To start the powerdns server at boot time, add the following to
/etc/rc.local:

if [ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/pdns_server ]; then
        echo -n ' pdns_server';       ${PREFIX}/sbin/pdns_server \
		--daemon=yes --guardian=no --control-console --loglevel=9
fi

An autogenerated configuration file has been installed into:
${PREFIX}/share/examples/pdns/pdns.conf-dist

For a quick-start ${SYSCONFDIR}/pdns/pdns.conf has been provided.