ldns-notify(1)              General Commands Manual             ldns-notify(1)

NAME
       ldns-notify - notify DNS servers that updates are available

SYNOPSIS
       ldns-notify [options] -z zone servers


DESCRIPTION
       ldns-notify sends a NOTIFY message to DNS servers. This tells them that
       an updated zone is available at the master servers. It can perform TSIG
       signatures and it can add a SOA serial number of the updated zone.  If
       a server already has that serial number it will disregard the message.


OPTIONS
       -z zone
              The zone that is updated.


       -I address
              Source IP to send query from.


       -h     Show usage and exit


       -v     Show the version and exit


       -s serial
              Append a SOA record indicating the serial number of the updated
              zone.


       -p port
              Use port as destination port (default the DNS port 53) for the
              UDP packets.


       -y key:data[:algo]
              Use the given TSIG key and base64-data, and optionally an
              algorithm to sign the NOTIFY. The algorithm defaults to hmac-
              md5.sig-alg.reg.int.


       -d     Print verbose debug information. The query that is sent and the
              query that is received.


       -r num Specify the maximum number of retries before notify gives up
              trying to send the UDP packet.


EXIT CODE
       The program exits with a 0 exit code if all servers replied an
       acknowledgement to the notify message, and a failure exit code
       otherwise.


AUTHOR
       Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage.


REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <ldns-team@nlnetlabs.nl>.


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2005 NLnet Labs. This is free software. There is NO
       warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

                                  9 Jan 2007                    ldns-notify(1)