nsd-checkzone(8) nsd 4.8.0 nsd-checkzone(8) #

nsd-checkzone(8) nsd 4.8.0 nsd-checkzone(8)

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 nnssdd--cchheecckkzzoonnee - NSD zone file syntax checker.

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 nnssdd--cchheecckkzzoonnee [--hh] _z_o_n_e_n_a_m_e _z_o_n_e_f_i_l_e

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 nnssdd--cchheecckkzzoonnee reads a DNS zone file and checks it for errors.  It prints
 errors to stderr.  On failure it exits with nonzero exit status.

 This is used to check files before feeding them to the nsd(8) daemon.

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 --hh     Print usage help information and exit.

 _z_o_n_e_n_a_m_e
        The name of the zone to check, eg. "example.com".

 _z_o_n_e_f_i_l_e
        The file to read, eg. "zones/example.com.zone.signed".

 --pp     Print the zone contents to stdout if the zone is ok. This prints
        the contents as it has been parsed, not literally a copy of the
        input, but as printed by the formatting routines in NSD, much like
        the nsd-control command write does.

 --ii _<_o_l_d_z_o_n_e_f_i_l_e_>
        Create an IXFR from the differences between the old zone file and
        the new zone file. The argument to the -i option is the old zone
        file, the other zonefile argument passed is the new zonefile.

        The difference is computed between the two zonefiles by keeping
        one version of the zone in memory, and another version in a
        temporary file. The temporary file is located at the zonefile
        directory. This is also where the result is written, to a file
        with the zonefile name, ending with '.ixfr'. This is also where
        NSD reads it when IXFRs are configured for the zone.

        The other existing ixfr files are renamed to become older IXFR
        contents for the zone, if any such files exist.  If the output
        file already exists with the correct contents, no new file is
        created. The contents of the header of the output file are checked
        for that, if it already exists.

 --nn _<_i_x_f_r _n_u_m_b_e_r_>
        The number of IXFR versions to store, at most. Default 5. This is
        the number of files that is created with ixfr contents for the
        zone. Older stored IXFR versions are deleted when the number is
        exceeded.

 --ss _<_i_x_f_r _s_i_z_e_>
        The number of bytes of storage to use for IXFRs. Default is
        1048576. If an IXFR is bigger it is not created, and if the sum of
        IXFR storage exceeds it, older IXFRs versions are deleted.

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 NNSSDD was written by NLnet Labs and RIPE NCC joint team. Please see CREDITS
 file in the distribution for further details.

NLnet Labs December 6, 2023 nsd-checkzone(8)