kzonecheck(1)

Knot DNS zone check tool

Section 1 knot-dnssecutils bookworm source

Description

KZONECHECK

NAME

kzonecheck - Knot DNS zone check tool

SYNOPSIS

kzonecheck [options] filename

DESCRIPTION

The utility checks zone file syntax and runs semantic checks on the zone content. The executed checks are the same as the checks run by the Knot DNS server.

Please, refer to the semantic-checks configuration option in knot.conf(5) for the full list of available semantic checks.

Parameters

filename

Path to the zone file to be checked. For reading from stdin use /dev/stdin or just -.

Options

-o, --origin origin

Zone origin. If not specified, the origin is determined from the file name (possibly removing the .zone suffix).

-d, --dnssec on|off

Also check DNSSEC-related records. The default is to decide based on the existence of a RRSIG for SOA.

-t, --time time

Current time specification. Use UNIX timestamp, YYYYMMDDHHmmSS format, or [+/-]time[unit] format, where unit can be Y, M, D, h, m, or s. Default is current UNIX timestamp.

-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.

AUTHOR

CZ.NIC Labs <https://www.knot-dns.cz>