syntax: --chroot=... --config-dir=... Location of configuration directory (pdns.conf) --config-name=... Name of this virtual configuration - will rename the binary image --help Provide a helpful message --ignore-unknown-settings=... Configuration settings to ignore if they are unknown --no-config Don't parse configuration file --remote-address=... Remote address to query --remote-port=... Remote port to query --secret=... Secret needed to connect to remote PowerDNS --socket-dir=... Where the controlsocket will live, /var/run/pdns when unset and not chrooted In addition, 'pdns_control help' can be used to retrieve a list of available commands from PowerDNS