.. highlight:: console knotd – Knot DNS server daemon ============================== Synopsis -------- :program:`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 :file:`@config_dir@/knot.conf`). **-C**, **--confdb** *directory* Use a binary configuration database directory (default is :file:`@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 :file:`@run_dir@/knot.sock`). **-d**, **--daemonize** [*directory*] Run the server as a daemon. New root directory may be specified (default is :file:`/`). **-v**, **--verbose** Enable debug output. **-h**, **--help** Print the program help. **-V**, **--version** Print the program version. Exit values ----------- Exit status of 0 means successful operation. Any other exit status indicates an error. See Also -------- :manpage:`knot.conf(5)`, :manpage:`knotc(8)`, :manpage:`keymgr(8)`, :manpage:`kjournalprint(8)`.