NAME

       ixplore - A tool that provides insights into IXFRs

SYNOPSIS

       ixplore COMMAND COMMAND_OPT...

       ixplore diff ZONE BEFORE AFTER

       ixplore track IP ADDRESS PORT ZONE DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION

       ixplore is a tool to work with IXFR (incremental zonetransfers) in two modes (specified by
       COMMAND): diff or track.

       In the 'diff' mode, it will show a diff(1)-like output between BEFORE and AFTER.

       In the 'track' mode, ixplore consumes IXFRs from  IP  ADDRESS  and  writes  the  resulting
       zonefiles  out  to  DIRECTORY/ZONE-serial.  If no initial zonefiles exist, an initial AXFR
       will be done first. ixplore will then check the SOA serial on IP ADDRESS  for  ZONE  every
       SOA Refresh seconds and perform an IXFR if the serial has increased.

OPTIONS

DIFF-MODE

       ZONE   The name of the zone the IXFRs are consumed from.

       BEFORE Path to the 'before' zonefile.

       AFYER  Path to the 'after' zonefile.

TRACK-MODE

       IP ADDRESS
              The IP address to consume IXFRs from.

       PORT   The port to use on IP ADDRESS.

       ZONE   Name of the zone to track changes of.

       DIRECTORY
              Directory where the zonefiles will be stored.

SEE ALSO

       diff(1)

AUTHOR

       PowerDNS.COM BV

COPYRIGHT

       2001-2023, PowerDNS.COM BV

                                           Jul 07, 2023                                IXPLORE(1)