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KNOTD

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Config options
Options
Signals
EXIT VALUES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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NAME

knotd - Knot DNS server daemon

SYNOPSIS

knotd [ config_option ] [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

Knot DNS is a high-performance authoritative DNS server. The knotd program is the DNS server daemon.

Config options

-c , --config file

Use a textual configuration file (default is /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf ).

-C , --confdb directory

Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /usr/local/var/lib/knot/confdb ). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.

Options

-m , --max-conf-size MiB

Set maximum size of the configuration database (default is 500 MiB, maximum 10000 MiB).

-s , --socket path

Use a remote control UNIX socket path (default is /usr/local/var/run/knot/knot.sock ).

-d , --daemonize [ directory ]

Run the server as a daemon. New root directory may be specified (default is / ).

-v , --verbose

Enable debug output.

-h , --help

Print the program help.

-V , --version

Print the program version. The option -VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.

Signals

The knotd process handles the following signals:

	•		SIGINT – Stop the process.
	•		SIGHUP – Reload the server configuration and reopen configured log files.
	•		SIGUSR1 – Reload all configured zones (not recommended with catalog zones).

EXIT VALUES

Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error.

AUTHOR

CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. and contributors <https://www.knot-dns.cz/>