NAME

       ixfrdist.yml - The ixfrdist configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       ixfrdist.yml

DESCRIPTION

       ixfrdist  reads  its  configuration  from  a  YAML  file.  By default, this file is called
       ixfrdist.yml and is read from the directory configured as  SYSCONFDIR  when  building  the
       software.  This directory is usually one of /etc/pdns, /etc/powerdns.  Run ixfrdist --help
       to see the default.

EXAMPLE

          listen:
            - 192.0.2.2
            - '[2001:DB8:ABCD::2]:5300'
            - 127.0.0.1

          acl:
            - 127.0.0.1
            - '192.0.2.0/24'
            - '2001:DB8:ABCD:1234::/64'

          work-dir: /var/lib/ixfrdist

          uid: ixfrdist
          gid: ixfrdist

          domains:
            - domain: example.com
              master: 192.0.2.18:5301
            - domain: example.net
              master: 2001:DB8:ABCD::2

OPTIONS

       listen The list of addresses to listen on.  ixfrdist listens on both TCP and UDP.  When no
              port  is  specified,  53 is used. When specifying ports for IPv6, use the "bracket"
              notation.  By default, ixfrdist listens on 127.0.0.1:53 and [::1]:53.

       acl    A list of netmasks that are allowed to query ixfrdist and request AXFRs  and  IXFRs
              Entries without a netmask will be interpreted as a single address.  By default, the
              ACL is set is 127.0.0.0/8 and ::1/128.

       axfr-max-records
              Maximum number of records allowed in an AXFR  transaction  requested  by  ixfrdist.
              This  may prevent untrusted sources from using all the process memory.  By default,
              this setting is 0, which means "unlimited".

       axfr-timeout
              Timeout in seconds an AXFR transaction requested by ixfrdist  may  take.   Increase
              this  when the network to the authoritative servers is slow or the domains are very
              large and you experience timeouts.  Defaults to 20.

       failed-soa-retry
              Time in seconds between retries  of  the  SOA  query  for  a  zone  we  have  never
              transferred. Defaults to 30.

       compress
              Whether  record  compression  should  be enabled, leading to smaller answers at the
              cost of an increased CPU and memory usage.  Defaults to false.

       work-dir
              The directory where the domain data is stored.  When not set, the  current  working
              directory   is   used.    This  working  directory  has  the  following  structure:
              work-dir/ZONE/SERIAL,  e.g.   work-dir/rpz.example./2018011902.    It   is   highly
              recommended  to  set  this  option,  as  the current working directory might change
              between invocations.  This directory  must  be  writable  for  the  user  or  group
              ixfrdist runs as.

       keep   Amount  of  older copies/IXFR diffs to keep for every domain.  This is set to 20 by
              default.

       tcp-in-threads
              Number of threads to spawn for TCP connections (AXFRs) from downstream hosts.  This
              limits the number of concurrent AXFRs to clients.  Set to 10 by default.

       gid    Group  name  or  numeric ID to drop privileges to after binding the listen sockets.
              By default, ixfrdist runs as the user that started the process.

       uid    User name or numeric ID to drop privileges to after binding the listen sockets.  By
              default, ixfrdist runs as the user that started the process.

       domains
              A list of domains to redistribute.  This option is mandatory.

              domain The domain name to transfer from the master.  Mandatory.

              master IP address of the server to transfer this domain from.  Mandatory.

       webserver-address
              IP  address to listen on for the built-in webserver.  When not set, no webserver is
              started.

       webserver-acl
              A list of networks that are allowed to  access  the  ixfrdist  webserver.   Entries
              without  a  netmask will be interpreted as a single address.  By default, this list
              is set to 127.0.0.0/8 and ::1/128.

       webserver-loglevel
              How much the webserver should log: 'none', 'normal' or 'detailed'.   When  logging,
              each  log-line  contains the UUID of the request, this allows finding errors caused
              by certain requests.  With 'none', nothing  is  logged  except  for  errors.   With
              'normal'  (the  default), one line per request is logged in the style of the common
              log format:

                 [NOTICE] [webserver] 46326eef-b3ba-4455-8e76-15ec73879aa3 127.0.0.1:57566 "GET /metrics HTTP/1.1" 200 1846

              with 'detailed', the full requests and responses  (including  headers)  are  logged
              along with the regular log-line from 'normal'.

SEE ALSO

       ixfrdist(1)

AUTHOR

       PowerDNS.COM BV

COPYRIGHT

       2001-2022, PowerDNS.COM BV

                                           Jul 12, 2022                           IXFRDIST.YML(5)