Usage:
pdnsutil [options] <command> [params...]
Autoprimary Commands:
autoprimary add IP NAMESERVER [ACCOUNT]
Add a new autoprimary
autoprimary list
List all autoprimaries
autoprimary remove IP NAMESERVER
Remove an autoprimary
Catalog Zone Commands:
catalog list-members CATALOG
List all members of catalog zone CATALOG
catalog set ZONE [CATALOG]
Change the catalog of ZONE to CATALOG, or removes ZONE from its current
catalog if no catalog provided
Zone Metadata Commands:
metadata add ZONE KIND VALUE [VALUE...]
Add zone metadata, this adds to the existing KIND
metadata get ZONE [KIND...]
Get zone metadata. If no KIND is given, lists all known
metadata set ZONE KIND [VALUE...]
Set zone metadata, replacing all existing records of KIND, optionally
providing a value. An omitted value clears the metadata
Networks Commands:
network list
List all defined networks with their chosen views
network set NET [VIEW]
Set the view for a network, or delete if no view argument.
Zone Record Commands:
rrset add ZONE NAME TYPE [TTL] "CONTENT" ["CONTENT"...]
Add one or more records to the given rrset in ZONE
rrset add-comment ZONE NAME TYPE COMMENT [ACCOUNT]
Add a comment
rrset delete ZONE NAME TYPE
Delete named rrset from ZONE
rrset hash ZONE NAME
Calculate the NSEC3 hash for NAME in ZONE
rrset list-comments ZONE
List comments for a zone
rrset replace ZONE NAME TYPE [TTL] "CONTENT" ["CONTENT"...]
Replace named rrset from ZONE
TSIG Key Commands:
tsigkey activate ZONE NAME {primary|secondary|producer|consumer}
Enable TSIG authenticated AXFR using the key NAME for ZONE
tsigkey deactivate ZONE NAME {primary|secondary|producer|consumer}
Disable TSIG authenticated AXFR using the key NAME for ZONE
tsigkey delete NAME
Delete TSIG key (warning: will not unmap key!)
tsigkey generate NAME ALGORITHM
Generate new TSIG key.
ALGORITHM is one of hmac-{md5,sha1,sha224,sha256,sha384,sha512}
tsigkey import NAME ALGORITHM KEY
Import TSIG key
tsigkey list
List all TSIG keys
Views Commands:
view add-zone VIEW ZONE..VARIANT
Add a zone variant to a view
view del-zone VIEW ZONE..VARIANT
Remove a zone variant from a view
view list VIEW
List all zones within VIEW
view list-all
List all view names
Zone Commands:
zone check ZONE
Check a zone for correctness
zone check-all [exit-on-error]
Check all zones for correctness. Use exit-on-error to exit immediately
upon finding the first error in any zone
zone clear ZONE
Clear all records of a zone, but keep everything else
zone copy ZONE NEW-ZONE
Create zone NEW-ZONE with the contents of ZONE
zone create ZONE [NSNAME]
Create empty zone ZONE
zone delete ZONE
Delete zone ZONE
zone edit ZONE
Edit zone contents using $EDITOR
zone increase-serial ZONE
Increases the SOA-serial by 1. Uses SOA-EDIT
zone list ZONE
List zone contents
zone list-all [primary|secondary|native|producer|consumer]
List all active zone names.
Use --verbose (-v) to include disabled or empty zones
zone load ZONE FILENAME [ZONE FILENAME]...
Load ZONE from FILENAME, possibly creating zone or atomically replacing
contents; --verbose or -v will also include the keys for disabled or
empty zones
zone set-account ZONE ACCOUNT
Change the account (owner) of ZONE to ACCOUNT
zone set-kind ZONE KIND
Change the kind of ZONE to KIND (primary, secondary, native, producer,
or consumer)
zone set-option ZONE [producer|consumer] [coo|unique|group] VALUE [VALUE...]
Set or remove an option for ZONE. Providing an empty value removes the
option
zone set-options-json ZONE JSONFILE
Change the options of ZONE to JSONFILE
zone show ZONE
Show various details about a zone, including DNSSEC keys
zone zonemd-verify-file ZONE FILENAME
Validate ZONEMD for ZONE
Secondary Zone Commands:
zone change-primary ZONE PRIMARY_IP [PRIMARY_IP...]
Change secondary zone ZONE primary IP address(es) to PRIMARY_IP
zone create-secondary ZONE PRIMARY_IP [PRIMARY_IP...]
Create secondary zone ZONE with primary IP address(es) PRIMARY_IP
DNSSEC Commands:
zone dnssec-disable ZONE
Deactivate all keys and unset PRESIGNED in ZONE
zone export-dnskey ZONE KEY_ID
Export the public DNSKEY with the given ID to stdout
zone export-ds ZONE
Export all KSK DS records for ZONE to stdout
zone list-keys [ZONE]
List DNSSEC keys for ZONE.
When ZONE is unset, display keys for all active zones
zone rectify ZONE [ZONE...]
Fix up DNSSEC fields (order, auth)
zone rectify-all [quiet]
Rectify all zones. Optionally quiet output with errors only
zone secure ZONE [ZONE...]
Add DNSSEC to zone ZONE
zone secure-all [increase-serial]
Secure all zones without keys
zone set-nsec3 ZONE ['PARAMS' [narrow]]
Enable NSEC3 with PARAMS (default: '1 0 0 -'). Optionally narrow
zone set-presigned ZONE
Use presigned RRSIGs from storage
zone set-publish-cdnskey ZONE [delete]
Enable sending CDNSKEY responses for ZONE. Add 'delete' to publish
a CDNSKEY with a DNSSEC delete algorithm
zone set-publish-cds ZONE [DIGESTALGOS]
Enable sending CDS responses for ZONE, using DIGESTALGOS as signature
algorithms; DIGESTALGOS should be a comma-separated list of numbers,
(default: '2')
zone set-signaling ZONE
Configure zone for RFC 9615 DNSSEC bootstrapping
(zone name must begin with _signal.)
zone unset-nsec3 ZONE
Switch ZONE back to NSEC
zone unset-presigned ZONE
Stop using presigned RRSIGs on ZONE
zone unset-publish-cdnskey ZONE
Disable sending CDNSKEY responses for ZONE
zone unset-publish-cds ZONE
Disable sending CDS responses for ZONE
Zone Key Commands:
zone activate-key ZONE KEY_ID
Activate the key with key id KEY_ID in ZONE
zone add-key ZONE [zsk|ksk] [BITS] [active|inactive] [published|unpublished]
[rsasha1|rsasha1-nsec3-sha1|rsasha256|rsasha512|ecdsa256|ecdsa384|ed25519|ed448]
Add a ZSK or KSK to zone with specific algorithm and size in bits.
If zsk or ksk is omitted, defaults to zsk
zone deactivate-key ZONE KEY_ID
Deactivate the key with key id KEY_ID in ZONE
zone export-key ZONE KEY_ID
Export the private key with the given ID to stdout
zone export-key-pem ZONE KEY_ID
Export the private key with the given ID to stdout in PEM format
zone generate-key {zsk|ksk} [ALGORITHM] [BITS]
Generate a ZSK or KSK to stdout with specified ALGORITHM and BITS
zone import-key ZONE FILE [active|inactive] [ksk|zsk] [published|unpublished]
Import from a private key file, ZSK or KSK; defaults to KSK, active
and published
zone import-key-pem ZONE FILE ALGORITHM [ksk|zsk]}
Import a private key from a PEM file
zone publish-key ZONE KEY_ID
Publish the zone key with key id KEY_ID in ZONE
zone remove-key ZONE KEY_ID
Remove key with KEY_ID from ZONE
zone unpublish-key ZONE KEY_ID
Unpublish the zone key with key id KEY_ID in ZONE
Other/Miscellaneous Commands:
b2b-migrate OLD NEW
Move all data from one backend to another
backend-cmd BACKEND CMD [CMD...]
Perform one or more backend commands
backend-lookup BACKEND NAME [[TYPE] CLIENT_IP_SUBNET]
Perform a backend lookup of NAME, TYPE (defaulting to ANY) and
CLIENT_IP_SUBNET
bench-db [FILENAME]
Benchmark database backend with queries, one zone per line
create-bind-db FILENAME
Create DNSSEC db for BIND backend (bind-dnssec-db)
hash-password [WORK FACTOR]
Ask for a plaintext password or API key and output a salted and hashed
version
ipdecrypt IP_ADDRESS PASSPHRASE_OR_KEY [key]
Decrypt IP address using passphrase or base64 key
ipencrypt IP_ADDRESS PASSPHRASE_OR_KEY [key]
Encrypt IP address using passphrase or base64 key
list-algorithms [with-backend]
List all DNSSEC algorithms supported, optionally also listing the
cryptographic library used
lmdb-get-backend-version
Get schema version supported by backend
raw-lua-from-content TYPE CONTENT
Display record contents in a form suitable for dnsdist's
`SpoofRawAction`
test-schema ZONE
Test DB schema - will create ZONE
Common options:
-h [ --help ] produce help message
--version show version
-v [ --verbose ] be verbose
-f [ --force ] force an action
-q [ --quiet ] be quiet
-s [ --sort ] sort output when applicable
--config-name arg virtual configuration name
--config-dir arg (=/etc) location of pdns.conf
--no-colors do not use colors in output
--commands arg
Options (9)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-h | produce help message | help |
--version | show version | help |
-v | be verbose | help |
-f | force an action | help |
-q | be quiet | help |
-s | sort output when applicable | help |
--config-name arg | virtual configuration name | help |
--no-colors | do not use colors in output | help |
--commands arg | | help |
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