Getting PowerDNS (PDNS) to boot on Ubuntu 18.04

You have to edit the following file at the bash shell do the following:

$ nano /lib/systemd/system/pdns.service

The file has to read as follows:~

[Unit]

Description=PowerDNS Authoritative Server

Documentation=man:pdns_server(1) man:pdns_control(1)

Documentation=https://doc.powerdns.com

Wants=http://network-online.target

After=http://network-online.target mysqld.service

[Service]

Type=forking

ExecStart=/usr/sbin/pdns_server --daemon

ExecReload=/usr/bin/pdns_control reload

ExecStop=/usr/bin/pdns_control quit

Restart=on-failure

RestartSec=1

StartLimitInterval=0

PrivateTmp=true

PrivateDevices=true

CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID CAP_CHOWN CAP_SYS_CHROOT

NoNewPrivileges=true

ProtectSystem=full

ProtectHome=true

#RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6