This is a simple test environment for running bind9 system tests

involving multiple name servers.

There are multiple test suites, each in a separate subdirectory and

involving a different DNS setup. They are:

xfer/ Zone transfer, update, and NOTIFY tests

notify/ More NOTIFY tests

xferquota/ Zone transfer quota tests

dnssec/ DNSSEC tests

Typically each test suite sets up 2-5 name servers and then performs

one or more tests against them. Within the test suite subdirectory,

each name server has a separate subdirectory containing its

configuration data. By convention, these subdirectories are named

"ns1", "ns2", etc.

The tests are completely self-contained and do not require access to

the real DNS. Generally, one of the test servers (ns1) is set up as a

root name server and is listed in the hints file of the others.

To enable all servers to run on the same machine, they bind to

separate virtual IP address on the loopback interface. ns1 runs on

10.53.0.1, ns2 on 10.53.0.2, etc. Before running any tests, you must

set up these addresses by running the script "ifconfig.sh start".

The servers do not bind to port 53, so can be run as a normal user once the

interfaces are set up.

To run the tests:

sh run.sh xfer

sh run.sh notify

etc.

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