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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