TOPIC 9

Date: 4/2/2009
Doman Name Server (DNS)
Linux for Engineering and IT applications


DNS control utility rndc

  • rndc controls the operation of a name server by communicating with the name server over a TCP connection.
  • Configuration file, /etc/bind/rndc.conf 
    key "rndc-key" {
	algorithm hmac-md5;
	secret "ylnZwDNmLo7xwJDNzIW0zg==";
};

options {
	default-key "rndc-key";
	default-server 127.0.0.1;
	default-port 955;
};
  • Key file, /etc/bind/rndc.key 
    key "rndc-key" {
	algorithm hmac-md5;
	secret "ylnZwDNmLo7xwJDNzIW0zg==";
};

  • Reload the configuration and the Zone files: 
    rndc  reload
  • Server status 
    rndc status
  • Flush the server caches 
    rndc flush
  • Stop the server 
    rndc stop
  • Show all possible rndc commands 
    rndc


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