knotd – Knot DNS server daemon¶
Synopsis¶
knotd [parameters]
Description¶
Knot DNS is a high-performance authoritative DNS server. The knotd program is the DNS server daemon.
Options¶
- -c, --config file
- Use a textual configuration file (default is
@config_dir@/knot.conf). - -C, --confdb directory
- Use a binary configuration database directory (default is
@storage_dir@/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file. - -m, --max-conf-size MiB
- Set maximum size of the configuration database (default is @conf_mapsize@ MiB, maximum 10000 MiB).
- -s, --socket path
- Use a remote control UNIX socket path (default is
@run_dir@/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.
Signals¶
If the knotd process receives a SIGHUP signal, it reloads its configuration and reopens the log files, if they are configured. When knotd receives a SIGUSR1 signal, it reloads all configured zones. Upon receiving a SIGINT signal, knotd exits.
Exit values¶
Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error.
See Also¶
knot.conf(5), knotc(8), keymgr(8), kjournalprint(8).
