Man page - dnst-notify(1)

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Package:  dnst
apt-get install dnst

Manuals in package:
• dnst-signzone(1)
• dnst-keygen(1)
• dnst-notify(1)
• dnst-keyset(1)
• dnst-update(1)
• ldns-update(1)
• dnst-key2ds(1)
• ldns-key2ds(1)
• dnst-nsec3-hash(1)
• dnst(1)
• ldns-keygen(1)
• ldns-nsec3-hash(1)
• ldns-notify(1)
• ldns-signzone(1)
Documentations in package:
• dnst

Manual

DNST-NOTIFY

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ARGUMENTS
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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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

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