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250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas GustafssonThis is a summary of the named.conf options supported by
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonthis version of BIND 9.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonacl <string> { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson inet ( <ipv4_address> | <ipv6_address> | * ) [ port ( <integer> | *
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson ) ] allow { <address_match_element>; ... } [ keys { <string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson unix <quoted_string> perm <integer> owner <integer> group <integer>
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson [ keys { <string>; ... } ];
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson database <string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson algorithm <string>;
dbeb32261081835bb9ba44db68df5dfed0fda411Andreas Gustafsson secret <string>;
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson category <string> { <string>; ... };
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson channel <string> {
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson file <quoted_string> [ versions ( "unlimited" | <integer> )
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson ] [ size <size> ];
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson print-category <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson print-severity <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson print-time <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson severity <log_severity>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson syslog <optional_facility>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson listen-on [ port <integer> ] { ( <ipv4_address> | <ipv6_address> )
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ port <integer> ]; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson ndots <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson search { <string>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson view <string> <optional_class>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonmanaged-keys { <string> <string> <integer> <integer> <integer>
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <quoted_string>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonmasters <string> [ port <integer> ] { ( <masters> | <ipv4_address> [ port
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <integer> ] | <ipv6_address> [ port <integer> ] ) [ key <string> ]; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson acache-cleaning-interval <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson acache-enable <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson additional-from-auth <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson additional-from-cache <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-new-zones <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-notify { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-query { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-query-cache { <address_match_element>; ... };
2e3160e246a3aaa08ecb2a52a8e1c53a6e7977a3Andreas Gustafsson allow-query-cache-on { <address_match_element>; ... };
2e3160e246a3aaa08ecb2a52a8e1c53a6e7977a3Andreas Gustafsson allow-query-on { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-recursion { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-recursion-on { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-transfer { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-update { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-update-forwarding { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson allow-v6-synthesis { <address_match_element>; ... }; // obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson also-notify [ port <integer> ] { ( <masters> | <ipv4_address> [
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson port <integer> ] | <ipv6_address> [ port <integer> ] ) [ key
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <string> ]; ... };
cfab2f4e039052fd5c71f8de93a9510bec0581f9Andreas Gustafsson alt-transfer-source ( <ipv4_address> | * ) [ port ( <integer> | * ) ];
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson alt-transfer-source-v6 ( <ipv6_address> | * ) [ port ( <integer> |
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson attach-cache <string>;
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson auth-nxdomain <boolean>; // default changed
4bc5101166ec97bf88448efb9a65da600e82040eAndreas Gustafsson avoid-v4-udp-ports { <portrange>; ... };
e240e36503adf4d2073adfee98fb17b5b9d10fddAndreas Gustafsson avoid-v6-udp-ports { <portrange>; ... };
e240e36503adf4d2073adfee98fb17b5b9d10fddAndreas Gustafsson bindkeys-file <quoted_string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson blackhole { <address_match_element>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson cache-file <quoted_string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-dup-records ( fail | warn | ignore );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-integrity <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-mx ( fail | warn | ignore );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-mx-cname ( fail | warn | ignore );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-names ( master | slave | response ) ( fail | warn | ignore );
9fdf20d0dea288572033095995547789059d4d6bAndreas Gustafsson check-sibling <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-srv-cname ( fail | warn | ignore );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson check-wildcard <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson cleaning-interval <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson clients-per-query <integer>;
2cc3f128610eb9e42d7c386160665583b63882bfAndreas Gustafsson coresize <size>;
2cc3f128610eb9e42d7c386160665583b63882bfAndreas Gustafsson datasize <size>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson deallocate-on-exit <boolean>; // obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson deny-answer-addresses { <address_match_element>; ... } [
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafsson except-from { <quoted_string>; ... } ];
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson deny-answer-aliases { <quoted_string>; ... } [ except-from {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <quoted_string>; ... } ];
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dialup <dialuptype>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson directory <quoted_string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson disable-algorithms <string> { <string>; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson disable-empty-zone <string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dns64 <netprefix> {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson break-dnssec <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson clients { <address_match_element>; ... };
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafsson exclude { <address_match_element>; ... };
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafsson mapped { <address_match_element>; ... };
4bc5101166ec97bf88448efb9a65da600e82040eAndreas Gustafsson recursive-only <boolean>;
e240e36503adf4d2073adfee98fb17b5b9d10fddAndreas Gustafsson suffix <ipv6_address>;
e01ecff4b1562a24e6de7e9396c60e9dffdb78ceAndreas Gustafsson dns64-contact <string>;
2bc0dee981fd5d9c7d7d6fe67278dfafbe614bc3Andreas Gustafsson dns64-server <string>;
4db9a2fac844ac23793e5388cecd023d1d54bde4Brian Wellington dnssec-accept-expired <boolean>;
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafsson dnssec-dnskey-kskonly <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-enable <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-loadkeys-interval <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-lookaside ( <string> trust-anchor <string> | auto );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-must-be-secure <string> <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-secure-to-insecure <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-update-mode ( maintain | no-resign );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dnssec-validation ( yes | no | auto );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dual-stack-servers [ port <integer> ] { ( <quoted_string> [ port
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <integer> ] | <ipv4_address> [ port <integer> ] |
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson <ipv6_address> [ port <integer> ] ); ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson dump-file <quoted_string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson edns-udp-size <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson empty-contact <string>;
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson empty-server <string>;
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson empty-zones-enable <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson fake-iquery <boolean>; // obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson fetch-glue <boolean>; // obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson filter-aaaa { <address_match_element>; ... }; // not configured
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson filter-aaaa-on-v4 <v4_aaaa>; // not configured
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson flush-zones-on-shutdown <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson forward ( first | only );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson forwarders [ port <integer> ] { ( <ipv4_address> | <ipv6_address> )
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafsson [ port <integer> ]; ... };
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson has-old-clients <boolean>; // obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson heartbeat-interval <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson host-statistics <boolean>; // not implemented
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson host-statistics-max <integer>; // not implemented
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson hostname ( <quoted_string> | none );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson inline-signing <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson interface-interval <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson ixfr-from-differences <ixfrdiff>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson key-directory <quoted_string>;
02da394e0c3220ca2f37c5c6258994bd3ba07993Andreas Gustafsson lame-ttl <integer>;
7eabdeaeeebf4be93de87af803d020d380eb7273Andreas Gustafsson listen-on [ port <integer> ] { <address_match_element>; ... };
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson listen-on-v6 [ port <integer> ] { <address_match_element>; ... };
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson maintain-ixfr-base <boolean>; // obsolete
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson managed-keys-directory <quoted_string>;
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson masterfile-format ( text | raw );
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson match-mapped-addresses <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-acache-size <size_no_default>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-cache-size <size_no_default>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-cache-ttl <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-clients-per-query <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-ixfr-log-size <size>; // obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-journal-size <size_no_default>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-ncache-ttl <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-refresh-time <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-retry-time <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-transfer-idle-in <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-transfer-idle-out <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-transfer-time-in <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-transfer-time-out <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson max-udp-size <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson memstatistics <boolean>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson memstatistics-file <quoted_string>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson min-refresh-time <integer>;
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson min-retry-time <integer>;