diff --git a/attributes/server.rb b/attributes/server.rb
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+default[:pdns][:server_config_version] = 3
+
+if node[:pdns][:server_config_version] == 2
+  default[:pdns][:server][:allow_recursion_override] = 'off'
+  default[:pdns][:server][:lazy_recursion] = true
+  default[:pdns][:server][:logfile] = 'pdns.log'
+  default[:pdns][:server][:skip_cname] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:use_logfile] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:wildcards] = nil
+else
+  default[:pdns][:server][:edns_subnet_option_number] = 20730
+  default[:pdns][:server][:edns_subnet_processing] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:entropy_source] = '/dev/urandom'
+  default[:pdns][:server][:experimental_direct_dnskey] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:experimental_json_interface] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:experimental_logfile] = '/var/log/pdns.log'
+  default[:pdns][:server][:log_dns_queries] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:lua_prequery_script] = nil
+  default[:pdns][:server][:max_cache_entries] = 1000000
+  default[:pdns][:server][:max_ent_entries] = 100000
+  default[:pdns][:server][:overload_queue_length] = 0
+  default[:pdns][:server][:query_local_address6] = '::'
+  default[:pdns][:server][:receiver_threads] = 1
+  default[:pdns][:server][:retrieval_threads] = 2
+  default[:pdns][:server][:server_id] = nil
+  default[:pdns][:server][:signing_threads] = 3
+  default[:pdns][:server][:slave_renotify] = false
+  default[:pdns][:server][:tcp_control_address] = nil
+  default[:pdns][:server][:tcp_control_port] = 53000
+  default[:pdns][:server][:tcp_control_range] = [ '127.0.0.0/8',
+                                                  '10.0.0.0/8',
+                                                  '192.168.0.0/16',
+                                                  '172.16.0.0/12',
+                                                  '::1/128',
+                                                  'fe80::/10' ]
+  default[:pdns][:server][:tcp_control_secret] = nil
+  default[:pdns][:server][:traceback_handler] = true
+end
+
+default[:pdns][:server][:allow_axfr_ips] = [ '0.0.0.0/0',
+                                             '::/0' ]
+default[:pdns][:server][:allow_recursion] = [ '127.0.0.1' ]
+default[:pdns][:server][:cache_ttl] = 20
+default[:pdns][:server][:chroot] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:config_dir] = '/etc/pdns'
+default[:pdns][:server][:config_name] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:control_console] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:daemon] = true
+default[:pdns][:server][:default_soa_name] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:default_ttl] = 3600
+default[:pdns][:server][:disable_axfr] = true
+default[:pdns][:server][:disable_tcp] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:distributor_threads] = 3
+default[:pdns][:server][:do_ipv6_additional_processing] = true
+default[:pdns][:server][:fancy_records] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:gmysql_host] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:gmysql_user] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:gmysql_password] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:gmysql_dbname] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:guardian] = true
+default[:pdns][:server][:launch] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:load_modules] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:local_address] = node[:ipaddress]
+default[:pdns][:server][:local_ipv6] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:local_port] = 53
+default[:pdns][:server][:log_dns_details] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:log_failed_updates] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:logging_facility] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:loglevel] = 4
+default[:pdns][:server][:master] = 'off'
+default[:pdns][:server][:max_queue_length] = 5000
+default[:pdns][:server][:max_tcp_connections] = 10
+default[:pdns][:server][:module_dir] = '/usr/lib/pdns'
+default[:pdns][:server][:negquery_cache_ttl] = 60
+default[:pdns][:server][:no_shuffle] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:out_of_zone_additional_processing] = true
+default[:pdns][:server][:pipebackend_abi_version] = 1
+default[:pdns][:server][:pipe_command] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:query_cache_ttl] = 20
+default[:pdns][:server][:query_local_address] = '0.0.0.0'
+default[:pdns][:server][:query_logging] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:queue_limit] = 1500
+default[:pdns][:server][:recursive_cache_ttl] = 10
+default[:pdns][:server][:recursor] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:send_root_referral] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:setgid] = 'pdns'
+default[:pdns][:server][:setuid] = 'pdns'
+default[:pdns][:server][:slave] = 'off'
+default[:pdns][:server][:slave_cycle_interval] = 60
+default[:pdns][:server][:smtpredirector] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:soa_expire_default] = 604800
+default[:pdns][:server][:soa_minimum_ttl] = 3600
+default[:pdns][:server][:soa_refresh_default] = 10800
+default[:pdns][:server][:soa_retry_default] = 3600
+default[:pdns][:server][:soa_serial_offset] = 0
+default[:pdns][:server][:socket_dir] = '/var/run'
+default[:pdns][:server][:strict_rfc_axfrs] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:trusted_notification_proxy] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:urlredirector] = '127.0.0.1'
+default[:pdns][:server][:version_string] = 'powerdns'
+default[:pdns][:server][:webserver] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:webserver_address] = '127.0.0.1'
+default[:pdns][:server][:webserver_password] = nil
+default[:pdns][:server][:webserver_port] = 8081
+default[:pdns][:server][:webserver_print_arguments] = false
+default[:pdns][:server][:wildcard_url] = false
diff --git a/templates/default/pdns.conf b/templates/default/pdns.conf
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diff --git a/templates/default/pdns.conf.erb b/templates/default/pdns.conf.erb
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+<% node[:pdns][:server].sort.each do |key, value| %>
+<% next if value.nil? %>
+<%= key.gsub('_', '-') %>=<%=
+  case value
+  when TrueClass
+    'yes'
+  when FalseClass
+    'no'
+  when Array
+    value.join(',')
+  else
+    value
+  end
+%>
+<% end %>