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| DNST-NOTIFY(1) | dnst | DNST-NOTIFY(1) |
NAME
dnst-notify - Send a NOTIFY message to a list of name servers
SYNOPSIS
dnst notify [OPTIONS] -z <ZONE> <SERVERS>...
DESCRIPTION
dnst notify sends a NOTIFY message to the specified name servers.
This tells them that an updated zone is available at the primaries. It can perform TSIG signatures, and it can add a SOA serial number of the updated zone. If a server already has that serial number it will disregard the message.
ARGUMENTS
- <SERVERS>...
- One or more name servers to which NOTIFY messages will be sent, by default
on port 53.
Each name server can be specified as a domain name or IP address.
OPTIONS
- -z <ZONE>
- The zone to send the NOTIFY for. Mandatory.
- -I <ADDRESS>
- Source IP to send the message from.
- -I <ADDRESS>
- Source IP to send the message from.
- -s <SOA VERSION>
- SOA version number to include in the NOTIFY message.
- -y, --tsig <NAME:KEY[:ALGO]>
- A base64 TSIG key and optional algorithm to use for the NOTIFY message. The algorithm defaults to hmac-sha512.
- -p, --port <PORT>
- Destination port to send the UDP packet to. Defaults to 53.
- -d, --debug
- Print debug information.
- -r, --retries <RETRIES>
- Max number of retries. Defaults to 15.
- -h, --help
- Print the help text (short summary with -h, long help with --help).
AUTHOR
NLnet Labs
COPYRIGHT
2024–2026, NLnet Labs
| March 5, 2026 | 0.2.0-alpha1 |