NAME

knotd - Knot DNS server daemon

SYNOPSIS

knotd [config_option] [options]

DESCRIPTION

Knot DNS is a high-performance authoritative DNS server. The knotd program is the DNS server daemon.

Config options

-c, --config file: Use a textual configuration file (default is /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf).
-C, --confdb directory: Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /usr/local/var/lib/knot/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.

Options

-m, --max-conf-size MiB: Set maximum size of the configuration database (default is 500 MiB, maximum 10000 MiB).
-s, --socket path: Use a remote control UNIX socket path (default is /usr/local/var/run/knot/knot.sock).
-d, --daemonize [directory]: Run the server as a daemon. New root directory may be specified (default is /).
-v, --verbose: Enable debug output.
-h, --help: Print the program help.
-V, --version: Print the program version. The option -VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.

If the knotd process receives a SIGHUP signal, it reloads its configuration and reopens the log files, if they are configured. When knotd receives a SIGUSR1 signal, it reloads all configured zones. Upon receiving a SIGINT signal, knotd exits.