Status and Management Queries
SproutDNS serves a few special values, for status and performance monitoring. These are queried as CHAOS class TXT records at special hostnames
Version
dig @127.0.0.1 bind.version ch txt
returns a string identifying the server and it's version.
License
dig @127.0.0.1 sproutdns.license ch txt
will return the license in use by the running server, including expiration date.
Performance
dig @127.0.0.1 sproutdns.querycount ch txt
returns the server start time and the number of DNS queries served since then.
Reload
SproutDNS will reload its zone file when it receives a SIGINT signal, or when it receives a DNS notify packet for any zone.
Last modified: 23 July 2024