Knot DNS 1.3.3

Knot DNS

This manual is for Knot DNS (version 1.3.3, 29 October 2013).

• Introduction
• Knot DNS Resource Requirements
• Knot DNS Installation
• Knot DNS Configuration
• Running Knot DNS
• Troubleshooting
• Statement Index
• Knot DNS Configuration Reference

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Introduction

• What is Knot DNS
• Knot DNS features
• Scope of this document

Knot DNS Resource Requirements

• Hardware requirements
• CPU requirements
• Memory requirements
• Supported operating system

Knot DNS Installation

• Required build environment
• Required libraries
• Installation from the sources
• Installation from packages

Required libraries

• Userspace RCU

Installation from the sources

• Configuring and generating Makefiles
• Compilation
• Installation

Installation from packages

• Installing Knot DNS packages on Debian
• Installing Knot DNS packages on Ubuntu
• Installing Knot DNS packages on Fedora
• Installing Knot DNS from ports on FreeBSD

Installing Knot DNS packages on Ubuntu

• Adding official PPA repository for Knot DNS

Knot DNS Configuration

• Minimal configuration
• Slave configuration
• Master configuration
• Configuring multiple interfaces

Sample Configurations

• Minimal configuration
• Slave configuration
• Master configuration
• Configuring multiple interfaces
• Enabling zone semantic checks
• Creating IXFR differences from zone file changes

Running Knot DNS

• Running a slave server
• Running a master server
• Controlling running daemon

Troubleshooting

• Submitting a bugreport
• Generating backtrace
• Debug messages

Debug messages

• Enabling debug messages in server

Enabling debug messages in server

• Example

Knot DNS Configuration Reference

• system
• keys
• interfaces
• remotes
• groups
• zones
• log
• include

system Statement

• system Syntax
• system Statement Definition and Usage
• system Example

Statement Definition and Usage

• identity
• version
• nsid
• storage
• rundir
• pidfile
• workers
• user
• max-conn-idle
• max-conn-hs
• max-conn-reply
• rate-limit
• rate-limit-size
• rate-limit-slip

keys Statement

• keys Syntax
• keys Statement Definition and Usage
• Example

Statement Definition and Usage

• key_id

interfaces

• interfaces Syntax
• interfaces Statement Definition and Usage
• interfaces Examples

Statement Definition and Usage

• interface_id

remotes Statement

• remotes Syntax
• remotes Statement Definition and Grammar

groups Statement

• groups Syntax
• groups Statement Definition and Grammar

zones Statement

• zones Syntax
• zones Statement Definition and Grammar
• zones List of zone semantic checks

log Statement

• log Syntax
• log Statement Definition and Grammar

include Statement

• include Syntax