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dnst - DNS Management Tools

dnst [OPTIONS] <COMMAND> [ARGS]

Manage various aspects of the Domain Name System (DNS).

dnst provides a number of commands that perform various tasks related to managing DNS servers and DNS zones.

Please consult the manual pages for these individual commands for more information.

Set the verbosity to 0-5 or a level name (off, error, warn, info, debug or trace). Defaults to warn.

Print the help text (short summary with -h, long help with --help).

Print the version.

Generate DS RRs from the DNSKEYs in a keyfile.
Generate a new key pair for a domain name.
Manage DNSSEC signing keys for a domain.
Send a NOTIFY message to a list of name servers.
Print out the NSEC3 hash of a domain name.
Sign the zone with the given key(s).
Send a dynamic update packet to update an IP (or delete all existing IPs) for a domain name.

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