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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> — rndc configuration file</p>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc.conf</code> </p></div>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> is the configuration file
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein for <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>, the BIND 9 name server control
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein utility. This file has a similar structure and syntax to
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. Statements are enclosed
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein in braces and terminated with a semi-colon. Clauses in
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein the statements are also semi-colon terminated. The usual
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews comment styles are supported:
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein C style: /* */
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein C++ style: // to end of line
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews Unix style: # to end of line
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> is much simpler than
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. The file uses three
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein statements: an options statement, a server statement
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein and a key statement.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The <code class="option">options</code> statement contains five clauses.
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews The <code class="option">default-server</code> clause is followed by the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein name or address of a name server. This host will be used when
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein no name server is given as an argument to
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>. The <code class="option">default-key</code>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein clause is followed by the name of a key which is identified by
00124ad0406365d39f4b2d1011ef6a76706e9df0Mark Andrews a <code class="option">key</code> statement. If no
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews <code class="option">keyid</code> is provided on the rndc command line,
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein and no <code class="option">key</code> clause is found in a matching
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">server</code> statement, this default key will be
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein used to authenticate the server's commands and responses. The
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">default-port</code> clause is followed by the port
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein to connect to on the remote name server. If no
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">port</code> option is provided on the rndc command
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein line, and no <code class="option">port</code> clause is found in a
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein matching <code class="option">server</code> statement, this default port
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein will be used to connect.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The <code class="option">default-source-address</code> and
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">default-source-address-v6</code> clauses which
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein can be used to set the IPv4 and IPv6 source addresses
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein respectively.
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews After the <code class="option">server</code> keyword, the server
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein statement includes a string which is the hostname or address
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein for a name server. The statement has three possible clauses:
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">key</code>, <code class="option">port</code> and
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">addresses</code>. The key name must match the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein name of a key statement in the file. The port number
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein specifies the port to connect to. If an <code class="option">addresses</code>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein clause is supplied these addresses will be used instead of
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews the server name. Each address can take an optional port.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein If an <code class="option">source-address</code> or <code class="option">source-address-v6</code>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein of supplied then these will be used to specify the IPv4 and IPv6
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein source addresses respectively.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The <code class="option">key</code> statement begins with an identifying
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein string, the name of the key. The statement has two clauses.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">algorithm</code> identifies the encryption algorithm
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein for <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> to use; currently only HMAC-MD5
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein supported. This is followed by a secret clause which contains
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews the base-64 encoding of the algorithm's encryption key. The
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein base-64 string is enclosed in double quotes.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein There are two common ways to generate the base-64 string for the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein secret. The BIND 9 program <span><strong class="command">rndc-confgen</strong></span>
4f6469885c3d66367e3f8fb94e1f3c66115990b0Mark Andrews be used to generate a random key, or the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span> program, also known as
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <span><strong class="command">mimencode</strong></span>, can be used to generate a
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein string from known input. <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span> does
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein ship with BIND 9 but is available on many systems. See the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein EXAMPLE section for sample command lines for each.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein default-server localhost;
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein default-key samplekey;
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein server localhost {
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein key samplekey;
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein server testserver {
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein key testkey;
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein addresses { localhost port 5353; };
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein key samplekey {
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein algorithm hmac-md5;
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein secret "6FMfj43Osz4lyb24OIe2iGEz9lf1llJO+lz";
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein key testkey {
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein algorithm hmac-md5;
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein secret "R3HI8P6BKw9ZwXwN3VZKuQ==";
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein In the above example, <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> will by
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein the server at localhost (127.0.0.1) and the key called samplekey.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Commands to the localhost server will use the samplekey key, which
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein must also be defined in the server's configuration file with the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein same name and secret. The key statement indicates that samplekey
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein uses the HMAC-MD5 algorithm and its secret clause contains the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein base-64 encoding of the HMAC-MD5 secret enclosed in double quotes.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein If <span><strong class="command">rndc -s testserver</strong></span> is used then <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> will
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein connect to server on localhost port 5353 using the key testkey.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein To generate a random secret with <span><strong class="command">rndc-confgen</strong></span>:
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><strong class="userinput"><code>rndc-confgen</code></strong>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein A complete <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> file, including
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein randomly generated key, will be written to the standard
689023771c563d8660e45d439a207e06e96de28fMark Andrews output. Commented-out <code class="option">key</code> and
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="option">controls</code> statements for
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <code class="filename">named.conf</code> are also printed.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein To generate a base-64 secret with <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span>:
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<p><strong class="userinput"><code>echo "known plaintext for a secret" | mmencode</code></strong>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein<a name="id2639882"></a><h2>NAME SERVER CONFIGURATION</h2>
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The name server must be configured to accept rndc connections and
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein to recognize the key specified in the <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code>
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews file, using the controls statement in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews See the sections on the <code class="option">controls</code> statement in the
538a83db7509d598da95a93bd7b74ef3112123a4Mark Andrews BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual for details.
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews<p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc</span>(8)</span>,
3b4098640dd85040270f39b9a5ee5e22de99d3d6Mark Andrews <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc-confgen</span>(8)</span>,
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mmencode</span>(1)</span>,
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