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- <book>
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- <bookinfo>
- <title>BIND 10 Guide</title>
- <subtitle>Administrator Reference for BIND 10</subtitle>
- <copyright>
- <year>2010-2011</year><holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</holder>
- </copyright>
- <abstract>
- <para>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.
- </para>
- <para>
- This is the reference guide for BIND 10 version &__VERSION__;.
- The most up-to-date version of this document, along with
- other documents for BIND 10, can be found at <ulink
- url="http://bind10.isc.org/docs"/>. </para> </abstract>
- <releaseinfo>This is the reference guide for BIND 10 version
- &__VERSION__;.</releaseinfo>
- </bookinfo>
- <chapter id="intro">
- <title>Introduction</title>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>
- This guide covers the experimental prototype of
- BIND 10 version &__VERSION__;.
- </para>
- </note>
- <note>
- <para>
- BIND 10 provides a EDNS0- and DNSSEC-capable
- authoritative DNS server and a caching recursive name server
- which also provides forwarding.
- </para>
- </note>
- <section>
- <title>Supported Platforms</title>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Required Software</title>
- <para>
- BIND 10 requires Python 3.1. Later versions may work, but Python
- 3.1 is the minimum version which will work.
- </para>
- <para>
- BIND 10 uses the Botan crypto library for C++. It requires
- at least Botan version 1.8.
- </para>
- <para>
- BIND 10 uses the log4cplus C++ logging library. It requires
- at least log4cplus version 1.0.3.
- </para>
- <para>
- The authoritative server requires SQLite 3.3.9 or newer.
- The <command>b10-xfrin</command>, <command>b10-xfrout</command>,
- and <command>b10-zonemgr</command> modules require the
- libpython3 library and the Python _sqlite3.so module.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: this will change ... -->
- <!-- TODO: list where to get these from -->
- <note>
- <para>
- Some operating systems do not provide these dependencies
- in their default installation nor standard packages
- collections.
- You may need to install them separately.
- </para>
- </note>
- </section>
- <section id="starting_stopping">
- <title>Starting and Stopping the Server</title>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- <para>
- At first, running many different processes may seem confusing.
- However, these processes are started, stopped, and maintained
- by a single command, <command>bind10</command>.
- This command starts a master process which will start other
- processes as needed.
- The processes started by the <command>bind10</command>
- command have names starting with "b10-", including:
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-msgq</command> —
- Message bus daemon.
- This process coordinates communication between all of the other
- BIND 10 processes.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-auth</command> —
- Authoritative DNS server.
- This process serves DNS requests.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> —
- Configuration manager.
- This process maintains all of the configuration for BIND 10.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command> —
- Command and control service.
- This process allows external control of the BIND 10 system.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-resolver</command> —
- Recursive name server.
- This process handles incoming queries.
- <!-- TODO: -->
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-stats</command> —
- Statistics collection daemon.
- This process collects and reports statistics data.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-xfrin</command> —
- 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.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-xfrout</command> —
- 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.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-zonemgr</command> —
- Secondary manager.
- This process keeps track of timers and other
- necessary information for BIND 10 to act as a slave server.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>
- These are ran automatically by <command>bind10</command>
- and do not need to be run manually.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section id="managing_once_running">
- <title>Managing BIND 10</title>
-
- <para>
- Once BIND 10 is running, a few commands are used to interact
- directly with the system:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>bindctl</command> —
- interactive administration interface.
- This is a command-line tool which allows an administrator
- to control BIND 10.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-loadzone</command> —
- zone file loader.
- This tool will load standard masterfile-format zone files into
- BIND 10.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <command>b10-cmdctl-usermgr</command> —
- user access control.
- This tool allows an administrator to authorize additional users
- to manage BIND 10.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <!-- TODO usermgr -->
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </section>
- <para>
- The tools and modules are covered in full detail in this guide.
- <!-- TODO point to these -->
- In addition, manual pages are also provided in the default installation.
- </para>
-
- <!--
- bin/
- bindctl*
- host*
- lib/
- libauth
- libdns
- libexceptions
- python3.1/site-packages/isc/{cc,config}
- sbin/
- bind10
- share/
- share/bind10/
- auth.spec
- b10-cmdctl.pem
- bob.spec
- passwd.csv
- man/
- var/
- bind10/b10-config.db
- -->
- <para>
- 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.
- <!-- TODO point to this -->
- </para>
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="installation">
- <title>Installation</title>
- <section>
- <title>Building Requirements</title>
- <para>
- In addition to the run-time requirements, building BIND 10
- from source code requires various development include headers.
- </para>
- <note>
- <simpara>
- 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.
- </simpara>
- </note>
- <para>
- Building from source code requires the Boost
- build-time headers. At least Boost version 1.35 is required.
- <!-- TODO: we don't check for this version -->
- <!-- NOTE: jreed has tested with 1.34, 1.38, and 1.41. -->
- </para>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- <!--
- TODO
- Debian and Ubuntu:
- libgmp3-dev and libbz2-dev required for botan too
- -->
- <para>
- <!-- TODO: is this needed at build time? test time? -->
- The Python Library and Python _sqlite3 module are required to
- enable the Xfrout and Xfrin support.
- </para>
- <note><simpara>
- The Python related libraries and modules need to be built
- for Python 3.1.
- </simpara></note>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section id="quickstart">
- <title>Quick start</title>
- <note>
- <simpara>
- 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.
- </simpara>
- </note>
- <para>
- To quickly get started with BIND 10, follow these steps.
- </para>
- <orderedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- Install required build dependencies.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- Download the BIND 10 source tar file from
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind10/"/>.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Extract the tar file:
- <screen>$ <userinput>gzcat bind10-<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Go into the source and run configure:
- <screen>$ <userinput>cd bind10-<replaceable>VERSION</replaceable></userinput>
- $ <userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Build it:
- <screen>$ <userinput>make</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Install it (to default /usr/local):
- <screen>$ <userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Start the server:
- <screen>$ <userinput>/usr/local/sbin/bind10</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Test it; for example:
- <screen>$ <userinput>dig @127.0.0.1 -c CH -t TXT authors.bind</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Load desired zone file(s), for example:
- <screen>$ <userinput>b10-loadzone <replaceable>your.zone.example.org</replaceable></userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- Test the new zone.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </section>
- <section id="install">
- <title>Installation from source</title>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- <section>
- <title>Download Tar File</title>
- <para>
- Downloading a release tar file is the recommended method to
- obtain the source code.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The BIND 10 releases are available as tar file downloads from
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind10/"/>.
- Periodic development snapshots may also be available.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO -->
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Retrieve from Git</title>
- <para>
- Downloading this "bleeding edge" code is recommended only for
- developers or advanced users. Using development code in a production
- environment is not recommended.
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- </note>
- <para>
- 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 <quote>master</quote>.
- </para>
- <para>
- The code can be checked out from
- <filename>git://bind10.isc.org/bind10</filename>;
- for example:
- <screen>$ <userinput>git clone git://bind10.isc.org/bind10</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- 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 <command>autoreconf</command>
- with the <option>--install</option> switch.
- This will run <command>autoconf</command>,
- <command>aclocal</command>,
- <command>libtoolize</command>,
- <command>autoheader</command>,
- <command>automake</command>,
- and related commands.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Configure before the build</title>
- <para>
- BIND 10 uses the GNU Build System to discover build environment
- details.
- To generate the makefiles using the defaults, simply run:
- <screen>$ <userinput>./configure</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- Run <command>./configure</command> with the <option>--help</option>
- switch to view the different options. The commonly-used options are:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>--prefix</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Define the the installation location (the
- default is <filename>/usr/local/</filename>).
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>--with-boost-include</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Define the path to find the Boost headers.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>--with-pythonpath</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Define the path to Python 3.1 if it is not in the
- standard execution path.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>--with-gtest</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Enable building the C++ Unit Tests using the
- Google Tests framework. Optionally this can define the
- path to the gtest header files and library.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: lcov -->
- <para>
- For example, the following configures it to
- find the Boost headers, find the
- Python interpreter, and sets the installation location:
- <screen>$ <userinput>./configure \
- --with-boost-include=/usr/pkg/include \
- --with-pythonpath=/usr/pkg/bin/python3.1 \
- --prefix=/opt/bind10</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- If the configure fails, it may be due to missing or old
- dependencies.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Build</title>
- <para>
- After the configure step is complete, to build the executables
- from the C++ code and prepare the Python scripts, run:
- <screen>$ <userinput>make</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Install</title>
- <para>
- To install the BIND 10 executables, support files,
- and documentation, run:
- <screen>$ <userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>The install step may require superuser privileges.</para>
- </note>
- </section>
- <!-- TODO: tests -->
- <section>
- <title>Install Hierarchy</title>
- <para>
- The following is the layout of the complete BIND 10 installation:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>bin/</filename> —
- general tools and diagnostic clients.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>etc/bind10-devel/</filename> —
- configuration files.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>lib/</filename> —
- libraries and python modules.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>libexec/bind10-devel/</filename> —
- 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 <command>bind10</command> tool.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>sbin/</filename> —
- commands used by the system administrator.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>share/bind10-devel/</filename> —
- configuration specifications.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>share/man/</filename> —
- manual pages (online documentation).
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>
- <filename>var/bind10-devel/</filename> —
- data source and configuration databases.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </section>
- </section>
- <!--
- <section id="install.troubleshooting">
- <title>Troubleshooting</title>
- <para>
- </para>
- </section>
- -->
-
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="bind10">
- <title>Starting BIND10 with <command>bind10</command></title>
- <para>
- BIND 10 provides the <command>bind10</command> command which
- starts up the required processes.
- <command>bind10</command>
- will also restart processes that exit unexpectedly.
- This is the only command needed to start the BIND 10 system.
- </para>
- <para>
- After starting the <command>b10-msgq</command> communications channel,
- <command>bind10</command> connects to it,
- runs the configuration manager, and reads its own configuration.
- Then it starts the other modules.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-msgq</command> and <command>b10-cfgmgr</command>
- services make up the core. The <command>b10-msgq</command> daemon
- provides the communication channel between every part of the system.
- The <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> 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 <command>bind10</command> master process will also start up
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command> for admins to communicate with the
- system, <command>b10-auth</command> for authoritative DNS service or
- <command>b10-resolver</command> for recursive name service,
- <command>b10-stats</command> for statistics collection,
- <command>b10-xfrin</command> for inbound DNS zone transfers,
- <command>b10-xfrout</command> for outbound DNS zone transfers,
- and <command>b10-zonemgr</command> for secondary service.
- </para>
- <section id="start">
- <title>Starting BIND 10</title>
- <para>
- To start the BIND 10 service, simply run <command>bind10</command>.
- Run it with the <option>--verbose</option> switch to
- get additional debugging or diagnostic output.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: note it doesn't go into background -->
- </section>
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="msgq">
- <title>Command channel</title>
- <para>
- The BIND 10 components use the <command>b10-msgq</command>
- message routing daemon to communicate with other BIND 10 components.
- The <command>b10-msgq</command> implements what is called the
- <quote>Command Channel</quote>.
- 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.
- </para>
- <para>
- Administrators do not communicate directly with the
- <command>b10-msgq</command> daemon.
- By default, BIND 10 uses port 9912 for the
- <command>b10-msgq</command> service.
- It listens on 127.0.0.1.
- </para>
-
- <!-- TODO: this is broken, see Trac #111
- <para>
- To select an alternate port for the <command>b10-msgq</command> to
- use, run <command>bind10</command> specifying the option:
- <screen> $ <userinput>bind10 -TODO-msgq-port 9912</userinput></screen>
- </para>
- -->
- <!-- TODO: upcoming plans:
- Unix domain sockets
- -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="cfgmgr">
- <title>Configuration manager</title>
- <para>
- The configuration manager, <command>b10-cfgmgr</command>,
- handles all BIND 10 system configuration. It provides
- persistent storage for configuration, and notifies running
- modules of configuration changes.
- </para>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-auth</command> and <command>b10-xfrin</command>
- daemons and other components receive their configurations
- from the configuration manager over the <command>b10-msgq</command>
- command channel.
- </para>
- <para>The administrator doesn't connect to it directly, but
- uses a user interface to communicate with the configuration
- manager via <command>b10-cmdctl</command>'s REST-ful interface.
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command> is covered in <xref linkend="cmdctl"/>.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO -->
- <note>
- <para>
- The development prototype release only provides the
- <command>bindctl</command> as a user interface to
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command>.
- Upcoming releases will provide another interactive command-line
- interface and a web-based interface.
- </para>
- </note>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> daemon can send all
- specifications and all current settings to the
- <command>bindctl</command> client (via
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command>).
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> relays configurations received
- from <command>b10-cmdctl</command> to the appropriate modules.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO:
- Configuration settings for itself are defined as ConfigManager.
- TODO: show examples
- -->
- <!-- TODO:
- config changes are actually commands to cfgmgr
- -->
- <!-- TODO: what about run time config to change this? -->
- <!-- jelte: > config set cfgmgr/config_database <file> -->
- <!-- TODO: what about command line switch to change this? -->
- <para>
- The stored configuration file is at
- <filename>/usr/local/var/bind10-devel/b10-config.db</filename>.
- (The full path is what was defined at build configure time for
- <option>--localstatedir</option>.
- The default is <filename>/usr/local/var/</filename>.)
- 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.
- </para>
- <!--
- Well the specfiles have a more fixed format (they must contain specific
- stuff), but those are also directly parseable python structures (and
- 'coincidentally', our data::element string representation is the same)
- loosely based on json, tweaked to be directly parseable in python, but a
- subset of that.
- wiki page is http://bind10.isc.org/wiki/DataElementDesign
- nope, spec files are written by module developers, and db should be done
- through bindctl and friends
- -->
- <para>
- The configuration manager does not have any command line arguments.
- Normally it is not started manually, but is automatically
- started using the <command>bind10</command> master process
- (as covered in <xref linkend="bind10"/>).
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: upcoming plans:
- configuration for configuration manager itself. And perhaps we might
- change the messaging protocol, but an admin should never see any of that
- -->
- <!-- TODO: show examples, test this -->
- <!--
- , so an admin can simply run bindctl,
- do config show, and it shows all modules; config show >module> shows all
- options for that module
- -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="cmdctl">
- <title>Remote control daemon</title>
- <para>
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command> 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.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: copy examples from wiki, try with wget -->
- <para>
- When <command>b10-cmdctl</command> starts, it firsts
- asks <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> about what modules are
- running and what their configuration is (over the
- <command>b10-msgq</command> channel). Then it will start listening
- on HTTPS for clients — the user interface — such
- as <command>bindctl</command>.
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>b10-cmdctl</command> directly sends commands
- (received from the user interface) to the specified component.
- Configuration changes are actually commands to
- <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> so are sent there.
- </para>
- <!--
- TODO:
- "For bindctl to list a module's available configurations and
- available commands, it communicates over the cmdctl REST interface.
- cmdctl then asks cfgmgr over the msgq command channel. Then cfgmgr
- asks the module for its specification and also cfgmgr looks in its
- own configuration database for current values."
- (05:32:03) jelte: i think cmdctl doesn't request it upon a incoming
- GET, but rather requests it once and then listens in for updates,
- but you might wanna check with likun
- -->
- <!-- TODO: replace /usr/local -->
- <!-- TODO: permissions -->
- <para>The HTTPS server requires a private key,
- such as a RSA PRIVATE KEY.
- The default location is at
- <filename>/usr/local/etc/bind10-devel/cmdctl-keyfile.pem</filename>.
- (A sample key is at
- <filename>/usr/local/share/bind10-devel/cmdctl-keyfile.pem</filename>.)
- It also uses a certificate located at
- <filename>/usr/local/etc/bind10-devel/cmdctl-certfile.pem</filename>.
- (A sample certificate is at
- <filename>/usr/local/share/bind10-devel/cmdctl-certfile.pem</filename>.)
- This may be a self-signed certificate or purchased from a
- certification authority.
- </para>
- <note><para>
- The HTTPS server doesn't support a certificate request from a
- client (at this time).
- <!-- TODO: maybe allow request from server side -->
- The <command>b10-cmdctl</command> 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.
- </para></note>
- <!-- TODO: cross-ref -->
- <!-- TODO
- openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
- but that is a single file, maybethis should go back to that format?
- -->
- <!--
- <para>
- (08:20:56) shane: It is in theory possible to run without cmdctl.
- (08:21:02) shane: I think we discussed this.
- </para>
- -->
- <!-- TODO: Please check https://bind10.isc.org/wiki/cmd-ctrld -->
- <para>
- The <command>b10-cmdctl</command> daemon also requires
- the user account file located at
- <filename>/usr/local/etc/bind10-devel/cmdctl-accounts.csv</filename>.
- This comma-delimited file lists the accounts with a user name,
- hashed password, and salt.
- (A sample file is at
- <filename>/usr/local/share/bind10-devel/cmdctl-accounts.csv</filename>.
- It contains the user named <quote>root</quote> with the password
- <quote>bind10</quote>.)
- </para>
- <para>
- The administrator may create a user account with the
- <command>b10-cmdctl-usermgr</command> tool.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: show example -->
- <!-- TODO: does cmdctl need to be restarted to change cert or key
- or accounts database -->
- <para>
- By default the HTTPS server listens on the localhost port 8080.
- The port can be set by using the <option>--port</option> command line option.
- The address to listen on can be set using the <option>--address</option> command
- line argument.
- Each HTTPS connection is stateless and timesout in 1200 seconds
- by default. This can be
- redefined by using the <option>--idle-timeout</option> command line argument.
- </para>
- <section id="cmdctl.spec">
- <title>Configuration specification for b10-cmdctl</title>
- <para>
- The configuration items for <command>b10-cmdctl</command> are:
- key_file
- cert_file
- accounts_file
- </para>
- <!-- TODO -->
- <para>
- The control commands are:
- print_settings
- <!-- TODO: remove that -->
- shutdown
- </para>
- <!-- TODO -->
- </section>
- <!--
- TODO
- (12:21:30) jinmei: I'd like to have sample session using a command line www client such as wget
- (12:21:33) jinmei: btw
- -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="bindctl">
- <title>Control and configure user interface</title>
- <note><para>
- For this development prototype release, <command>bindctl</command>
- 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.
- </para></note>
- <para>
- The <command>bindctl</command> 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 <command>b10-cmdctl</command>. It doesn't
- communicate to any other components directly.
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: explain and show interface -->
- <para>
- Configuration changes are actually commands to
- <command>b10-cfgmgr</command>. So when <command>bindctl</command>
- sends a configuration, it is sent to <command>b10-cmdctl</command>
- (over a HTTPS connection); then <command>b10-cmdctl</command>
- sends the command (over a <command>b10-msgq</command> command
- channel) to <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> which then stores
- the details and relays (over a <command>b10-msgq</command> command
- channel) the configuration on to the specified module.
- </para>
- <para>
- </para>
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="authserver">
- <title>Authoritative Server</title>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-auth</command> is the authoritative DNS server.
- It supports EDNS0 and DNSSEC. It supports IPv6.
- Normally it is started by the <command>bind10</command> master
- process.
- </para>
- <section>
- <title>Server Configurations</title>
- <!-- TODO: offers command line options but not used
- since we used bind10 -->
- <para>
- <command>b10-auth</command> is configured via the
- <command>b10-cfgmgr</command> configuration manager.
- The module name is <quote>Auth</quote>.
- The configuration data item is:
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>database_file</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>This is an optional string to define the path to find
- the SQLite3 database file.
- <!-- TODO: -->
- Note: Later the DNS server will use various data source backends.
- This may be a temporary setting until then.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- The configuration command is:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>shutdown</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Stop the authoritative DNS server.
- </simpara>
- <!-- TODO: what happens when this is sent, will bind10 restart? -->
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: examples of setting or running above? -->
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Data Source Backends</title>
- <note><para>
- For the development prototype release, <command>b10-auth</command>
- 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.
- </para></note>
- <para>
- By default, the SQLite3 backend uses the data file located at
- <filename>/usr/local/var/bind10-devel/zone.sqlite3</filename>.
- (The full path is what was defined at build configure time for
- <option>--localstatedir</option>.
- The default is <filename>/usr/local/var/</filename>.)
- This data file location may be changed by defining the
- <quote>database_file</quote> configuration.
- </para>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Loading Master Zones Files</title>
- <para>
- RFC 1035 style DNS master zone files may imported
- into a BIND 10 data source by using the
- <command>b10-loadzone</command> utility.
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>b10-loadzone</command> supports the following
- special directives (control entries):
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>$INCLUDE</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Loads an additional zone file. This may be recursive.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>$ORIGIN</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Defines the relative domain name.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>$TTL</term>
- <listitem>
- <simpara>Defines the time-to-live value used for following
- records that don't include a TTL.
- </simpara>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- <para>
- The <option>-o</option> argument may be used to define the
- default origin for loaded zone file records.
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>
- In the development prototype release, only the SQLite3 back
- end is used.
- By default, it stores the zone data in
- <filename>/usr/local/var/bind10-devel/zone.sqlite3</filename>
- unless the <option>-d</option> switch is used to set the
- database filename.
- Multiple zones are stored in a single SQLite3 zone database.
- </para>
- </note>
- <para>
- If you reload a zone already existing in the database,
- all records from that prior zone disappear and a whole new set
- appears.
- </para>
- <!--TODO: permissions for xfrin or loadzone to create the file -->
- </section>
- <!--
- TODO
- <section>
- <title>Troubleshooting</title>
- <para>
- </para>
- </section>
- -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="xfrin">
- <title>Incoming Zone Transfers</title>
- <para>
- Incoming zones are transferred using the <command>b10-xfrin</command>
- process which is started by <command>bind10</command>.
- When received, the zone is stored in the BIND 10
- data store, and its records can be served by
- <command>b10-auth</command>.
- In combination with <command>b10-zonemgr</command> (for
- automated SOA checks), this allows the BIND 10 server to
- provide <quote>secondary</quote> service.
- </para>
- <note><simpara>
- The current development release of BIND 10 only supports
- AXFR. (IXFR is not supported.)
- <!-- TODO: sqlite3 data source only? -->
- </simpara></note>
- <!-- TODO:
- how to tell bind10 you are a secondary?
- when will it first attempt to check for new zone? (using REFRESH?)
- what if zonemgr is not running?
- what if a NOTIFY is sent?
- -->
- <para>
- To manually trigger a zone transfer to retrieve a remote zone,
- you may use the <command>bindctl</command> utility.
- For example, at the <command>bindctl</command> prompt run:
- <screen>> <userinput>Xfrin retransfer zone_name="<option>foo.example.org</option>" master=<option>192.0.2.99</option></userinput></screen>
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: can that retransfer be used to identify a new zone? -->
- <!-- TODO: what if doesn't exist at that master IP? -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="xfrout">
- <title>Outbound Zone Transfers</title>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-xfrout</command> process is started by
- <command>bind10</command>.
- When the <command>b10-auth</command> authoritative DNS server
- receives an AXFR request, <command>b10-xfrout</command>
- sends the zone.
- This is used to provide master DNS service to share zones
- to secondary name servers.
- The <command>b10-xfrout</command> is also used to send
- NOTIFY messages to slaves.
- </para>
- <note><simpara>
- The current development release of BIND 10 only supports
- AXFR. (IXFR is not supported.)
- Access control is not yet provided.
- </simpara></note>
- <!--
- TODO:
- xfrout section:
- auth servers checks for AXFR query
- sends the XFR query to the xfrout module
- uses /tmp/auth_xfrout_conn which is a socket
- what is XfroutClient xfr_client??
- /tmp/auth_xfrout_conn is not removed
- -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="zonemgr">
- <title>Secondary Manager</title>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-zonemgr</command> process is started by
- <command>bind10</command>.
- It keeps track of SOA refresh, retry, and expire timers
- and other details for BIND 10 to perform as a slave.
- When the <command>b10-auth</command> authoritative DNS server
- receives a NOTIFY message, <command>b10-zonemgr</command>
- may tell <command>b10-xfrin</command> to do a refresh
- to start an inbound zone transfer.
- The secondary manager resets its counters when a new zone is
- transferred in.
- </para>
- <note><simpara>
- Access control (such as allowing notifies) is not yet provided.
- The primary/secondary service is not yet complete.
- </simpara></note>
- <!-- TODO: lots to describe for zonemgr -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="resolverserver">
- <title>Recursive Name Server</title>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-resolver</command> process is started by
- <command>bind10</command>.
- <!-- TODO
- It provides a resolver so DNS clients can ask it to do recursion
- and it will return answers.
- -->
- </para>
- <para>
- The main <command>bind10</command> process can be configured
- to select to run either the authoritative or resolver.
- By default, it starts the authoritative service.
- <!-- TODO: later both -->
- You may change this using <command>bindctl</command>, for example:
- <screen>
- > <userinput>config set Boss/start_auth false</userinput>
- > <userinput>config set Boss/start_resolver true</userinput>
- > <userinput>config commit</userinput>
- </screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- The master <command>bind10</command> will stop and start
- the desired services.
- </para>
- <para>
- The resolver also needs to be configured to listen on an address
- and port:
- <screen>
- > <userinput>config set Resolver/listen_on [{ "address": "127.0.0.1", "port": 53 }]</userinput>
- > <userinput>config commit</userinput>
- </screen>
- </para>
- <!-- TODO: later the above will have some defaults -->
- <section>
- <title>Forwarding</title>
- <para>
- To enable forwarding, the upstream address and port must be
- configured to forward queries to, such as:
- <screen>
- > <userinput>config set Resolver/forward_addresses [{ "address": "<replaceable>192.168.1.1</replaceable>", "port": 53 }]</userinput>
- > <userinput>config commit</userinput>
- </screen>
- (Replace <replaceable>192.168.1.1</replaceable> to point to your
- full resolver.)
- </para>
- <para>
- Normal iterative name service can be re-enabled by clearing the
- forwarding address(es); for example:
- <screen>
- > <userinput>config set Resolver/forward_addresses []</userinput>
- > <userinput>config commit</userinput>
- </screen>
- </para>
- </section>
- <!-- TODO: later try this
- > config set Resolver/forward_addresses[0]/address "192.168.8.8"
- > config set Resolver/forward_addresses[0]/port 53
- then change those defaults with config set Resolver/forward_addresses[0]/address "1.2.3.4"
- > config set Resolver/forward_addresses[0]/address "1.2.3.4"
- -->
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="statistics">
- <title>Statistics</title>
- <para>
- The <command>b10-stats</command> process is started by
- <command>bind10</command>.
- It periodically collects statistics data from various modules
- and aggregates it.
- <!-- TODO -->
- </para>
- <para>
- This stats daemon provides commands to identify if it is running,
- show specified or all statistics data, set values, remove data,
- and reset data.
- For example, using <command>bindctl</command>:
- <screen>
- > <userinput>Stats show</userinput>
- {
- "auth.queries.tcp": 1749,
- "auth.queries.udp": 867868,
- "bind10.boot_time": "2011-01-20T16:59:03Z",
- "report_time": "2011-01-20T17:04:06Z",
- "stats.boot_time": "2011-01-20T16:59:05Z",
- "stats.last_update_time": "2011-01-20T17:04:05Z",
- "stats.lname": "4d3869d9_a@jreed.example.net",
- "stats.start_time": "2011-01-20T16:59:05Z",
- "stats.timestamp": 1295543046.823504
- }
- </screen>
- </para>
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="logging">
- <title>Logging</title>
- <!-- TODO: how to configure logging, logging destinations etc. -->
- <para>
- 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.
- </para>
- <para>
- Consider the message below logged to a file:
- <screen>2011-06-15 13:48:22.034 ERROR [b10-resolver.asiolink]
- ASIODNS_OPENSOCK error 111 opening TCP socket to 127.0.0.1(53)</screen>
- </para>
- <para>
- 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.)
- </para>
- <para>
- The log message comprises a number of components:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>2011-06-15 13:48:22.034</term>
- <!-- TODO: timestamp repeated even if using syslog? -->
- <listitem><para>
- The date and time at which the message was generated.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ERROR</term>
- <listitem><para>
- The severity of the message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>[b10-resolver.asiolink]</term>
- <listitem><para>
- The source of the message. This comprises two components:
- the BIND 10 process generating the message (in this
- case, <command>b10-resolver</command>) and the module
- within the program from which the message originated
- (which in the example is the asynchronous I/O link
- module, asiolink).
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>ASIODNS_OPENSOCK</term>
- <listitem><para>
- The message identification. Every message in BIND 10
- has a unique identification, which can be used as an
- index into the <ulink
- url="bind10-messages.html"><citetitle>BIND 10 Messages
- Manual</citetitle></ulink> (<ulink
- url="http://bind10.isc.org/docs/bind10-messages.html"
- />) from which more information can be obtained.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>error 111 opening TCP socket to 127.0.0.1(53)</term>
- <listitem><para>
- 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.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- 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 '*', 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):
- FATAL
- ERROR
- WARN
- INFO
- 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 below 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). The general classification of debug message types is
- TODO; there's a ticket to determine these levels, see #1074
- 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'.
- TODO: check this
- 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:
- * console
- * file
- * syslog
- output (string) ¶
- Depending on what is set as the output destination, this value is interpreted as follows:
- * destination is 'console'
- '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 (a ".1" is appended to the name - if a ".1" file exists, it is renamed ".2" etc.) and a new file opened.
- 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 if '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 '*'.
- </para>
- </chapter>
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