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1.. highlight:: lua
2
3Configuration Reference
4=======================
5
6This page lists all configuration options for dnsdist.
7
8.. note::
9
10 When an IPv6 IP:PORT combination is needed, the bracketed syntax from :rfc:`RFC 3986 <3986#section-3.2.2>` should be used.
11 e.g. "[2001:DB8:14::C0FF:FEE]:5300".
12
13Functions and Types
14-------------------
15
16Within dnsdist several core object types exist:
17
18* :class:`Server`: generated with :func:`newServer`, represents a downstream server
19* :class:`ComboAddress`: represents an IP address and port
20* :class:`DNSName`: represents a domain name
21* :class:`NetmaskGroup`: represents a group of netmasks
22* :class:`QPSLimiter`: implements a QPS-based filter
23* :class:`SuffixMatchNode`: represents a group of domain suffixes for rapid testing of membership
98650fde 24* :class:`DNSHeader`: represents the header of a DNS packet, see :ref:`DNSHeader`
bd51e34c 25* :class:`ClientState`: sometimes also called Bind or Frontend, represents the addresses and ports dnsdist is listening on
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27The existence of most of these objects can mostly be ignored, unless you plan to write your own hooks and policies, but it helps to understand an expressions like:
28
29.. code-block:: lua
30
31 getServer(0).order=12 -- set order of server 0 to 12
32 getServer(0):addPool("abuse") -- add this server to the abuse pool
33
34The ``.`` means ``order`` is a data member, while the ``:`` means ``addPool`` is a member function.
35
36Global configuration
37--------------------
38
39.. function:: includeDirectory(path)
40
41 Include configuration files from ``path``.
42
43 :param str path: The directory to load the configuration from
44
45Listen Sockets
46~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
47
48.. function:: addLocal(address[, options])
49
50 .. versionadded:: 1.2.0
51
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53 Added ``cpus`` to the options.
54
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55 Add to the list of listen addresses.
56
57 :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
58 The default port is 53.
59 :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.
60
61 Options:
62
63 * ``doTCP=true``: bool - Also bind on TCP on ``address``.
64 * ``reusePort=false``: bool - Set the ``SO_REUSEPORT`` socket option.
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65 * ``tcpFastOpenSize=0``: int - Set the TCP Fast Open queue size, enabling TCP Fast Open when available and the value is larger than 0.
66 * ``interface=""``: str - Set the network interface to use.
67 * ``cpus={}``: table - Set the CPU affinity for this listener thread, asking the scheduler to run it on a single CPU id, or a set of CPU ids. This parameter is only available if the OS provides the pthread_setaffinity_np() function.
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69 .. code-block:: lua
70
71 addLocal('0.0.0.0:5300', { doTCP=true, reusePort=true })
72
73 This will bind to both UDP and TCP on port 5300 with SO_REUSEPORT enabled.
74
75.. function:: addLocal(address[[[,do_tcp], so_reuseport], tcp_fast_open_qsize])
76
77 .. deprecated:: 1.2.0
78
79 Add to the list of addresses listened on.
80
81 :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
82 The default port is 53.
83 :param bool do_tcp: Also bind a TCP port on ``address``, defaults to true.
84 :param bool so_reuseport: Use ``SO_REUSEPORT`` if it is available, defaults to false
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85 :param int tcp_fast_open_qsize: The size of the TCP Fast Open queue. Set to a number
86 higher than 0 to enable TCP Fast Open when available.
87 Default is 0.
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fa974ada 89.. function:: addTLSLocal(address, certFile(s), keyFile(s) [, options])
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91 .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
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92 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.1
93 ``certFile(s)`` and ``keyFile(s)`` parameters accept a list of files.
ba20dc97 94 ``sessionTickets`` option added.
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95 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
96 ``numberOfStoredSessions`` option added.
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98 Listen on the specified address and TCP port for incoming DNS over TLS connections, presenting the specified X.509 certificate.
99
100 :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
101 The default port is 853.
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102 :param str certFile(s): The path to a X.509 certificate file in PEM format, or a list of paths to such files.
103 :param str keyFile(s): The path to the private key file corresponding to the certificate, or a list of paths to such files, whose order should match the certFile(s) ones.
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104 :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.
105
106 Options:
107
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108 * ``reusePort=false``: bool - Set the ``SO_REUSEPORT`` socket option.
109 * ``tcpFastOpenSize=0``: int - Set the TCP Fast Open queue size, enabling TCP Fast Open when available and the value is larger than 0.
110 * ``interface=""``: str - Set the network interface to use.
111 * ``cpus={}``: table - Set the CPU affinity for this listener thread, asking the scheduler to run it on a single CPU id, or a set of CPU ids. This parameter is only available if the OS provides the pthread_setaffinity_np() function.
112 * ``provider``: str - The TLS library to use between GnuTLS and OpenSSL, if they were available and enabled at compilation time.
113 * ``ciphers``: str - The TLS ciphers to use. The exact format depends on the provider used.
114 * ``numberOfTicketsKeys``: int - The maximum number of tickets keys to keep in memory at the same time, if the provider supports it (GnuTLS doesn't, OpenSSL does). Only one key is marked as active and used to encrypt new tickets while the remaining ones can still be used to decrypt existing tickets after a rotation. Default to 5.
115 * ``ticketKeyFile``: str - The path to a file from where TLS tickets keys should be loaded, to support RFC 5077. These keys should be rotated often and never written to persistent storage to preserve forward secrecy. The default is to generate a random key. The OpenSSL provider supports several tickets keys to be able to decrypt existing sessions after the rotation, while the GnuTLS provider only supports one key.
116 * ``ticketsKeysRotationDelay``: int - Set the delay before the TLS tickets key is rotated, in seconds. Default is 43200 (12h).
ba20dc97 117 * ``sessionTickets``: bool - Whether session resumption via session tickets is enabled. Default is true, meaning tickets are enabled.
d395c941 118 * ``numberOfStoredSessions``: int - The maximum number of sessions kept in memory at the same time. At this time this is only supported by the OpenSSL provider, as stored sessions are not supported with the GnuTLS one. Default is 20480. Setting this value to 0 disables stored session entirely.
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120.. function:: setLocal(address[, options])
121
122 .. versionadded:: 1.2.0
123
124 Remove the list of listen addresses and add a new one.
125
126 :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
127 The default port is 53.
128 :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.
129
130 The options that can be set are the same as :func:`addLocal`.
131
132.. function:: setLocal(address[[[,do_tcp], so_reuseport], tcp_fast_open_qsize])
133
134 .. deprecated:: 1.2.0
135
136 Remove the list of listen addresses and add a new one.
137
138 :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
139 The default port is 53.
140 :param bool do_tcp: Also bind a TCP port on ``address``, defaults to true.
141 :param bool so_reuseport: Use ``SO_REUSEPORT`` if it is available, defaults to false
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142 :param int tcp_fast_open_qsize: The size of the TCP Fast Open queue. Set to a number
143 higher than 0 to enable TCP Fast Open when available.
144 Default is 0.
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146Control Socket, Console and Webserver
147~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
148
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149.. function:: addConsoleACL(netmask)
150
151 .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
152
153 Add a netmask to the existing console ACL, allowing remote clients to connect to the console. Please make sure that encryption
c29d4db8 154 has been enabled with :func:`setKey` before doing so. The default is to only allow 127.0.0.1/8 and ::1/128.
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155
156 :param str netmask: A CIDR netmask, e.g. ``"192.0.2.0/24"``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.
157
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158.. function:: controlSocket(address)
159
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160 Bind to ``addr`` and listen for a connection for the console. Since 1.3.0 only connections from local users are allowed
161 by default, :func:`addConsoleACL` and :func:`setConsoleACL` can be used to enable remote connections. Please make sure
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162 that encryption has been enabled with :func:`setKey` before doing so. Enabling encryption is also strongly advised for
163 local connections, since not enabling it allows any local user to connect to the console.
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164
165 :param str address: An IP address with optional port. By default, the port is 5199.
166
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167.. function:: inClientStartup()
168
169 Returns true while the console client is parsing the configuration.
170
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171.. function:: makeKey()
172
173 Generate and print an encryption key.
174
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175.. function:: setConsoleConnectionsLogging(enabled)
176
177 .. versionadded:: 1.2.0
178
179 Whether to log the opening and closing of console connections.
180
181 :param bool enabled: Default to true.
182
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183.. function:: setKey(key)
184
185 Use ``key`` as shared secret between the client and the server
186
187 :param str key: An encoded key, as generated by :func:`makeKey`
188
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189.. function:: setConsoleACL(netmasks)
190
191 .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
192
193 Remove the existing console ACL and add the netmasks from the table, allowing remote clients to connect to the console. Please make sure that encryption
194 has been enabled with :func:`setKey` before doing so.
195
196 :param {str} netmasks: A table of CIDR netmask, e.g. ``{"192.0.2.0/24", "2001:DB8:14::/56"}``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.
197
198.. function:: showConsoleACL()
199
200 Print a list of all netmasks allowed to connect to the console.
201
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202.. function:: testCrypto()
203
204 Test the crypto code, will report errors when something is not ok.
205
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207
208 .. versionadded:: 1.3.3
209
210 Set the maximum size in bytes of a single console message, default set to 10 MB.
211
212 :param int size: The new maximum size.
213
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214Webserver configuration
215~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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80dbd7d2 217.. function:: webserver(listen_address, password[, apikey[, custom_headers]])
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219 Launch the :doc:`../guides/webserver` with statistics and the API.
220
221 :param str listen_address: The IP address and Port to listen on
222 :param str password: The password required to access the webserver
223 :param str apikey: The key required to access the API
224 :param {[str]=str,...} custom_headers: Allows setting custom headers and removing the defaults
225
226.. function:: setAPIWritable(allow [,dir])
227
228 Allow modifications via the API.
229 Optionally saving these changes to disk.
230 Modifications done via the API will not be written to the configuration by default and will not persist after a reload
231
232 :param bool allow: Set to true to allow modification through the API
233 :param str dir: A valid directory where the configuration files will be written by the API.
234
32c97b56 235.. function:: setWebserverConfig(options)
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237 .. versionadded:: 1.3.3
238
239 Setup webserver configuration. See :func:`webserver`.
240
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241 :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with webserver options.
242
243 Options:
244
245 * ``password=newPassword``: string - Changes the API password
246 * ``apikey=newKey``: string - Changes the API Key (set to an empty string do disable it)
247 * ``custom_headers={[str]=str,...}``: map of string - Allows setting custom headers and removing the defaults.
80dbd7d2 248
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249Access Control Lists
250~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
251
252.. function:: addACL(netmask)
253
c29d4db8 254 Add a netmask to the existing ACL controlling which clients can send UDP and TCP queries. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.
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256 :param str netmask: A CIDR netmask, e.g. ``"192.0.2.0/24"``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.
257
258.. function:: setACL(netmasks)
259
c29d4db8 260 Remove the existing ACL and add the netmasks from the table of those allowed to send UDP and TCP queries. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.
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261
262 :param {str} netmasks: A table of CIDR netmask, e.g. ``{"192.0.2.0/24", "2001:DB8:14::/56"}``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.
263
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264.. function:: showACL()
265
c29d4db8 266 Print a list of all netmasks allowed to send queries over UDP and TCP. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.
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268EDNS Client Subnet
269~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
270
271.. function:: setECSSourcePrefixV4(prefix)
272
273 When ``useClientSubnet`` in :func:`newServer` is set and dnsdist adds an EDNS Client Subnet Client option to the query, truncate the requestors IPv4 address to ``prefix`` bits
274
275 :param int prefix: The prefix length
276
277.. function:: setECSSourcePrefixV6(prefix)
278
279 When ``useClientSubnet`` in :func:`newServer` is set and dnsdist adds an EDNS Client Subnet Client option to the query, truncate the requestor's IPv6 address to bits
280
281 :param int prefix: The prefix length
282
283Ringbuffers
284~~~~~~~~~~~
285
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286.. function:: setRingBuffersLockRetries(num)
287 .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
288
289 Set the number of shards to attempt to lock without blocking before giving up and simply blocking while waiting for the next shard to be available
290
291 :param int num: The maximum number of attempts. Defaults to 5 if there are more than one shard, 0 otherwise.
292
293.. function:: setRingBuffersSize(num [, numberOfShards])
294 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
295 ``numberOfShards`` optional parameter added.
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a609acdb 297 Set the capacity of the ringbuffers used for live traffic inspection to ``num``, and the number of shards to ``numberOfShards`` if specified.
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299 :param int num: The maximum amount of queries to keep in the ringbuffer. Defaults to 10000
a609acdb 300 :param int numberOfShards: the number of shards to use to limit lock contention. Defaults to 1
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302Servers
303-------
304
305.. function:: newServer(server_string)
306 newServer(server_table)
307
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309 - Added ``checkClass`` to server_table.
310 - Added ``sockets`` to server_table
311 - Added ``checkFunction`` to server_table
312
98650fde 313
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314 Add a new backend server. Call this function with either a string::
315
316 newServer(
317 "IP:PORT" -- IP and PORT of the backend server
318 )
319
320 or a table::
321
322 newServer({
323 address="IP:PORT", -- IP and PORT of the backend server (mandatory)
c8ea1f7c 324 id=STRING, -- Use a pre-defined UUID instead of a random one
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325 qps=NUM, -- Limit the number of queries per second to NUM, when using the `firstAvailable` policy
326 order=NUM, -- The order of this server, used by the `leastOustanding` and `firstAvailable` policies
1720247e 327 weight=NUM, -- The weight of this server, used by the `wrandom`, `whashed` and `chashed` policies, default: 1
278403d3 328 -- Supported values are a minimum of 1, and a maximum of 2147483647.
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329 pool=STRING|{STRING}, -- The pools this server belongs to (unset or empty string means default pool) as a string or table of strings
330 retries=NUM, -- The number of TCP connection attempts to the backend, for a given query
331 tcpConnectTimeout=NUM, -- The timeout (in seconds) of a TCP connection attempt
332 tcpSendTimeout=NUM, -- The timeout (in seconds) of a TCP write attempt
333 tcpRecvTimeout=NUM, -- The timeout (in seconds) of a TCP read attempt
334 tcpFastOpen=BOOL, -- Whether to enable TCP Fast Open
c0e7123d 335 ipBindAddrNoPort=BOOL, -- Whether to enable IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT if available, default: true
5d31a326 336 name=STRING, -- The name associated to this backend, for display purpose
de9f7157 337 checkClass=NUM, -- Use NUM as QCLASS in the health-check query, default: DNSClass.IN
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338 checkName=STRING, -- Use STRING as QNAME in the health-check query, default: "a.root-servers.net."
339 checkType=STRING, -- Use STRING as QTYPE in the health-check query, default: "A"
98650fde 340 checkFunction=FUNCTION -- Use this function to dynamically set the QNAME, QTYPE and QCLASS to use in the health-check query (see :ref:`Healthcheck`)
20d81666 341 setCD=BOOL, -- Set the CD (Checking Disabled) flag in the health-check query, default: false
fc1e69ee 342 maxCheckFailures=NUM, -- Allow NUM check failures before declaring the backend down, default: 1
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343 mustResolve=BOOL, -- Set to true when the health check MUST return a NOERROR RCODE and an answer
344 useClientSubnet=BOOL, -- Add the client's IP address in the EDNS Client Subnet option when forwarding the query to this backend
18f707fa 345 source=STRING, -- The source address or interface to use for queries to this backend, by default this is left to the kernel's address selection
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346 -- The following formats are supported:
347 -- "address", e.g. "192.0.2.2"
348 -- "interface name", e.g. "eth0"
349 -- "address@interface", e.g. "192.0.2.2@eth0"
150105a2 350 addXPF=NUM, -- Add the client's IP address and port to the query, along with the original destination address and port,
c85f69a8 351 -- using the experimental XPF record from `draft-bellis-dnsop-xpf <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-bellis-dnsop-xpf/>`_ and the specified option code. Default is disabled (0)
150105a2 352 sockets=NUM -- Number of sockets (and thus source ports) used toward the backend server, defaults to a single one
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353 })
354
355 :param str server_string: A simple IP:PORT string.
356 :param table server_table: A table with at least a 'name' key
357
358.. function:: getServer(index) -> Server
359
360 Get a :class:`Server`
361
362 :param int index: The number of the server (as seen in :func:`showServers`).
363 :returns: The :class:`Server` object or nil
364
365.. function:: getServers()
366
367 Returns a table with all defined servers.
368
369.. function:: rmServer(index)
370 rmServer(server)
371
372 Remove a backend server.
373
374 :param int index: The number of the server (as seen in :func:`showServers`).
375 :param Server server: A :class:`Server` object as returned by e.g. :func:`getServer`.
376
377Server Functions
378~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
379A server object returned by :func:`getServer` can be manipulated with these functions.
380
381.. class:: Server
382
383 This object represents a backend server. It has several methods.
384
d9018741 385 .. method:: Server:addPool(pool)
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d9018741 387 Add this server to a pool.
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d9018741 389 :param str pool: The pool to add the server to
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d9018741 391 .. method:: Server:getName() -> string
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d9018741 393 Get the name of this server.
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d9018741 395 :returns: The name of the server, or an empty string if it does not have one
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d9018741 397 .. method:: Server:getNameWithAddr() -> string
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d9018741 399 Get the name plus IP address and port of the server
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d9018741 401 :returns: A string containing the server name if any plus the server address and port
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d9018741 403 .. method:: Server:getOutstanding() -> int
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d9018741 405 Get the number of outstanding queries for this server.
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d9018741 407 :returns: The number of outstanding queries
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d9018741 409 .. method:: Server:isUp() -> bool
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d9018741 411 Returns the up status of the server
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d9018741 413 :returns: true when the server is up, false otherwise
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d9018741 415 .. method:: Server:rmPool(pool)
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d9018741 417 Removes the server from the named pool
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d9018741 419 :param str pool: The pool to remove the server from
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d9018741 421 .. method:: Server:setAuto([status])
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423 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
424 ``status`` optional parameter added.
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426 Set the server in the default auto state.
427 This will enable health check queries that will set the server ``up`` and ``down`` appropriately.
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d9018741 429 :param bool status: Set the initial status of the server to ``up`` (true) or ``down`` (false) instead of using the last known status
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d9018741 431 .. method:: Server:setQPS(limit)
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d9018741 433 Limit the queries per second for this server.
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d9018741 435 :param int limit: The maximum number of queries per second
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d9018741 437 .. method:: Server:setDown()
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439 Set the server in an ``DOWN`` state.
440 The server will not receive queries and the health checks are disabled
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d9018741 442 .. method:: Server:setUp()
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444 Set the server in an ``UP`` state.
445 This server will still receive queries and health checks are disabled
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d9018741 447 Apart from the functions, a :class:`Server` object has these attributes:
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d9018741 449 .. attribute:: Server.name
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d9018741 451 The name of the server
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d9018741 453 .. attribute:: Server.upStatus
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d9018741 455 Whether or not this server is up or down
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d9018741 457 .. attribute:: Server.order
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d9018741 459 The order of the server
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d9018741 461 .. attribute:: Server.weight
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d9018741 463 The weight of the server
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465Pools
466-----
467
468:class:`Server`\ s can be part of any number of pools.
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469Pools are automatically created when a server is added to a pool (with :func:`newServer`), or can be manually created with :func:`addPool`.
470
471.. function:: addPool(name) -> ServerPool
472
473 Returns a :class:`ServerPool`.
474
475 :param string name: The name of the pool to create
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477.. function:: getPool(name) -> ServerPool
478
479 Returns a :class:`ServerPool` or nil.
480
481 :param string name: The name of the pool
482
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483.. function:: rmPool(name)
484
485 Remove the pool named `name`.
486
487 :param string name: The name of the pool to remove
488
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489.. function:: getPoolServers(name) -> [ Server ]
490
491 Returns a list of :class:`Server`\ s or nil.
492
493 :param string name: The name of the pool
494
495.. class:: ServerPool
496
497 This represents the pool where zero or more servers are part of.
498
d9018741 499 .. method:: ServerPool:getCache() -> PacketCache
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d9018741 501 Returns the :class:`PacketCache` for this pool or nil.
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503 .. method:: ServerPool:getECS()
504
505 .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
506
507 Whether dnsdist will add EDNS Client Subnet information to the query before looking up into the cache,
508 when all servers from this pool are down. For more information see :meth:`ServerPool:setECS`.
509
d9018741 510 .. method:: ServerPool:setCache(cache)
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d9018741 512 Adds ``cache`` as the pool's cache.
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d9018741 514 :param PacketCache cache: The new cache to add to the pool
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d9018741 516 .. method:: ServerPool:unsetCache()
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d9018741 518 Removes the cache from this pool.
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521
522 .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
523
524 Set to true if dnsdist should add EDNS Client Subnet information to the query before looking up into the cache,
525 when all servers from this pool are down. If at least one server is up, the preference of the
526 selected server is used, this parameter is only useful if all the backends in this pool are down
527 and have EDNS Client Subnet enabled, since the queries in the cache will have been inserted with
528 ECS information. Default is false.
529
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530PacketCache
531~~~~~~~~~~~
532
533A Pool can have a packet cache to answer queries directly in stead of going to the backend.
534See :doc:`../guides/cache` for a how to.
535
78e3ac9e 536.. function:: newPacketCache(maxEntries[, maxTTL=86400[, minTTL=0[, temporaryFailureTTL=60[, staleTTL=60[, dontAge=false[, numberOfShards=1[, deferrableInsertLock=true[, maxNegativeTTL=3600[, parseECS=false]]]]]]]) -> PacketCache
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538 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
539 ``numberOfShards`` and ``deferrableInsertLock`` parameters added.
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47698274 541 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.1
706b0166 542 ``maxNegativeTTL`` and ``parseECS`` parameters added.
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544 Creates a new :class:`PacketCache` with the settings specified.
545
546 :param int maxEntries: The maximum number of entries in this cache
547 :param int maxTTL: Cap the TTL for records to his number
548 :param int minTTL: Don't cache entries with a TTL lower than this
549 :param int temporaryFailureTTL: On a SERVFAIL or REFUSED from the backend, cache for this amount of seconds
c8d5c4eb 550 :param int staleTTL: When the backend servers are not reachable, and global configuration ``setStaleCacheEntriesTTL`` is set appropriately, TTL that will be used when a stale cache entry is returned
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552 :param int numberOfShards: Number of shards to divide the cache into, to reduce lock contention
553 :param bool deferrableInsertLock: Whether the cache should give up insertion if the lock is held by another thread, or simply wait to get the lock
d5afeba2 554 :param int maxNegativeTTL: Cache a NXDomain or NoData answer from the backend for at most this amount of seconds, even if the TTL of the SOA record is higher
78e3ac9e 555 :param bool parseECS: Whether any EDNS Client Subnet option present in the query should be extracted and stored to be able to detect hash collisions involving queries with the same qname, qtype and qclass but a different incoming ECS value. Enabling this option adds a parsing cost and only makes sense if at least one backend might send different responses based on the ECS value, so it's disabled by default
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557.. class:: PacketCache
558
559 Represents a cache that can be part of :class:`ServerPool`.
560
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562
563 .. versionadded:: 1.3.1
564
565 Dump a summary of the cache entries to a file.
566
567 :param str fname: The path to a file where the cache summary should be dumped. Note that if the target file already exists, it will not be overwritten.
568
d9018741 569 .. method:: PacketCache:expunge(n)
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d9018741 571 Remove entries from the cache, leaving at most ``n`` entries
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d9018741 573 :param int n: Number of entries to keep
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d9018741 575 .. method:: PacketCache:expungeByName(name [, qtype=dnsdist.ANY[, suffixMatch=false]])
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578 ``suffixMatch`` parameter added.
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d9018741 580 Remove entries matching ``name`` and type from the cache.
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583 :param int qtype: The type to expunge
584 :param bool suffixMatch: When set to true, remove al entries under ``name``
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d9018741 586 .. method:: PacketCache:isFull() -> bool
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d9018741 588 Return true if the cache has reached the maximum number of entries.
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d9018741 590 .. method:: PacketCache:printStats()
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d9018741 592 Print the cache stats (hits, misses, deferred lookups and deferred inserts).
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d9018741 594 .. method:: PacketCache:purgeExpired(n)
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d9018741 596 Remove expired entries from the cache until there is at most ``n`` entries remaining in the cache.
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d9018741 598 :param int n: Number of entries to keep
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d9018741 600 .. method:: PacketCache:toString() -> string
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d9018741 602 Return the number of entries in the Packet Cache, and the maximum number of entries
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605------------
606
607Also called frontend or bind, the Client State object returned by :func:`getBind` and listed with :func:`showBinds` represents an address and port dnsdist is listening on.
608
609.. function:: getBind(index) -> ClientState
610
d9018741 611 Return a :class:`ClientState` object.
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613 :param int index: The object index
614
615ClientState functions
616~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
617
618.. class:: ClientState
619
620 This object represents an address and port dnsdist is listening on. When ``reuseport`` is in use, several ClientState objects can be present for the same address and port.
621
d9018741 622 .. method:: ClientState:attachFilter(filter)
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d9018741 624 Attach a BPF filter to this frontend.
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d9018741 626 :param BPFFilter filter: The filter to attach to this frontend
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d9018741 628 .. method:: ClientState:detachFilter()
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d9018741 630 Remove the BPF filter associated to this frontend, if any.
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d9018741 632 .. method:: ClientState:toString() -> string
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d9018741 634 Return the address and port this frontend is listening on.
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d9018741 636 :returns: The address and port this frontend is listening on
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d9018741 638 .. attribute:: ClientState.muted
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d9018741 640 If set to true, queries received on this frontend will be normally processed and sent to a backend if needed, but no response will be ever be sent to the client over UDP. TCP queries are processed normally and responses sent to the client.
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643---------------------------
644
645.. function:: dumpStats()
646
647 Print all statistics dnsdist gathers
648
a227f47d 649.. function:: getTLSContext(idx)
d9018741 650
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652
653 Return the TLSContext object for the context of index ``idx``.
654
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656
657 .. versionadded:: 1.3.1
658
659 Return the TLSFrontend object for the TLS bind of index ``idx``.
660
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662 grepq(selectors[, num])
663
664 Prints the last ``num`` queries matching ``selector`` or ``selectors``.
665
666 The selector can be:
667
668 * a netmask (e.g. '192.0.2.0/24')
669 * a DNS name (e.g. 'dnsdist.org')
670 * a response time (e.g. '100ms')
671
672 :param str selector: Select queries based on this property.
673 :param {str} selectors: A lua table of selectors. Only queries matching all selectors are shown
674 :param int num: Show a maximum of ``num`` recent queries, default is 10.
675
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677
678 Set whether health check errors should be logged. This is turned off by default.
679
680 :param bool verbose: Set to true if you want to enable health check errors logging
681
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683
684 Print a list of all the current addresses and ports dnsdist is listening on, also called ``frontends``
685
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687
77d43b54 688 Show a plot of the response time latency distribution
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691
692 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.4
693 ``options`` optional parameter added
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695 This function shows all backend servers currently configured and some statistics.
696 These statics have the following fields:
697
698 * ``#`` - The number of the server, can be used as the argument for :func:`getServer`
7f768697 699 * ``UUID`` - The UUID of the backend. Can be set with the ``id`` option of :func:`newServer`
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701 * ``State`` - The current state of the server
702 * ``Qps`` - Current number of queries per second
703 * ``Qlim`` - Configured maximum number of queries per second
704 * ``Ord`` - The order number of the server
705 * ``Wt`` - The weight of the server
706 * ``Queries`` - Total amount of queries sent to this server
707 * ``Drops`` - Number of queries that were dropped by this server
708 * ``Drate`` - Number of queries dropped per second by this server
709 * ``Lat`` - The latency of this server in milliseconds
710 * ``Pools`` - The pools this server belongs to
711
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713
714 Options:
715
716 * ``showUUIDs=false``: bool - Whether to display the UUIDs, defaults to false.
717
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719
77d43b54 720 Show some statistics regarding TCP
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725
726 Print the list of all availables DNS over TLS contexts.
727
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729
730 Print the version of dnsdist
731
732.. function:: topBandwidth([num])
733
734 Print the top ``num`` clients that consume the most bandwidth.
735
736 :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10.
737
738.. function:: topClients([num])
739
740 Print the top ``num`` clients sending the most queries over length of ringbuffer
741
742 :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10.
743
744.. function:: topQueries([num[, labels]])
745
746 Print the ``num`` most popular QNAMEs from queries.
747 Optionally grouped by the rightmost ``labels`` DNS labels.
748
749 :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10
750 :param int label: Number of labels to cut down to
751
752.. function:: topResponses([num[, rcode[, labels]]])
753
967f6a7f 754 Print the ``num`` most seen responses with an RCODE of ``rcode``.
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756
757 :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10
967f6a7f 758 :param int rcode: :ref:`Response code <DNSRCode>`, defaults to 0 (No Error)
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760
761.. function:: topSlow([num[, limit[, labels]]])
762
763 Print the ``num`` slowest queries that are slower than ``limit`` milliseconds.
764 Optionally grouped by the rightmost ``labels`` DNS labels.
765
766 :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10
af4b7afb 767 :param int limit: Show queries slower than this amount of milliseconds, defaults to 2000
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769
770.. _dynblocksref:
771
772Dynamic Blocks
773--------------
774
775.. function:: addDynBlocks(addresses, message[, seconds=10[, action]])
776
777 .. versionchanged:: 1.2.0
778 ``action`` parameter added.
779
780 Block a set of addresses with ``message`` for (optionally) a number of seconds.
781 The default number of seconds to block for is 10.
782
783 :param addresses: set of Addresses as returned by an exceed function
784 :param string message: The message to show next to the blocks
785 :param int seconds: The number of seconds this block to expire
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787
788 Please see the documentation for :func:`setDynBlocksAction` to confirm which actions are supported by the action paramater.
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790.. function:: clearDynBlocks()
791
792 Remove all current dynamic blocks.
793
794.. function:: showDynBlocks()
795
796 List all dynamic blocks in effect.
797
798.. function:: setDynBlocksAction(action)
799
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801 ``DNSAction.NXDomain`` action added.
802
20d81666 803 Set which action is performed when a query is blocked.
3d60b39a 804 Only DNSAction.Drop (the default), DNSAction.NoOp, DNSAction.NXDomain, DNSAction.Refused, DNSAction.Truncate and DNSAction.NoRecurse are supported.
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807
808Getting addresses that exceeded parameters
809~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
810
811.. function:: exceedServFails(rate, seconds)
812
813 Get set of addresses that exceed ``rate`` servfails/s over ``seconds`` seconds
814
815 :param int rate: Number of Servfails per second to exceed
816 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
817
818.. function:: exceedNXDOMAINs(rate, seconds)
819
820 get set of addresses that exceed ``rate`` NXDOMAIN/s over ``seconds`` seconds
821
822 :param int rate: Number of NXDOMAIN per second to exceed
823 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
824
825.. function:: exceedRespByterate(rate, seconds)
826
827 get set of addresses that exceeded ``rate`` bytes/s answers over ``seconds`` seconds
828
829 :param int rate: Number of bytes per second to exceed
830 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
831
832.. function:: exceedQRate(rate, seconds)
833
834 Get set of address that exceed ``rate`` queries/s over ``seconds`` seconds
835
836 :param int rate: Number of queries per second to exceed
837 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
838
839.. function:: exceedQTypeRate(type, rate, seconds)
840
841 Get set of address that exceed ``rate`` queries/s for queries of QType ``type`` over ``seconds`` seconds
842
843 :param int type: QType
844 :param int rate: Number of QType queries per second to exceed
845 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
846
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848~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
849
850Instead of using several `exceed*()` lines, dnsdist 1.3.0 introduced a new `DynBlockRulesGroup` object
851which can be used to group dynamic block rules.
852
853See :doc:`../guides/dynblocks` for more information about the case where using a `DynBlockRulesGroup` might be
854faster than the existing rules.
855
856.. function:: dynBlockRulesGroup() -> DynBlockRulesGroup
857
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860 Creates a new :class:`DynBlockRulesGroup` object.
861
862.. class:: DynBlockRulesGroup
863
864 Represents a group of dynamic block rules.
865
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867
868 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
869 ``warningRate`` parameter added.
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871 Adds a query rate-limiting rule, equivalent to:
872 ```
873 addDynBlocks(exceedQRate(rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
874 ```
875
876 :param int rate: Number of queries per second to exceed
877 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
878 :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
879 :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
880 :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
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882
883 .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setRCodeRate(rcode, rate, seconds, reason, blockingTime [, action [, warningRate]])
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886 ``warningRate`` parameter added.
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888 Adds a rate-limiting rule for responses of code ``rcode``, equivalent to:
889 ```
890 addDynBlocks(exceedServfails(rcode, rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
891 ```
892
893 :param int rcode: The response code
894 :param int rate: Number of responses per second to exceed
895 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
896 :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
897 :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
898 :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
1d3ba133 899 :param int warningRate: If set to a non-zero value, the rate above which a warning message will be issued and a no-op block inserted
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902
903 .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
904 ``warningRate`` parameter added.
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906 Adds a rate-limiting rule for queries of type ``qtype``, equivalent to:
907 ```
908 addDynBlocks(exceedQTypeRate(type, rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
909 ```
910
911 :param int qtype: The qtype
912 :param int rate: Number of queries per second to exceed
913 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
914 :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
915 :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
916 :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
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918
919 .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setResponseByteRate(rate, seconds, reason, blockingTime [, action [, warningRate]])
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922 ``warningRate`` parameter added.
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924 Adds a bandwidth rate-limiting rule for responses, equivalent to:
925 ```
926 addDynBlocks(exceedRespByterate(rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
927 ```
928
929 :param int rate: Number of bytes per second to exceed
930 :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
931 :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
932 :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
933 :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
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936 .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:apply()
937
938 Walk the in-memory query and response ring buffers and apply the configured rate-limiting rules, adding dynamic blocks when the limits have been exceeded.
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941
942 .. versionadded:: 1.3.1
943
944 Exclude this range, or list of ranges, meaning that no dynamic block will ever be inserted for clients in that range. Default to empty, meaning rules are applied to all ranges. When used in combination with :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:includeRange`, the more specific entry wins.
945
946 :param int netmasks: A netmask, or list of netmasks, as strings, like for example "192.0.2.1/24"
947
948 .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:includeRange(netmasks)
949
950 .. versionadded:: 1.3.1
951
952 Include this range, or list of ranges, meaning that rules will be applied to this range. When used in combination with :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:excludeRange`, the more specific entry wins.
953
954 :param int netmasks: A netmask, or list of netmasks, as strings, like for example "192.0.2.1/24"
955
956 .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:toString()
957
958 .. versionadded:: 1.3.1
959
960 Return a string describing the rules and range exclusions of this DynBlockRulesGroup.
961
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963---------------
964
965.. function:: maintenance()
966
967 If this function exists, it is called every second to so regular tasks.
968 This can be used for e.g. :doc:`Dynamic Blocks <../guides/dynblocks>`.
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970TLSContext
971~~~~~~~~~~
972
973.. class:: TLSContext
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976
977 This object represents an address and port dnsdist is listening on for DNS over TLS queries.
978
d9018741 979 .. method:: TLSContext:rotateTicketsKey()
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d9018741 981 Replace the current TLS tickets key by a new random one.
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d9018741 983 .. method:: TLSContext:loadTicketsKeys(ticketsKeysFile)
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d9018741 985 Load new tickets keys from the selected file, replacing the existing ones. These keys should be rotated often and never written to persistent storage to preserve forward secrecy. The default is to generate a random key. The OpenSSL provider supports several tickets keys to be able to decrypt existing sessions after the rotation, while the GnuTLS provider only supports one key.
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d9018741 987 :param str ticketsKeysFile: The path to a file from where TLS tickets keys should be loaded.
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989TLSFrontend
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992.. class:: TLSFrontend
993
994 .. versionadded:: 1.3.1
995
996 This object represents the configuration of a listening frontend for DNS over TLS queries. To each frontend is associated a TLSContext.
997
998 .. method:: TLSContext:loadNewCertificatesAndKeys(certFile(s), keyFile(s))
999
1000 Create and switch to a new TLS context using the same options than were passed to the corresponding `addTLSLocal()` directive, but loading new certificates and keys from the selected files, replacing the existing ones.
1001
1002 :param str certFile(s): The path to a X.509 certificate file in PEM format, or a list of paths to such files.
1003 :param str keyFile(s): The path to the private key file corresponding to the certificate, or a list of paths to such files, whose order should match the certFile(s) ones.
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1005EDNS on Self-generated answers
1006~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1007
1008There are several mechanisms in dnsdist that turn an existing query into an answer right away,
1009without reaching out to the backend, including :func:`SpoofAction`, :func:`RCodeAction`, :func:`TCAction`
1010and returning a response from ``Lua``. Those responses should, according to :rfc:`6891`, contain an ``OPT``
1011record if the received request had one, which is the case by default and can be disabled using
1012:func:`setAddEDNSToSelfGeneratedResponses`.
1013
1014We must, however, provide a responder's maximum payload size in this record, and we can't easily know the
1015maximum payload size of the actual backend so we need to provide one. The default value is 1500 and can be
1016overriden using :func:`setPayloadSizeOnSelfGeneratedAnswers`.
1017
1018.. function:: setAddEDNSToSelfGeneratedResponses(add)
1019
1020 .. versionadded:: 1.3.3
1021
1022 Whether to add EDNS to self-generated responses, provided that the initial query had EDNS.
1023
1024 :param bool add: Whether to add EDNS, default is true.
1025
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1028 .. versionadded:: 1.3.3
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1031 :rfc:`RFC 6891 <6891#section-6.2.5>`, values lower than 512 will be treated as equal to 512.
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1035Security Polling
1036~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1037
1038PowerDNS products can poll the security status of their respective versions. This polling, naturally,
1039happens over DNS. If the result is that a given version has a security problem, the software will
1040report this at level ‘Error’ during startup, and repeatedly during operations, every
1041:func:`setSecurityPollInterval` seconds.
1042
1043By default, security polling happens on the domain ‘secpoll.powerdns.com’, but this can be changed with
1044the :func:`setSecurityPollSuffix` function. If this setting is made empty, no polling will take place.
1045Organizations wanting to host their own security zones can do so by changing this setting to a domain name
1046under their control.
1047
1048To enable distributors of PowerDNS to signal that they have backported versions, the PACKAGEVERSION
1049compilation-time macro can be used to set a distributor suffix.
1050
1051.. function:: setSecurityPollInterval(interval)
1052
1053 .. versionadded:: 1.3.3
1054
1055 Set the interval, in seconds, between two security pollings.
1056
1057 :param int interval: The interval, in seconds, between two pollings. Default is 3600.
1058
1059.. function:: setSecurityPollSuffix(suffix)
1060
1061 .. versionadded:: 1.3.3
1062
1063 Domain name from which to query security update notifications. Setting this to an empty string disables secpoll.
1064
1065 :param string suffix: The suffix to use, default is 'secpoll.powerdns.com.'.