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NAME

       unbound-control,  unbound-control-setup - Unbound remote server control
       utility.

SYNOPSIS

       unbound-control [-h] [-c cfgfile] [-s server] command

DESCRIPTION

       Unbound-control performs remote administration on  the  unbound(8)  DNS
       server.   It  reads the configuration file, contacts the unbound server
       over SSL sends the command and displays the result.

       The available options are:

       -h     Show the version and commandline option help.

       -c cfgfile
              The config file to read with settings.  If not given the default
              config file /etc/unbound/unbound.conf is used.

       -s server[@port]
              IPv4  or  IPv6  address of the server to contact.  If not given,
              the address is read from the config file.

COMMANDS

       There are several commands that the server understands.

       start  Start  the  server.  Simply  execs  unbound(8).    The   unbound
              executable  is  searched for in the PATH set in the environment.
              It is started with the config file specified  using  -c  or  the
              default config file.

       stop   Stop the server. The server daemon exits.

       reload Reload  the  server. This flushes the cache and reads the config
              file fresh.

       verbosity number
              Change verbosity value for logging.  Same  values  as  verbosity
              keyword  in  unbound.conf(5).   This new setting lasts until the
              server is issued a reload (taken from config file again), or the
              next verbosity control command.

       log_reopen
              Reopen  the  logfile, close and open it.  Useful for logrotation
              to make the daemon release the file it is logging  to.   If  you
              are  using  syslog  it will attempt to close and open the syslog
              (which may not work if chrooted).

       stats  Print statistics. Resets the internal counters to zero, this can
              be  controlled using the statistics-cumulative config statement.
              Statistics are printed with one [name]: [value] per line.

       stats_noreset
              Peek at statistics. Prints them like the stats command does, but
              does not reset the internal counters to zero.

       status Display   server  status.  Exit  code  3  if  not  running  (the
              connection to the port is refused), 1 on error, 0 if running.

       local_zone name type
              Add new local zone with name and type.  Like  local-zone  config
              statement.   If  the zone already exists, the type is changed to
              the given argument.

       local_zone_remove name
              Remove the local zone with the given name.   Removes  all  local
              data  inside  it.   If  the  zone  does  not  exist, the command
              succeeds.

       local_data RR data...
              Add new local data, the given resource record.  Like  local-data
              config  statement,  except for when no covering zone exists.  In
              that case this remote control command creates a transparent zone
              with  the same name as this record.  This command is not good at
              returning detailed syntax errors.

       local_data_remove name
              Remove all RR data from local name.  If the name already has  no
              items,  nothing happens.  Often results in NXDOMAIN for the name
              (in a static  zone),  but  if  the  name  has  become  an  empty
              nonterminal  (there  is  still  data  in  domain names below the
              removed name), NOERROR nodata answers are the  result  for  that
              name.

       dump_cache
              The contents of the cache is printed in a text format to stdout.
              You can redirect it to a file to store the cache in a file.

       load_cache
              The contents of the cache is loaded from stdin.  Uses  the  same
              format as dump_cache uses.  Loading the cache with old, or wrong
              data can result in  old  or  wrong  data  returned  to  clients.
              Loading data into the cache in this way is supported in order to
              aid with debugging.

       lookup name
              Print to stdout the name servers that would be used to  look  up
              the name specified.

       flush name
              Remove  the  name from the cache. Removes the types A, AAAA, NS,
              SOA, CNAME, DNAME, MX, PTR, SRV and NAPTR.  Because that is fast
              to  do.  Other  record  types can be removed using flush_type or
              flush_zone.

       flush_type name type
              Remove the name, type information from the cache.

       flush_zone name
              Remove all information at or below the name from the cache.  The
              rrsets  and  key entries are removed so that new lookups will be
              performed.  This needs to walk and inspect the entire cache, and
              is a slow operation.

       flush_stats
              Reset statistics to zero.

       flush_requestlist
              Drop  the  queries  that  are  worked  on.  Stops working on the
              queries that the  server  is  working  on  now.   The  cache  is
              unaffected.  No reply is sent for those queries, probably making
              those users request again later.   Useful  to  make  the  server
              restart  working  on queries with new settings, such as a higher
              verbosity level.

       dump_requestlist
              Show what is worked on.  Prints all queries that the  server  is
              currently  working  on.   Prints  the  time that users have been
              waiting.  For internal requests, no time is printed.   And  then
              prints out the module status.

       set_option opt: val
              Set  the  option to the given value without a reload.  The cache
              is therefore not flushed.  The option must end with  a  ’:’  and
              whitespace  must  be  between  the  option  and the value.  Some
              values may not have an effect if set this way,  the  new  values
              are  not  written  to  the  config  file,  not  all  options are
              supported.

       get_option opt
              Get the value of the option.  Give the  option  name  without  a
              trailing  ’:’.   The  value  is  printed.   If  the value is "",
              nothing is printed and the connection closes.  On  error  ’error
              ...’  is  printed  (it  gives a syntax error on unknown option).
              For some options a list of values, one on each line, is printed.
              Not all options are supported.

       list_stubs
              List the stub zones in use.  These are printed one by one to the
              output.  This includes the root hints in use.

       list_forwards
              List the forward zones in use.  These are printed zone  by  zone
              to the output.

       list_local_zones
              List  the  local  zones  in use.  These are printed one per line
              with zone type.

       list_local_data
              List the local data  RRs  in  use.   The  resource  records  are
              printed.

       forward [off | addr ... ]
              Setup  forwarding  mode.   Configures  if  the server should ask
              other upstream nameservers,  should  go  to  the  internet  root
              nameservers  itself, or show the current config.  You could pass
              the nameservers after a DHCP update.

              Without arguments the current list of addresses used to  forward
              all  queries  to  is  printed.   On  startup  this  is  from the
              forward-zone "." configuration.  Afterwards it shows the status.
              It prints off when no forwarding is used.

              If   off   is  passed,  forwarding  is  disabled  and  the  root
              nameservers are used.  This can be used to avoid to avoid  buggy
              or  non-DNSSEC  supporting  nameservers returned from DHCP.  But
              may not work in hotels or hotspots.

              If one or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses are given, those are  then
              used  to  forward  queries  to.  The addresses must be separated
              with spaces.  With ’@port’ the port number can be set explicitly
              (default port is 53 (DNS)).

              By  default  the  forwarder information from the config file for
              the root "." is used.  The config file is not changed, so  after
              a  reload  these changes are gone.  Other forward zones from the
              config file are not affected by this command.

EXIT CODE

       The unbound-control program exits with status code 1  on  error,  0  on
       success.

SET UP

       The  setup requires a self-signed certificate and private keys for both
       the server and  client.   The  script  unbound-control-setup  generates
       these  in  the  default run directory, or with -d in another directory.
       If you change the access control permissions on the key files  you  can
       decide  who can use unbound-control, by default owner and group but not
       all users.  Run  the  script  under  the  same  username  as  you  have
       configured  in unbound.conf or as root, so that the daemon is permitted
       to read the files, for example with:
           sudo -u unbound unbound-control-setup
       If you have not configured a username in unbound.conf,  the  keys  need
       read  permission  for  the  user  credentials under which the daemon is
       started.  The script preserves private keys present in  the  directory.
       After   running   the   script  as  root,  turn  on  control-enable  in
       unbound.conf.

STATISTIC COUNTERS

       The stats command shows a number of statistic counters.

       threadX.num.queries
              number of queries received by thread

       threadX.num.cachehits
              number of queries that were successfully answered using a  cache
              lookup

       threadX.num.cachemiss
              number of queries that needed recursive processing

       threadX.num.prefetch
              number  of  cache prefetches performed.  This number is included
              in cachehits, as the original query had the unprefetched  answer
              from  cache, and resulted in recursive processing, taking a slot
              in the requestlist.  Not part of the  recursivereplies  (or  the
              histogram thereof) or cachemiss, as a cache response was sent.

       threadX.num.recursivereplies
              The  number  of  replies  sent  to queries that needed recursive
              processing. Could be smaller than threadX.num.cachemiss  if  due
              to timeouts no replies were sent for some queries.

       threadX.requestlist.avg
              The  average  number  of  requests  in  the  internal  recursive
              processing request list on insert of a  new  incoming  recursive
              processing query.

       threadX.requestlist.max
              Maximum  size  attained  by  the  internal  recursive processing
              request list.

       threadX.requestlist.overwritten
              Number of requests in the request list that were overwritten  by
              newer  entries. This happens if there is a flood of queries that
              recursive processing and the server has a hard time.

       threadX.requestlist.exceeded
              Queries that were dropped because the  request  list  was  full.
              This  happens  if  a flood of queries need recursive processing,
              and the server can not keep up.

       threadX.requestlist.current.all
              Current size of the request list, includes internally  generated
              queries (such as priming queries and glue lookups).

       threadX.requestlist.current.user
              Current  size of the request list, only the requests from client
              queries.

       threadX.recursion.time.avg
              Average time it took to answer  queries  that  needed  recursive
              processing.  Note that queries that were answered from the cache
              are not in this average.

       threadX.recursion.time.median
              The median of the time it took to  answer  queries  that  needed
              recursive  processing.   The  median  means that 50% of the user
              queries were answered in less than this time.   Because  of  big
              outliers  (usually  queries  to  non  responsive  servers),  the
              average can be bigger than the median.   This  median  has  been
              calculated by interpolation from a histogram.

       total.num.queries
              summed over threads.

       total.num.cachehits
              summed over threads.

       total.num.cachemiss
              summed over threads.

       total.num.prefetch
              summed over threads.

       total.num.recursivereplies
              summed over threads.

       total.requestlist.avg
              averaged over threads.

       total.requestlist.max
              the maximum of the thread requestlist.max values.

       total.requestlist.overwritten
              summed over threads.

       total.requestlist.exceeded
              summed over threads.

       total.requestlist.current.all
              summed over threads.

       total.recursion.time.median
              averaged over threads.

       time.now
              current time in seconds since 1970.

       time.up
              uptime since server boot in seconds.

       time.elapsed
              time since last statistics printout, in seconds.

EXTENDED STATISTICS

       mem.total.sbrk
              If  sbrk(2)  is  available,  an estimate of the heap size of the
              program in number of bytes. Close to the total  memory  used  by
              the  program,  as reported by top and ps.  Could be wrong if the
              OS allocates memory non-contiguously.

       mem.cache.rrset
              Memory in bytes in use by the RRset cache.

       mem.cache.message
              Memory in bytes in use by the message cache.

       mem.mod.iterator
              Memory in bytes in use by the iterator module.

       mem.mod.validator
              Memory in bytes in use by the validator module. Includes the key
              cache and negative cache.

       histogram.<sec>.<usec>.to.<sec>.<usec>
              Shows a histogram, summed over all threads. Every element counts
              the recursive queries whose reply time fit between the lower and
              upper  bound.   Times  larger  or  equal  to the lowerbound, and
              smaller than the upper bound.  There are 40 buckets, with bucket
              sizes doubling.

       num.query.type.A
              The  total number of queries over all threads with query type A.
              Printed for the other query types as  well,  but  only  for  the
              types  for  which  queries  were  received,  thus =0 entries are
              omitted for brevity.

       num.query.type.other
              Number of queries with query types 256-65535.

       num.query.class.IN
              The total number of queries over all threads with query class IN
              (internet).   Also printed for other classes (such as CH (CHAOS)
              sometimes used for debugging), or NONE,  ANY,  used  by  dynamic
              update.  num.query.class.other is printed for classes 256-65535.

       num.query.opcode.QUERY
              The total number of queries over all threads with  query  opcode
              QUERY.  Also printed for other opcodes, UPDATE, ...

       num.query.tcp
              Number  of  queries that were made using TCP towards the unbound
              server.

       num.query.ipv6
              Number of queries that were made using IPv6 towards the  unbound
              server.

       num.query.flags.RD
              The  number  of  queries that had the RD flag set in the header.
              Also printed for flags QR, AA, TC, RA, Z,  AD,  CD.   Note  that
              queries  with  flags QR, AA or TC may have been rejected because
              of that.

       num.query.edns.present
              number of queries that had an EDNS OPT record present.

       num.query.edns.DO
              number of queries that had  an  EDNS  OPT  record  with  the  DO
              (DNSSEC  OK)  bit  set.   These queries are also included in the
              num.query.edns.present number.

       num.answer.rcode.NXDOMAIN
              The number of answers to queries, from cache or from  recursion,
              that  had  the  return code NXDOMAIN. Also printed for the other
              return codes.

       num.answer.rcode.nodata
              The number of answers to queries that had the pseudo return code
              nodata.   This  means  the  actual  return code was NOERROR, but
              additionally, no data was carried in the answer (making what  is
              called   a  NOERROR/NODATA  answer).   These  queries  are  also
              included in the  num.answer.rcode.NOERROR  number.   Common  for
              AAAA lookups when an A record exists, and no AAAA.

       num.answer.secure
              Number  of  answers  that  were  secure.   The  answer validated
              correctly.  The AD bit might have been  set  in  some  of  these
              answers,  where  the  client signalled (with DO or AD bit in the
              query) that they were ready to accept the AD bit in the  answer.

       num.answer.bogus
              Number  of  answers  that were bogus.  These answers resulted in
              SERVFAIL to the client because the answer failed validation.

       num.rrset.bogus
              The number of rrsets marked bogus by the  validator.   Increased
              for every RRset inspection that fails.

       unwanted.queries
              Number  of  queries  that  were  refused or dropped because they
              failed the access control settings.

       unwanted.replies
              Replies that were unwanted  or  unsolicited.   Could  have  been
              random  traffic, delayed duplicates, very late answers, or could
              be spoofing attempts.   Some  low  level  of  late  answers  and
              delayed  duplicates  are  to  be expected with the UDP protocol.
              Very high values could indicate a threat (spoofing).

FILES

       /etc/unbound/unbound.conf
              unbound configuration file.

       /etc/unbound
              directory   with   private    keys    (unbound_server.key    and
              unbound_control.key)      and      self-signed      certificates
              (unbound_server.pem and unbound_control.pem).

SEE ALSO

       unbound.conf(5), unbound(8).