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/usr/bin/unbound-control

Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.

From unbound 1.25.1-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running unbound-control --help (exit 1). permalink

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Usage:	unbound-control [options] command
	Remote control utility for unbound server.
Options:
  -c file	config file, default is /etc/unbound/unbound.conf
  -s ip[@port]	server address, if omitted config is used.
  -q		quiet (don't print anything if it works ok).
  -h		show this usage help.
Commands:
  start				start server; runs unbound(8)
  stop				stops the server
  reload			reloads the server
  				(this flushes data, stats, requestlist)
  reload_keep_cache		reloads the server but tries to
  				keep the RRset and message cache
  				if (re)configuration allows for it.
  				That means the caches sizes and
  				the number of threads must not
  				change between reloads.
  fast_reload [+dpv]		reloads the server but only briefly stops
  				server processing, keeps cache, and changes
  				most options; check unbound-control(8).
  		+d		drops running queries to keep consistency
  				on changed options while reloading.
  		+p		does not pause threads for even faster
  				reload but less options are supported
  				; check unbound-control(8).
  		+v		verbose output, it will include duration needed.
  		+vv		more verbose output, it will include memory needed.
  stats				print statistics
  stats_noreset			peek at statistics
  stats_shm			print statistics using shm
  status			display status of server
  verbosity <number>		change logging detail
  log_reopen			close and open the logfile
  local_zone <name> <type>	add new local zone
  local_zone_remove <name>	remove local zone and its contents
  local_data <RR data...>	add local data, for example
				local_data www.example.com A 192.0.2.1
  local_data_remove <name>	remove local RR data from name
  local_zones,
  local_zones_remove,
  local_datas,
  local_datas_remove		same, but read list from stdin
  				(one entry per line).
  dump_cache			print cache to stdout
				(not supported in remote unbounds in
				multi-process operation)
  load_cache			load cache from stdin
				(not supported in remote unbounds in
				multi-process operation)
  cache_lookup [+t] <names>	print rrsets and msgs at or under the names
		+t		allow tld and root names.
  lookup <name>			print nameservers for name
  flush [+c] <name>			flushes common types for name from cache
  				types:  A, AAAA, MX, PTR, NS,
					SOA, CNAME, DNAME, SRV, NAPTR
  flush_type [+c] <name> <type>	flush name, type from cache
		+c		remove from cachedb too
  flush_zone [+c] <name>	flush everything at or under name
  				from rr and dnssec caches
  flush_bogus [+c]		flush all bogus data
  flush_negative [+c]		flush all negative data
  flush_stats 			flush statistics, make zero
  flush_requestlist 		drop queries that are worked on
  dump_requestlist		show what is worked on by first thread
  flush_infra [all | ip] 	remove ping, edns for one IP or all
  dump_infra			show ping and edns entries
  set_option opt: val		set option to value, no reload
  get_option opt		get option value
  list_stubs			list stub-zones and root hints in use
  list_forwards			list forward-zones in use
  list_insecure			list domain-insecure zones
  list_local_zones		list local-zones in use
  list_local_data		list local-data RRs in use
  insecure_add zone 		add domain-insecure zone
  insecure_remove zone		remove domain-insecure zone
  forward_add [+it] zone addr..	add forward-zone with servers
  forward_remove [+i] zone	remove forward zone
  stub_add [+ipt] zone addr..	add stub-zone with servers
  stub_remove [+i] zone		remove stub zone
		+i		also do dnssec insecure point
		+p		set stub to use priming
		+t		set to use tls upstream
  forward [off | addr ...]	without arg show forward setup
				or off to turn off root forwarding
				or give list of ip addresses
  ratelimit_list [+a]		list ratelimited domains
  ip_ratelimit_list [+a]	list ratelimited ip addresses
		+a		list all, also not ratelimited
  list_auth_zones		list auth zones (includes RPZ zones)
  auth_zone_reload zone		reload auth zone (or RPZ zone) from zonefile
  auth_zone_transfer zone	transfer auth zone (or RPZ zone) from master
  view_list_local_zones	view	list local-zones in view
  view_list_local_data	view	list local-data RRs in view
  view_local_zone view name type  	add local-zone in view
  view_local_zone_remove view name  	remove local-zone in view
  view_local_data view RR...		add local-data in view
  view_local_datas view 		add list of local-data to view
  					one entry per line read from stdin
  view_local_data_remove view name  	remove local-data in view
  view_local_datas_remove view 		remove list of local-data from view
  					one entry per line read from stdin
  rpz_enable zone		Enable the RPZ zone if it had previously
  				been disabled
  rpz_disable zone		Disable the RPZ zone
  add_cookie_secret <secret>	add (or replace) a new cookie secret <secret>
  drop_cookie_secret		drop a staging cookie secret
  activate_cookie_secret	make a staging cookie secret active
  print_cookie_secrets		show all cookie secrets with their status
Version 1.25.1
BSD licensed, see LICENSE in source package for details.
Report bugs to unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl or https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/issues
Options (4)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c fileconfig file, default is /etc/unbound/unbound.confhelp + man
-s ip[@portserver address, if omitted config is used.help
-qQuiet, if the option is given it does not print anything if it works ok.help + man
-hShow the version and commandline option help.help + man
Exit status (2) from the manual page
1error
0success

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