ldns-notify(1)

ldns-notify1

Notify dns servers that updates are available

Usage

ldns-notify [options] -z zone servers

Overview

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.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 5.0–8
  2. 9–10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13–Arch

-I since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

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

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From ldns 1.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.