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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc</code> [<code class="option">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>source-address</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>config-file</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>key-file</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>server</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-V</code>] [<code class="option">-y <em class="replaceable"><code>key_id</code></em></code>] {command}</p></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2641686"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
+<a name="id2640790"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p><span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>
controls the operation of a name
server. It supersedes the <span><strong class="command">ndc</strong></span> utility
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2641736"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
+<a name="id2640840"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2>
<div class="variablelist"><dl>
<dt><span class="term">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>source-address</code></em></span></dt>
<dd><p>
@@ -143,19 +143,263 @@
or write access.
</p></dd>
</dl></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
+<a name="id2641322"></a><h2>COMMANDS</h2>
<p>
- For the complete set of commands supported by <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>,
- see the BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual or run
- <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> without arguments to see its help
- message.
+ A list of commands supported by <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> can
+ be seen by running <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> without arguments.
</p>
+<p>
+ Currently supported commands are:
+ </p>
+<div class="variablelist"><dl>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>reload</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Reload configuration file and zones.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>reload <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Reload the given zone.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>refresh <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Schedule zone maintenance for the given zone.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>retransfer <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Retransfer the given zone from the master.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>sign <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>
+ Fetch all DNSSEC keys for the given zone
+ from the key directory (see the
+ <span><strong class="command">key-directory</strong></span> option in
+ the BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual). If they are within
+ their publication period, merge them into the
+ zone's DNSKEY RRset. If the DNSKEY RRset
+ is changed, then the zone is automatically
+ re-signed with the new key set.
+ </p>
+<p>
+ This command requires that the
+ <span><strong class="command">auto-dnssec</strong></span> zone option be set
+ to <code class="literal">allow</code> or
+ <code class="literal">maintain</code>,
+ and also requires the zone to be configured to
+ allow dynamic DNS.
+ (See "Dynamic Update Policies" in the Administrator
+ Reference Manual for more details.)
+ </p>
+</dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>loadkeys <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>
+ Fetch all DNSSEC keys for the given zone
+ from the key directory. If they are within
+ their publication period, merge them into the
+ zone's DNSKEY RRset. Unlike <span><strong class="command">rndc
+ sign</strong></span>, however, the zone is not
+ immediately re-signed by the new keys, but is
+ allowed to incrementally re-sign over time.
+ </p>
+<p>
+ This command requires that the
+ <span><strong class="command">auto-dnssec</strong></span> zone option
+ be set to <code class="literal">maintain</code>,
+ and also requires the zone to be configured to
+ allow dynamic DNS.
+ (See "Dynamic Update Policies" in the Administrator
+ Reference Manual for more details.)
+ </p>
+</dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>freeze [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Suspend updates to a dynamic zone. If no zone is
+ specified, then all zones are suspended. This allows
+ manual edits to be made to a zone normally updated by
+ dynamic update. It also causes changes in the
+ journal file to be synced into the master file,
+ and the journal file to be removed.
+ All dynamic update attempts will be refused while
+ the zone is frozen.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>thaw [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Enable updates to a frozen dynamic zone. If no
+ zone is specified, then all frozen zones are
+ enabled. This causes the server to reload the zone
+ from disk, and re-enables dynamic updates after the
+ load has completed. After a zone is thawed,
+ dynamic updates will no longer be refused.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>notify <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Resend NOTIFY messages for the zone.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>reconfig</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Reload the configuration file and load new zones,
+ but do not reload existing zone files even if they
+ have changed.
+ This is faster than a full <span><strong class="command">reload</strong></span> when there
+ is a large number of zones because it avoids the need
+ to examine the
+ modification times of the zones files.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>stats</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Write server statistics to the statistics file.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>querylog</code></strong> [<span class="optional">on|off</span>] </span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Toggle query logging. Query logging can also be enabled
+ by explicitly directing the <span><strong class="command">queries</strong></span>
+ <span><strong class="command">category</strong></span> to a
+ <span><strong class="command">channel</strong></span> in the
+ <span><strong class="command">logging</strong></span> section of
+ <code class="filename">named.conf</code> or by specifying
+ <span><strong class="command">querylog yes;</strong></span> in the
+ <span><strong class="command">options</strong></span> section of
+ <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>dumpdb [<span class="optional">-all|-cache|-zone</span>] [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view ...</code></em></span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Dump the server's caches (default) and/or zones to
+ the
+ dump file for the specified views. If no view is
+ specified, all
+ views are dumped.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>secroots [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view ...</code></em></span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Dump the server's security roots to the secroots
+ file for the specified views. If no view is
+ specified, security roots for all
+ views are dumped.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>stop [<span class="optional">-p</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Stop the server, making sure any recent changes
+ made through dynamic update or IXFR are first saved to
+ the master files of the updated zones.
+ If <code class="option">-p</code> is specified <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>'s process id is returned.
+ This allows an external process to determine when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
+ had completed stopping.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>halt [<span class="optional">-p</span>]</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Stop the server immediately. Recent changes
+ made through dynamic update or IXFR are not saved to
+ the master files, but will be rolled forward from the
+ journal files when the server is restarted.
+ If <code class="option">-p</code> is specified <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>'s process id is returned.
+ This allows an external process to determine when <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>
+ had completed halting.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>trace</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Increment the servers debugging level by one.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>trace <em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Sets the server's debugging level to an explicit
+ value.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>notrace</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Sets the server's debugging level to 0.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>flush</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Flushes the server's cache.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>flushname</code></strong> <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>] </span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Flushes the given name from the server's cache.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>status</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Display status of the server.
+ Note that the number of zones includes the internal <span><strong class="command">bind/CH</strong></span> zone
+ and the default <span><strong class="command">./IN</strong></span>
+ hint zone if there is not an
+ explicit root zone configured.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>recursing</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Dump the list of queries <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is currently recursing
+ on.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>validation ( on | off | check ) [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view ...</code></em></span>] </code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Enable, disable, or check the current status of
+ DNSSEC validation.
+ Note <span><strong class="command">dnssec-enable</strong></span> also needs to be
+ set to <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong> or
+ <strong class="userinput"><code>auto</code></strong> to be effective.
+ It defaults to enabled.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>tsig-list</code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ List the names of all TSIG keys currently configured
+ for use by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> in each view. The
+ list both statically configured keys and dynamic
+ TKEY-negotiated keys.
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>tsig-delete</code></strong> <em class="replaceable"><code>keyname</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Delete a given TKEY-negotiated key from the server.
+ (This does not apply to statically configured TSIG
+ keys.)
+ </p></dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>addzone <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration</code></em> </code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>
+ Add a zone while the server is running. This
+ command requires the
+ <span><strong class="command">allow-new-zones</strong></span> option to be set
+ to <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>. The
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>configuration</code></em> string
+ specified on the command line is the zone
+ configuration text that would ordinarily be
+ placed in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
+ </p>
+<p>
+ The configuration is saved in a file called
+ <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>hash</code></em>.nzf</code>,
+ where <em class="replaceable"><code>hash</code></em> is a
+ cryptographic hash generated from the name of
+ the view. When <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is
+ restarted, the file will be loaded into the view
+ configuration, so that zones that were added
+ can persist after a restart.
+ </p>
+<p>
+ This sample <span><strong class="command">addzone</strong></span> command
+ would add the zone <code class="literal">example.com</code>
+ to the default view:
+ </p>
+<p>
+<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>rndc addzone example.com '{ type master; file "example.com.db"; };'</code></strong>
+ </p>
+<p>
+ (Note the brackets and semi-colon around the zone
+ configuration text.)
+ </p>
+</dd>
+<dt><span class="term"><strong class="userinput"><code>delzone <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>class</code></em> [<span class="optional"><em class="replaceable"><code>view</code></em></span>]</span>] </code></strong></span></dt>
+<dd><p>
+ Delete a zone while the server is running.
+ Only zones that were originally added via
+ <span><strong class="command">rndc addzone</strong></span> can be deleted
+ in this manner.
+ </p></dd>
+</dl></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2642029"></a><h2>LIMITATIONS</h2>
-<p><span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>
- does not yet support all the commands of
- the BIND 8 <span><strong class="command">ndc</strong></span> utility.
- </p>
+<a name="id2677090"></a><h2>LIMITATIONS</h2>
<p>
There is currently no way to provide the shared secret for a
<code class="option">key_id</code> without using the configuration file.
@@ -165,7 +409,7 @@
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2642060"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
+<a name="id2677108"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc.conf</span>(5)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc-confgen</span>(8)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">named</span>(8)</span>,
@@ -175,7 +419,7 @@
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
-<a name="id2642116"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
+<a name="id2677232"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
</p>
</div>