                                 BIND 10 Guide

Administrator Reference for BIND 10

   This is the reference guide for BIND 10 version 20110809.

   Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.

   Abstract

   BIND 10 is a Domain Name System (DNS) suite managed by Internet Systems
   Consortium (ISC). It includes DNS libraries and modular components for
   controlling authoritative and recursive DNS servers.

   This is the reference guide for BIND 10 version 20110809. The most
   up-to-date version of this document (in PDF, HTML, and plain text
   formats), along with other documents for BIND 10, can be found at
   http://bind10.isc.org/docs.

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   Table of Contents

   1. Introduction

                Supported Platforms

                Required Software

                Starting and Stopping the Server

                Managing BIND 10

   2. Installation

                Building Requirements

                Quick start

                Installation from source

                             Download Tar File

                             Retrieve from Git

                             Configure before the build

                             Build

                             Install

                             Install Hierarchy

   3. Starting BIND10 with bind10

                Starting BIND 10

   4. Command channel

   5. Configuration manager

   6. Remote control daemon

                Configuration specification for b10-cmdctl

   7. Control and configure user interface

   8. Authoritative Server

                Server Configurations

                Data Source Backends

                Loading Master Zones Files

   9. Incoming Zone Transfers

                Configuration for Incoming Zone Transfers

                Enabling IXFR

                Trigger an Incoming Zone Transfer Manually

   10. Outbound Zone Transfers

   11. Secondary Manager

   12. Recursive Name Server

                Access Control

                Forwarding

   13. Statistics

   14. Logging

                Logging configuration

                             Loggers

                             Output Options

                             Example session

                Logging Message Format

Chapter 1. Introduction

   Table of Contents

   Supported Platforms

   Required Software

   Starting and Stopping the Server

   Managing BIND 10

   BIND is the popular implementation of a DNS server, developer interfaces,
   and DNS tools. BIND 10 is a rewrite of BIND 9. BIND 10 is written in C++
   and Python and provides a modular environment for serving and maintaining
   DNS.

  Note

   This guide covers the experimental prototype of BIND 10 version 20110809.

  Note

   BIND 10 provides a EDNS0- and DNSSEC-capable authoritative DNS server and
   a caching recursive name server which also provides forwarding.

Supported Platforms

   BIND 10 builds have been tested on Debian GNU/Linux 5, Ubuntu 9.10, NetBSD
   5, Solaris 10, FreeBSD 7 and 8, and CentOS Linux 5.3. It has been tested
   on Sparc, i386, and amd64 hardware platforms. It is planned for BIND 10 to
   build, install and run on Windows and standard Unix-type platforms.

Required Software

   BIND 10 requires Python 3.1. Later versions may work, but Python 3.1 is
   the minimum version which will work.

   BIND 10 uses the Botan crypto library for C++. It requires at least Botan
   version 1.8.

   BIND 10 uses the log4cplus C++ logging library. It requires at least
   log4cplus version 1.0.3.

   The authoritative server requires SQLite 3.3.9 or newer. The b10-xfrin,
   b10-xfrout, and b10-zonemgr modules require the libpython3 library and the
   Python _sqlite3.so module.

  Note

   Some operating systems do not provide these dependencies in their default
   installation nor standard packages collections. You may need to install
   them separately.

Starting and Stopping the Server

   BIND 10 is modular. Part of this modularity is accomplished using multiple
   cooperating processes which, together, provide the server functionality.
   This is a change from the previous generation of BIND software, which used
   a single process.

   At first, running many different processes may seem confusing. However,
   these processes are started, stopped, and maintained by a single command,
   bind10. This command starts a master process which will start other
   processes as needed. The processes started by the bind10 command have
   names starting with "b10-", including:

     o b10-msgq -- Message bus daemon. This process coordinates communication
       between all of the other BIND 10 processes.
     o b10-auth -- Authoritative DNS server. This process serves DNS
       requests.
     o b10-cfgmgr -- Configuration manager. This process maintains all of the
       configuration for BIND 10.
     o b10-cmdctl -- Command and control service. This process allows
       external control of the BIND 10 system.
     o b10-resolver -- Recursive name server. This process handles incoming
       queries.
     o b10-stats -- Statistics collection daemon. This process collects and
       reports statistics data.
     o b10-xfrin -- Incoming zone transfer service. This process is used to
       transfer a new copy of a zone into BIND 10, when acting as a secondary
       server.
     o b10-xfrout -- Outgoing zone transfer service. This process is used to
       handle transfer requests to send a local zone to a remote secondary
       server, when acting as a master server.
     o b10-zonemgr -- Secondary manager. This process keeps track of timers
       and other necessary information for BIND 10 to act as a slave server.

   These are ran automatically by bind10 and do not need to be run manually.

Managing BIND 10

   Once BIND 10 is running, a few commands are used to interact directly with
   the system:

     o bindctl -- interactive administration interface. This is a
       command-line tool which allows an administrator to control BIND 10.
     o b10-loadzone -- zone file loader. This tool will load standard
       masterfile-format zone files into BIND 10.
     o b10-cmdctl-usermgr -- user access control. This tool allows an
       administrator to authorize additional users to manage BIND 10.

   The tools and modules are covered in full detail in this guide. In
   addition, manual pages are also provided in the default installation.

   BIND 10 also provides libraries and programmer interfaces for C++ and
   Python for the message bus, configuration backend, and, of course, DNS.
   These include detailed developer documentation and code examples.

Chapter 2. Installation

   Table of Contents

   Building Requirements

   Quick start

   Installation from source

                Download Tar File

                Retrieve from Git

                Configure before the build

                Build

                Install

                Install Hierarchy

Building Requirements

   In addition to the run-time requirements, building BIND 10 from source
   code requires various development include headers.

  Note

   Some operating systems have split their distribution packages into a
   run-time and a development package. You will need to install the
   development package versions, which include header files and libraries, to
   build BIND 10 from source code.

   Building from source code requires the Boost build-time headers. At least
   Boost version 1.35 is required.

   To build BIND 10, also install the Botan (at least version 1.8) and the
   log4cplus (at least version 1.0.3) development include headers.

   The Python Library and Python _sqlite3 module are required to enable the
   Xfrout and Xfrin support.

  Note

   The Python related libraries and modules need to be built for Python 3.1.

   Building BIND 10 also requires a C++ compiler and standard development
   headers, make, and pkg-config. BIND 10 builds have been tested with GCC
   g++ 3.4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.3.2, and 4.4.1; Clang++ 2.8; and Sun C++
   5.10.

Quick start

  Note

   This quickly covers the standard steps for installing and deploying BIND
   10 as an authoritative name server using its defaults. For
   troubleshooting, full customizations and further details, see the
   respective chapters in the BIND 10 guide.

   To quickly get started with BIND 10, follow these steps.

    1. Install required build dependencies.
    2. Download the BIND 10 source tar file from
       ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind10/.
    3. Extract the tar file:

 $ gzcat bind10-VERSION.tar.gz | tar -xvf -

    4. Go into the source and run configure:

 $ cd bind10-VERSION
   $ ./configure

    5. Build it:

 $ make

    6. Install it (to default /usr/local):

 $ make install

    7. Start the server:

 $ /usr/local/sbin/bind10

    8. Test it; for example:

 $ dig @127.0.0.1 -c CH -t TXT authors.bind

    9. Load desired zone file(s), for example:

 $ b10-loadzone your.zone.example.org

   10. Test the new zone.

Installation from source

   BIND 10 is open source software written in C++ and Python. It is freely
   available in source code form from ISC via the Git code revision control
   system or as a downloadable tar file. It may also be available in
   pre-compiled ready-to-use packages from operating system vendors.

  Download Tar File

   Downloading a release tar file is the recommended method to obtain the
   source code.

   The BIND 10 releases are available as tar file downloads from
   ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind10/. Periodic development snapshots may also be
   available.

  Retrieve from Git

   Downloading this "bleeding edge" code is recommended only for developers
   or advanced users. Using development code in a production environment is
   not recommended.

  Note

   When using source code retrieved via Git additional software will be
   required: automake (v1.11 or newer), libtoolize, and autoconf (2.59 or
   newer). These may need to be installed.

   The latest development code, including temporary experiments and
   un-reviewed code, is available via the BIND 10 code revision control
   system. This is powered by Git and all the BIND 10 development is public.
   The leading development is done in the "master".

   The code can be checked out from git://bind10.isc.org/bind10; for example:

 $ git clone git://bind10.isc.org/bind10

   When checking out the code from the code version control system, it
   doesn't include the generated configure script, Makefile.in files, nor the
   related configure files. They can be created by running autoreconf with
   the --install switch. This will run autoconf, aclocal, libtoolize,
   autoheader, automake, and related commands.

  Configure before the build

   BIND 10 uses the GNU Build System to discover build environment details.
   To generate the makefiles using the defaults, simply run:

 $ ./configure

   Run ./configure with the --help switch to view the different options. The
   commonly-used options are:

   --prefix
           Define the installation location (the default is /usr/local/).

   --with-boost-include
           Define the path to find the Boost headers.

   --with-pythonpath
           Define the path to Python 3.1 if it is not in the standard
           execution path.

   --with-gtest
           Enable building the C++ Unit Tests using the Google Tests
           framework. Optionally this can define the path to the gtest header
           files and library.

   For example, the following configures it to find the Boost headers, find
   the Python interpreter, and sets the installation location:

 $ ./configure \
       --with-boost-include=/usr/pkg/include \
       --with-pythonpath=/usr/pkg/bin/python3.1 \
       --prefix=/opt/bind10

   If the configure fails, it may be due to missing or old dependencies.

  Build

   After the configure step is complete, to build the executables from the
   C++ code and prepare the Python scripts, run:

 $ make

  Install

   To install the BIND 10 executables, support files, and documentation, run:

 $ make install

  Note

   The install step may require superuser privileges.

  Install Hierarchy

   The following is the layout of the complete BIND 10 installation:

     o bin/ -- general tools and diagnostic clients.
     o etc/bind10-devel/ -- configuration files.
     o lib/ -- libraries and python modules.
     o libexec/bind10-devel/ -- executables that a user wouldn't normally run
       directly and are not run independently. These are the BIND 10 modules
       which are daemons started by the bind10 tool.
     o sbin/ -- commands used by the system administrator.
     o share/bind10-devel/ -- configuration specifications.
     o share/man/ -- manual pages (online documentation).
     o var/bind10-devel/ -- data source and configuration databases.

Chapter 3. Starting BIND10 with bind10

   Table of Contents

   Starting BIND 10

   BIND 10 provides the bind10 command which starts up the required
   processes. bind10 will also restart processes that exit unexpectedly. This
   is the only command needed to start the BIND 10 system.

   After starting the b10-msgq communications channel, bind10 connects to it,
   runs the configuration manager, and reads its own configuration. Then it
   starts the other modules.

   The b10-msgq and b10-cfgmgr services make up the core. The b10-msgq daemon
   provides the communication channel between every part of the system. The
   b10-cfgmgr daemon is always needed by every module, if only to send
   information about themselves somewhere, but more importantly to ask about
   their own settings, and about other modules. The bind10 master process
   will also start up b10-cmdctl for admins to communicate with the system,
   b10-auth for authoritative DNS service or b10-resolver for recursive name
   service, b10-stats for statistics collection, b10-xfrin for inbound DNS
   zone transfers, b10-xfrout for outbound DNS zone transfers, and
   b10-zonemgr for secondary service.

Starting BIND 10

   To start the BIND 10 service, simply run bind10. Run it with the --verbose
   switch to get additional debugging or diagnostic output.

  Note

   If the setproctitle Python module is detected at start up, the process
   names for the Python-based daemons will be renamed to better identify them
   instead of just "python". This is not needed on some operating systems.

Chapter 4. Command channel

   The BIND 10 components use the b10-msgq message routing daemon to
   communicate with other BIND 10 components. The b10-msgq implements what is
   called the "Command Channel". Processes intercommunicate by sending
   messages on the command channel. Example messages include shutdown, get
   configurations, and set configurations. This Command Channel is not used
   for DNS message passing. It is used only to control and monitor the BIND
   10 system.

   Administrators do not communicate directly with the b10-msgq daemon. By
   default, BIND 10 uses port 9912 for the b10-msgq service. It listens on
   127.0.0.1.

Chapter 5. Configuration manager

   The configuration manager, b10-cfgmgr, handles all BIND 10 system
   configuration. It provides persistent storage for configuration, and
   notifies running modules of configuration changes.

   The b10-auth and b10-xfrin daemons and other components receive their
   configurations from the configuration manager over the b10-msgq command
   channel.

   The administrator doesn't connect to it directly, but uses a user
   interface to communicate with the configuration manager via b10-cmdctl's
   REST-ful interface. b10-cmdctl is covered in Chapter 6, Remote control
   daemon.

  Note

   The development prototype release only provides the bindctl as a user
   interface to b10-cmdctl. Upcoming releases will provide another
   interactive command-line interface and a web-based interface.

   The b10-cfgmgr daemon can send all specifications and all current settings
   to the bindctl client (via b10-cmdctl).

   b10-cfgmgr relays configurations received from b10-cmdctl to the
   appropriate modules.

   The stored configuration file is at
   /usr/local/var/bind10-devel/b10-config.db. (The full path is what was
   defined at build configure time for --localstatedir. The default is
   /usr/local/var/.) The format is loosely based on JSON and is directly
   parseable python, but this may change in a future version. This
   configuration data file is not manually edited by the administrator.

   The configuration manager does not have any command line arguments.
   Normally it is not started manually, but is automatically started using
   the bind10 master process (as covered in Chapter 3, Starting BIND10 with
   bind10).

Chapter 6. Remote control daemon

   Table of Contents

   Configuration specification for b10-cmdctl

   b10-cmdctl is the gateway between administrators and the BIND 10 system.
   It is a HTTPS server that uses standard HTTP Digest Authentication for
   username and password validation. It provides a REST-ful interface for
   accessing and controlling BIND 10.

   When b10-cmdctl starts, it firsts asks b10-cfgmgr about what modules are
   running and what their configuration is (over the b10-msgq channel). Then
   it will start listening on HTTPS for clients -- the user interface -- such
   as bindctl.

   b10-cmdctl directly sends commands (received from the user interface) to
   the specified component. Configuration changes are actually commands to
   b10-cfgmgr so are sent there.

   The HTTPS server requires a private key, such as a RSA PRIVATE KEY. The
   default location is at /usr/local/etc/bind10-devel/cmdctl-keyfile.pem. (A
   sample key is at /usr/local/share/bind10-devel/cmdctl-keyfile.pem.) It
   also uses a certificate located at
   /usr/local/etc/bind10-devel/cmdctl-certfile.pem. (A sample certificate is
   at /usr/local/share/bind10-devel/cmdctl-certfile.pem.) This may be a
   self-signed certificate or purchased from a certification authority.

  Note

   The HTTPS server doesn't support a certificate request from a client (at
   this time). The b10-cmdctl daemon does not provide a public service. If
   any client wants to control BIND 10, then a certificate needs to be first
   received from the BIND 10 administrator. The BIND 10 installation provides
   a sample PEM bundle that matches the sample key and certificate.

   The b10-cmdctl daemon also requires the user account file located at
   /usr/local/etc/bind10-devel/cmdctl-accounts.csv. This comma-delimited file
   lists the accounts with a user name, hashed password, and salt. (A sample
   file is at /usr/local/share/bind10-devel/cmdctl-accounts.csv. It contains
   the user named "root" with the password "bind10".)

   The administrator may create a user account with the b10-cmdctl-usermgr
   tool.

   By default the HTTPS server listens on the localhost port 8080. The port
   can be set by using the --port command line option. The address to listen
   on can be set using the --address command line argument. Each HTTPS
   connection is stateless and timesout in 1200 seconds by default. This can
   be redefined by using the --idle-timeout command line argument.

Configuration specification for b10-cmdctl

   The configuration items for b10-cmdctl are: key_file cert_file
   accounts_file

   The control commands are: print_settings shutdown

Chapter 7. Control and configure user interface

  Note

   For this development prototype release, bindctl is the only user
   interface. It is expected that upcoming releases will provide another
   interactive command-line interface and a web-based interface for
   controlling and configuring BIND 10.

   The bindctl tool provides an interactive prompt for configuring,
   controlling, and querying the BIND 10 components. It communicates directly
   with a REST-ful interface over HTTPS provided by b10-cmdctl. It doesn't
   communicate to any other components directly.

   Configuration changes are actually commands to b10-cfgmgr. So when bindctl
   sends a configuration, it is sent to b10-cmdctl (over a HTTPS connection);
   then b10-cmdctl sends the command (over a b10-msgq command channel) to
   b10-cfgmgr which then stores the details and relays (over a b10-msgq
   command channel) the configuration on to the specified module.

Chapter 8. Authoritative Server

   Table of Contents

   Server Configurations

   Data Source Backends

   Loading Master Zones Files

   The b10-auth is the authoritative DNS server. It supports EDNS0 and
   DNSSEC. It supports IPv6. Normally it is started by the bind10 master
   process.

Server Configurations

   b10-auth is configured via the b10-cfgmgr configuration manager. The
   module name is "Auth". The configuration data item is:

   database_file
           This is an optional string to define the path to find the SQLite3
           database file. Note: Later the DNS server will use various data
           source backends. This may be a temporary setting until then.

   The configuration command is:

   shutdown
           Stop the authoritative DNS server.

Data Source Backends

  Note

   For the development prototype release, b10-auth supports a SQLite3 data
   source backend and in-memory data source backend. Upcoming versions will
   be able to use multiple different data sources, such as MySQL and Berkeley
   DB.

   By default, the SQLite3 backend uses the data file located at
   /usr/local/var/bind10-devel/zone.sqlite3. (The full path is what was
   defined at build configure time for --localstatedir. The default is
   /usr/local/var/.) This data file location may be changed by defining the
   "database_file" configuration.

Loading Master Zones Files

   RFC 1035 style DNS master zone files may imported into a BIND 10 data
   source by using the b10-loadzone utility.

   b10-loadzone supports the following special directives (control entries):

   $INCLUDE
           Loads an additional zone file. This may be recursive.

   $ORIGIN
           Defines the relative domain name.

   $TTL
           Defines the time-to-live value used for following records that
           don't include a TTL.

   The -o argument may be used to define the default origin for loaded zone
   file records.

  Note

   In the development prototype release, only the SQLite3 back end is used.
   By default, it stores the zone data in
   /usr/local/var/bind10-devel/zone.sqlite3 unless the -d switch is used to
   set the database filename. Multiple zones are stored in a single SQLite3
   zone database.

   If you reload a zone already existing in the database, all records from
   that prior zone disappear and a whole new set appears.

Chapter 9. Incoming Zone Transfers

   Table of Contents

   Configuration for Incoming Zone Transfers

   Enabling IXFR

   Trigger an Incoming Zone Transfer Manually

   Incoming zones are transferred using the b10-xfrin process which is
   started by bind10. When received, the zone is stored in the corresponding
   BIND 10 data source, and its records can be served by b10-auth. In
   combination with b10-zonemgr (for automated SOA checks), this allows the
   BIND 10 server to provide "secondary" service.

   The b10-xfrin process supports both AXFR and IXFR. Due to some
   implementation limitations of the current development release, however, it
   only tries AXFR by default, and care should be taken to enable IXFR.

  Note

   In the current development release of BIND 10, incoming zone transfers are
   only available for SQLite3-based data sources, that is, they don't work
   for an in-memory data source.

Configuration for Incoming Zone Transfers

   In practice, you need to specify a list of secondary zones to enable
   incoming zone transfers for these zones (you can still trigger a zone
   transfer manually, without a prior configuration (see below)).

   For example, to enable zone transfers for a zone named "example.com"
   (whose master address is assumed to be 2001:db8::53 here), run the
   following at the bindctl prompt:

 > config add Xfrin/zones
 > config set Xfrin/zones[0]/name "example.com"
 > config set Xfrin/zones[0]/master_addr "2001:db8::53"
 > config commit

   (We assume there has been no zone configuration before).

Enabling IXFR

   As noted above, b10-xfrin uses AXFR for zone transfers by default. To
   enable IXFR for zone transfers for a particular zone, set the use_ixfr
   configuration parameter to true. In the above example of configuration
   sequence, you'll need to add the following before performing commit:

 > config set Xfrin/zones[0]/use_ixfr true

  Note

   One reason why IXFR is disabled by default in the current release is
   because it does not support automatic fallback from IXFR to AXFR when it
   encounters a primary server that doesn't support outbound IXFR (and, not
   many existing implementations support it). Another, related reason is that
   it does not use AXFR even if it has no knowledge about the zone (like at
   the very first time the secondary server is set up). IXFR requires the
   "current version" of the zone, so obviously it doesn't work in this
   situation and AXFR is the only workable choice. The current release of
   b10-xfrin does not make this selection automatically. These features will
   be implemented in a near future version, at which point we will enable
   IXFR by default.

Trigger an Incoming Zone Transfer Manually

   To manually trigger a zone transfer to retrieve a remote zone, you may use
   the bindctl utility. For example, at the bindctl prompt run:

 > Xfrin retransfer zone_name="foo.example.org" master=192.0.2.99

Chapter 10. Outbound Zone Transfers

   The b10-xfrout process is started by bind10. When the b10-auth
   authoritative DNS server receives an AXFR request, b10-xfrout sends the
   zone. This is used to provide master DNS service to share zones to
   secondary name servers. The b10-xfrout is also used to send NOTIFY
   messages to slaves.

  Note

   The current development release of BIND 10 only supports AXFR. (IXFR is
   not supported.) Access control is not yet provided.

Chapter 11. Secondary Manager

   The b10-zonemgr process is started by bind10. It keeps track of SOA
   refresh, retry, and expire timers and other details for BIND 10 to perform
   as a slave. When the b10-auth authoritative DNS server receives a NOTIFY
   message, b10-zonemgr may tell b10-xfrin to do a refresh to start an
   inbound zone transfer. The secondary manager resets its counters when a
   new zone is transferred in.

  Note

   Access control (such as allowing notifies) is not yet provided. The
   primary/secondary service is not yet complete.

Chapter 12. Recursive Name Server

   Table of Contents

   Access Control

   Forwarding

   The b10-resolver process is started by bind10.

   The main bind10 process can be configured to select to run either the
   authoritative or resolver or both. By default, it starts the authoritative
   service. You may change this using bindctl, for example:

 > config set Boss/start_auth false
 > config set Boss/start_resolver true
 > config commit

   The master bind10 will stop and start the desired services.

   By default, the resolver listens on port 53 for 127.0.0.1 and ::1. The
   following example shows how it can be configured to listen on an
   additional address (and port):

 > config add Resolver/listen_on
 > config set Resolver/listen_on[2]/address "192.168.1.1"
 > config set Resolver/listen_on[2]/port 53
 > config commit

   (Replace the "2" as needed; run "config show Resolver/listen_on" if
   needed.)

Access Control

   By default, the b10-resolver daemon only accepts DNS queries from the
   localhost (127.0.0.1 and ::1). The Resolver/query_acl configuration may be
   used to reject, drop, or allow specific IPs or networks. This
   configuration list is first match.

   The configuration's action item may be set to "ACCEPT" to allow the
   incoming query, "REJECT" to respond with a DNS REFUSED return code, or
   "DROP" to ignore the query without any response (such as a blackhole). For
   more information, see the respective debugging messages:
   RESOLVER_QUERY_ACCEPTED, RESOLVER_QUERY_REJECTED, and
   RESOLVER_QUERY_DROPPED.

   The required configuration's from item is set to an IPv4 or IPv6 address,
   addresses with an network mask, or to the special lowercase keywords
   "any6" (for any IPv6 address) or "any4" (for any IPv4 address).

   For example to allow the 192.168.1.0/24 network to use your recursive name
   server, at the bindctl prompt run:

 > config add Resolver/query_acl
 > config set Resolver/query_acl[2]/action "ACCEPT"
 > config set Resolver/query_acl[2]/from "192.168.1.0/24"
 > config commit

   (Replace the "2" as needed; run "config show Resolver/query_acl" if
   needed.)

  Note

   This prototype access control configuration syntax may be changed.

Forwarding

   To enable forwarding, the upstream address and port must be configured to
   forward queries to, such as:

 > config set Resolver/forward_addresses [{ "address": "192.168.1.1", "port": 53 }]
 > config commit

   (Replace 192.168.1.1 to point to your full resolver.)

   Normal iterative name service can be re-enabled by clearing the forwarding
   address(es); for example:

 > config set Resolver/forward_addresses []
 > config commit

Chapter 13. Statistics

   The b10-stats process is started by bind10. It periodically collects
   statistics data from various modules and aggregates it.

   This stats daemon provides commands to identify if it is running, show
   specified or all statistics data, show specified or all statistics data
   schema, and set specified statistics data. For example, using bindctl:

 > Stats show
 {
     "Auth": {
         "queries.tcp": 1749,
         "queries.udp": 867868
     },
     "Boss": {
         "boot_time": "2011-01-20T16:59:03Z"
     },
     "Stats": {
         "boot_time": "2011-01-20T16:59:05Z",
         "last_update_time": "2011-01-20T17:04:05Z",
         "lname": "4d3869d9_a@jreed.example.net",
         "report_time": "2011-01-20T17:04:06Z",
         "timestamp": 1295543046.823504
     }
 }


Chapter 14. Logging

   Table of Contents

   Logging configuration

                Loggers

                Output Options

                Example session

   Logging Message Format

Logging configuration

   The logging system in BIND 10 is configured through the Logging module.
   All BIND 10 modules will look at the configuration in Logging to see what
   should be logged and to where.

  Loggers

   Within BIND 10, a message is logged through a component called a "logger".
   Different parts of BIND 10 log messages through different loggers, and
   each logger can be configured independently of one another.

   In the Logging module, you can specify the configuration for zero or more
   loggers; any that are not specified will take appropriate default values..

   The three most important elements of a logger configuration are the name
   (the component that is generating the messages), the severity (what to
   log), and the output_options (where to log).

    name (string)

   Each logger in the system has a name, the name being that of the component
   using it to log messages. For instance, if you want to configure logging
   for the resolver module, you add an entry for a logger named "Resolver".
   This configuration will then be used by the loggers in the Resolver
   module, and all the libraries used by it.

   If you want to specify logging for one specific library within the module,
   you set the name to module.library. For example, the logger used by the
   nameserver address store component has the full name of "Resolver.nsas".
   If there is no entry in Logging for a particular library, it will use the
   configuration given for the module.

   To illustrate this, suppose you want the cache library to log messages of
   severity DEBUG, and the rest of the resolver code to log messages of
   severity INFO. To achieve this you specify two loggers, one with the name
   "Resolver" and severity INFO, and one with the name "Resolver.cache" with
   severity DEBUG. As there are no entries for other libraries (e.g. the
   nsas), they will use the configuration for the module ("Resolver"), so
   giving the desired behavior.

   One special case is that of a module name of "*" (asterisks), which is
   interpreted as any module. You can set global logging options by using
   this, including setting the logging configuration for a library that is
   used by multiple modules (e.g. "*.config" specifies the configuration
   library code in whatever module is using it).

   If there are multiple logger specifications in the configuration that
   might match a particular logger, the specification with the more specific
   logger name takes precedence. For example, if there are entries for for
   both "*" and "Resolver", the resolver module -- and all libraries it uses
   -- will log messages according to the configuration in the second entry
   ("Resolver"). All other modules will use the configuration of the first
   entry ("*"). If there was also a configuration entry for "Resolver.cache",
   the cache library within the resolver would use that in preference to the
   entry for "Resolver".

   One final note about the naming. When specifying the module name within a
   logger, use the name of the module as specified in bindctl, e.g.
   "Resolver" for the resolver module, "Xfrout" for the xfrout module, etc.
   When the message is logged, the message will include the name of the
   logger generating the message, but with the module name replaced by the
   name of the process implementing the module (so for example, a message
   generated by the "Auth.cache" logger will appear in the output with a
   logger name of "b10-auth.cache").

    severity (string)

   This specifies the category of messages logged. Each message is logged
   with an associated severity which may be one of the following (in
   descending order of severity):

     o FATAL
     o ERROR
     o WARN
     o INFO
     o DEBUG

   When the severity of a logger is set to one of these values, it will only
   log messages of that severity, and the severities above it. The severity
   may also be set to NONE, in which case all messages from that logger are
   inhibited.

    output_options (list)

   Each logger can have zero or more output_options. These specify where log
   messages are sent to. These are explained in detail below.

   The other options for a logger are:

    debuglevel (integer)

   When a logger's severity is set to DEBUG, this value specifies what debug
   messages should be printed. It ranges from 0 (least verbose) to 99 (most
   verbose).

   If severity for the logger is not DEBUG, this value is ignored.

    additive (true or false)

   If this is true, the output_options from the parent will be used. For
   example, if there are two loggers configured; "Resolver" and
   "Resolver.cache", and additive is true in the second, it will write the
   log messages not only to the destinations specified for "Resolver.cache",
   but also to the destinations as specified in the output_options in the
   logger named "Resolver".

  Output Options

   The main settings for an output option are the destination and a value
   called output, the meaning of which depends on the destination that is
   set.

    destination (string)

   The destination is the type of output. It can be one of:

     o console
     o file
     o syslog

    output (string)

   Depending on what is set as the output destination, this value is
   interpreted as follows:

   destination is "console"
           The value of output must be one of "stdout" (messages printed to
           standard output) or "stderr" (messages printed to standard error).

   destination is "file"
           The value of output is interpreted as a file name; log messages
           will be appended to this file.

   destination is "syslog"
           The value of output is interpreted as the syslog facility (e.g.
           local0) that should be used for log messages.

   The other options for output_options are:

      flush (true of false)

   Flush buffers after each log message. Doing this will reduce performance
   but will ensure that if the program terminates abnormally, all messages up
   to the point of termination are output.

      maxsize (integer)

   Only relevant when destination is file, this is maximum file size of
   output files in bytes. When the maximum size is reached, the file is
   renamed and a new file opened. (For example, a ".1" is appended to the
   name -- if a ".1" file exists, it is renamed ".2", etc.)

   If this is 0, no maximum file size is used.

      maxver (integer)

   Maximum number of old log files to keep around when rolling the output
   file. Only relevant when destination is "file".

  Example session

   In this example we want to set the global logging to write to the file
   /var/log/my_bind10.log, at severity WARN. We want the authoritative server
   to log at DEBUG with debuglevel 40, to a different file
   (/tmp/debug_messages).

   Start bindctl.

 ["login success "]
 > config show Logging
 Logging/loggers []      list

   By default, no specific loggers are configured, in which case the severity
   defaults to INFO and the output is written to stderr.

   Let's first add a default logger:

 > config add Logging/loggers
 > config show Logging
 Logging/loggers/        list    (modified)

   The loggers value line changed to indicate that it is no longer an empty
   list:

 > config show Logging/loggers
 Logging/loggers[0]/name ""      string  (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/severity     "INFO"  string  (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/debuglevel   0       integer (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/additive     false   boolean (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options       []      list    (default)

   The name is mandatory, so we must set it. We will also change the severity
   as well. Let's start with the global logger.

 > config set Logging/loggers[0]/name *
 > config set Logging/loggers[0]/severity WARN
 > config show Logging/loggers
 Logging/loggers[0]/name "*"     string  (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/severity     "WARN"  string  (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/debuglevel   0       integer (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/additive     false   boolean (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options       []      list    (default)

   Of course, we need to specify where we want the log messages to go, so we
   add an entry for an output option.

 >  config add Logging/loggers[0]/output_options
 >  config show Logging/loggers[0]/output_options
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/destination        "console"       string  (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/output     "stdout"        string  (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/flush      false   boolean (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/maxsize    0       integer (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/maxver     0       integer (default)

   These aren't the values we are looking for.

 >  config set Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/destination file
 >  config set Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/output /var/log/bind10.log
 >  config set Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/maxsize 30000
 >  config set Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/maxver 8

   Which would make the entire configuration for this logger look like:

 >  config show all Logging/loggers
 Logging/loggers[0]/name "*"     string  (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/severity     "WARN"  string  (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/debuglevel   0       integer (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/additive     false   boolean (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/destination        "file"  string  (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/output     "/var/log/bind10.log"   string  (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/flush      false   boolean (default)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/maxsize    30000   integer (modified)
 Logging/loggers[0]/output_options[0]/maxver     8       integer (modified)

   That looks OK, so let's commit it before we add the configuration for the
   authoritative server's logger.

 >  config commit

   Now that we have set it, and checked each value along the way, adding a
   second entry is quite similar.

 >  config add Logging/loggers
 >  config set Logging/loggers[1]/name Auth
 >  config set Logging/loggers[1]/severity DEBUG
 >  config set Logging/loggers[1]/debuglevel 40
 >  config add Logging/loggers[1]/output_options
 >  config set Logging/loggers[1]/output_options[0]/destination file
 >  config set Logging/loggers[1]/output_options[0]/output /tmp/auth_debug.log
 >  config commit

   And that's it. Once we have found whatever it was we needed the debug
   messages for, we can simply remove the second logger to let the
   authoritative server use the same settings as the rest.

 >  config remove Logging/loggers[1]
 >  config commit

   And every module will now be using the values from the logger named "*".

Logging Message Format

   Each message written by BIND 10 to the configured logging destinations
   comprises a number of components that identify the origin of the message
   and, if the message indicates a problem, information about the problem
   that may be useful in fixing it.

   Consider the message below logged to a file:

 2011-06-15 13:48:22.034 ERROR [b10-resolver.asiolink]
     ASIODNS_OPENSOCK error 111 opening TCP socket to 127.0.0.1(53)

   Note: the layout of messages written to the system logging file (syslog)
   may be slightly different. This message has been split across two lines
   here for display reasons; in the logging file, it will appear on one
   line.)

   The log message comprises a number of components:

   2011-06-15 13:48:22.034

           The date and time at which the message was generated.

   ERROR

           The severity of the message.

   [b10-resolver.asiolink]

           The source of the message. This comprises two components: the BIND
           10 process generating the message (in this case, b10-resolver) and
           the module within the program from which the message originated
           (which in the example is the asynchronous I/O link module,
           asiolink).

   ASIODNS_OPENSOCK

           The message identification. Every message in BIND 10 has a unique
           identification, which can be used as an index into the BIND 10
           Messages Manual (http://bind10.isc.org/docs/bind10-messages.html)
           from which more information can be obtained.

   error 111 opening TCP socket to 127.0.0.1(53)

           A brief description of the cause of the problem. Within this text,
           information relating to the condition that caused the message to
           be logged will be included. In this example, error number 111 (an
           operating system-specific error number) was encountered when
           trying to open a TCP connection to port 53 on the local system
           (address 127.0.0.1). The next step would be to find out the reason
           for the failure by consulting your system's documentation to
           identify what error number 111 means.
