SSH private key (or password). Your team works inside WHMCS or Blesta — no one needs shell access to the BIND server for day-to-day DNS work. The private key is stored encrypted in your WHMCS or Blesta database and never exposed through the module interface.

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Feature highlights

• Connect your BIND server once over SSH — all zone files load automatically, no import needed
• Atomic record writes: lock → mutate → SOA bump → named-checkzone → rndc reload — a bad record never touches the live file
• Type-aware record editor for A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, CAA, PTR, TLSA, SSHFP, NAPTR with validation
• Customer self-service "Manage DNS" portal inside the WHMCS or Blesta client area
• Renders on all bundled WHMCS or Blesta themes — Six (Bootstrap 3), Twenty-One and Nexus (Bootstrap 4)
• Scheduled BIND-format zone backups with configurable frequency and retention
• One-click zone restore from any backup snapshot
• Auto-provision DNS zones on domain registration, transfer and service setup
• Secondary zone support — the module wires the named.conf slave block and runs rndc reconfig
• BIND-format zone import and export
• Record templates — save a set and apply to any zone in one click
• Reverse DNS / PTR record management for your IP ranges
• Background zone health and orphan checks with optional admin email alerts
• Activity log for every zone and record operation with admin and client attribution
• SSH private key or password authentication — stored encrypted, never exposed

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Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or later
• PD Modules (PD Core) installed in your WHMCS or Blesta admin (free; the delivery platform for all PD Modules)
• A BIND 9 server reachable over SSH from your WHMCS or Blesta server, with a user that can read and write the zone files, run rndc, and run named-checkzone