knotd - Knot DNS server daemon

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Config options  Options  Signals  EXIT VALUES  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR  COPYRIGHT 

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NAME

knotd − Knot DNS server daemon

SYNOPSIS

knotd [config_option] [options]

DESCRIPTION

Knot DNS is a high−performance authoritative DNS server. The knotd program is the DNS server daemon.

Config options

−c, −−config file

Use a textual configuration file (default is /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf).

−C, −−confdb directory

Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /usr/local/var/lib/knot/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.

Options

−m, −−max−conf−size MiB

Set maximum size of the configuration database (default is 500 MiB, maximum 10000 MiB).

−s, −−socket path

Use a remote control UNIX socket path (default is /usr/local/var/run/knot/knot.sock).

−d, −−daemonize [directory]

Run the server as a daemon. New root directory may be specified (default is /).

−v, −−verbose

Enable debug output.

−h, −−help

Print the program help.

−V, −−version

Print the program version. The option −VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.

Signals

The knotd process handles the following signals:

	•		SIGINT â Stop the process.
	•		SIGHUP â Reload the server configuration and reopen configured log files.
	•		SIGUSR1 â Reload all configured zones (not recommended with catalog zones).

EXIT VALUES

Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error.

SEE ALSO

knot.conf(5), knotc(8), keymgr(8), kjournalprint(8).

AUTHOR

CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors <https://www.knot-dns.cz/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors

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