Man page - dnst-notify(1)

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DNST-NOTIFY(1) dnst DNST-NOTIFY(1)

dnst-notify - Send a NOTIFY message to a list of name servers

dnst notify [OPTIONS] -z <ZONE> <SERVERS>...

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.

<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.


The zone to send the NOTIFY for. Mandatory.

Source IP to send the message from.

Source IP to send the message from.

SOA version number to include in the NOTIFY message.

A base64 TSIG key and optional algorithm to use for the NOTIFY message. The algorithm defaults to hmac-sha512.

Destination port to send the UDP packet to. Defaults to 53.

Print debug information.

Max number of retries. Defaults to 15.

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

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