Ubuntu Manpage: unbound-anchor - Unbound anchor utility.

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NAME

       unbound-anchor - Unbound anchor utility.

SYNOPSIS

       unbound-anchor [opts]

DESCRIPTION

Unbound-anchor performs setup or update of the root trust anchor for DNSSEC validation. The program
fetches the trust anchor with the method from RFC7958 when regular RFC5011 update fails to bring it up to
date. It can be run (as root) from the commandline, or run as part of startup scripts. Before you start
the unbound(8) DNS server.

Suggested usage:

# in the init scripts.
# provide or update the root anchor (if necessary)
unbound-anchor -a "/var/lib/unbound/root.key"
# Please note usage of this root anchor is at your own risk
# and under the terms of our LICENSE (see source).
#
# start validating resolver
# the unbound.conf contains:
# auto-trust-anchor-file: "/var/lib/unbound/root.key"
unbound -c unbound.conf

This tool provides builtin default contents for the root anchor and root update certificate files.

It tests if the root anchor file works, and if not, and an update is possible, attempts to update the
root anchor using the root update certificate. It performs a https fetch of root-anchors.xml and checks
the results (RFC7958), if all checks are successful, it updates the root anchor file. Otherwise the root
anchor file is unchanged. It performs RFC5011 tracking if the DNSSEC information available via the DNS
makes that possible.

It does not perform an update if the certificate is expired, if the network is down or other errors
occur.

The available options are:

-a file
The root anchor key file, that is read in and written out. Default is /var/lib/unbound/root.key.
If the file does not exist, or is empty, a builtin root key is written to it.

-c file
The root update certificate file, that is read in. Default is /etc/unbound/icannbundle.pem. If
the file does not exist, or is empty, a builtin certificate is used.

-l List the builtin root key and builtin root update certificate on stdout.

-u name
The server name, it connects to https://name. Specify without https:// prefix. The default is
"data.iana.org". It connects to the port specified with -P. You can pass an IPv4 address or IPv6
address (no brackets) if you want.

-x path
The pathname to the root-anchors.xml file on the server. (forms URL with -u). The default is
/root-anchors/root-anchors.xml.

-s path
The pathname to the root-anchors.p7s file on the server. (forms URL with -u). The default is
/root-anchors/root-anchors.p7s. This file has to be a PKCS7 signature over the xml file, using
the pem file (-c) as trust anchor.

-n name
The emailAddress for the Subject of the signer's certificate from the p7s signature file. Only
signatures from this name are allowed. default is dnssec@iana.org. If you pass "" then the
emailAddress is not checked.

-4 Use IPv4 for domain resolution and contacting the server on https. Default is to use IPv4 and
IPv6 where appropriate.

-6 Use IPv6 for domain resolution and contacting the server on https. Default is to use IPv4 and
IPv6 where appropriate.

-f resolv.conf
Use the given resolv.conf file. Not enabled by default, but you could try to pass
/etc/resolv.conf on some systems. It contains the IP addresses of the recursive nameservers to
use. However, since this tool could be used to bootstrap that very recursive nameserver, it would
not be useful (since that server is not up yet, since we are bootstrapping it). It could be
useful in a situation where you know an upstream cache is deployed (and running) and in captive
portal situations.

-r root.hints
Use the given root.hints file (same syntax as the BIND and Unbound root hints file) to bootstrap
domain resolution. By default a list of builtin root hints is used. Unbound-anchor goes to the
network itself for these roots, to resolve the server (-u option) and to check the root DNSKEY
records. It does so, because the tool when used for bootstrapping the recursive resolver, cannot
use that recursive resolver itself because it is bootstrapping that server.

-R Allow fallback from -f resolv.conf file to direct root servers query. It allows you to prefer
local resolvers, but fallback automatically to direct root query if they do not respond or do not
support DNSSEC.

-v More verbose. Once prints informational messages, multiple times may enable large debug amounts
(such as full certificates or byte-dumps of downloaded files). By default it prints almost
nothing. It also prints nothing on errors by default; in that case the original root anchor file
is simply left undisturbed, so that a recursive server can start right after it.

-C unbound.conf
Debug option to read unbound.conf into the resolver process used.

-P port
Set the port number to use for the https connection. The default is 443.

-F Debug option to force update of the root anchor through downloading the xml file and verifying it
with the certificate. By default it first tries to update by contacting the DNS, which uses much
less bandwidth, is much faster (200 msec not 2 sec), and is nicer to the deployed infrastructure.
With this option, it still attempts to do so (and may verbosely tell you), but then ignores the
result and goes on to use the xml fallback method.

-h Show the version and commandline option help.

EXIT CODE

       This tool exits with value 1 if the root anchor was updated using the certificate or if the builtin root-
       anchor  was  used.   It  exits  with  code  0 if no update was necessary, if the update was possible with
       RFC5011 tracking, or if an error occurred.

       You can check the exit value in this manner:
            unbound-anchor -a "root.key" || logger "Please check root.key"
       Or something more suitable for your operational environment.

TRUST

       The root keys and update certificate included in this tool are provided for  convenience  and  under  the
       terms    of    our    license    (see    the    LICENSE    file    in    the   source   distribution   or
       http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/svn/trunk/LICENSE) and might be stale or not suitable to your purpose.

       By running "unbound-anchor -l" the  keys and certificate that are configured in the code are printed  for
       your convenience.

       The build-in configuration can be overridden by providing a root-cert file and a rootkey file.

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