Welcome to Knot DNS's documentation!

• Introduction
  • What is Knot DNS
  • Knot DNS features
  • License
• Requirements
  • Hardware
  • Operating system
• Installation
  • Required build environment
  • Required libraries
  • Installation from source code
  • OS specific installation
• Configuration
  • Simple configuration
  • Zone templates
  • Access control list (ACL)
  • Slave zone
  • Master zone
  • Dynamic updates
  • Response rate limiting
  • Automatic DNSSEC signing
• Query modules
  • dnstap – dnstap-enabled query logging
  • synth-record – Automatic forward/reverse records
  • Automatic forward records
  • Automatic reverse records
  • dnsproxy – Tiny DNS proxy
  • rosedb – Static resource records
  • online-sign — Online DNSSEC signing
  • whoami — whoami module
  • noudp — noudp module
• Operation
  • Configuration database
  • Dynamic configuration
  • Slave mode
  • Master mode
  • Reading and editing zones
  • Daemon controls
• Troubleshooting
  • Reporting bugs
  • Generating backtrace
• Configuration Reference
  • Description
  • Comments
  • Includes
  • Server section
  • Key section
  • ACL section
  • Control section
  • Keystore section
  • Policy section
  • Remote section
  • Template section
  • Zone section
  • Logging section
  • Module dnstap
  • Module synth-record
  • Module dnsproxy
  • Module rosedb
• Utilities
  • kdig – Advanced DNS lookup utility
  • keymgr – Key management utility
  • khost – Simple DNS lookup utility
  • kjournalprint – Knot DNS journal print utility
  • knot1to2 – Knot DNS configuration conversion utility
  • knotc – Knot DNS control utility
  • knotd – Knot DNS server daemon
  • knsec3hash – NSEC hash computation utility
  • knsupdate – Dynamic DNS update utility
  • kzonecheck – Knot DNS zone file checking tool
• Migration from other DNS servers
  • Knot DNS for BIND users
• Appendices
  • Compatible PKCS #11 Devices