[thirdparty/pdns.git] / pdns / dnsdistdist / docs / reference / config.rst

.. highlight:: lua

Configuration Reference
=======================

This page lists all configuration options for dnsdist.

.. note::

  When an IPv6 IP:PORT combination is needed, the bracketed syntax from :rfc:`RFC 3986 <3986#section-3.2.2>` should be used.
  e.g. "[2001:DB8:14::C0FF:FEE]:5300".

Functions and Types
-------------------

Within dnsdist several core object types exist:

* :class:`Server`: generated with :func:`newServer`, represents a downstream server
* :class:`ComboAddress`: represents an IP address and port
* :class:`DNSName`: represents a domain name
* :class:`Netmask`: represents a netmask
* :class:`NetmaskGroup`: represents a group of netmasks
* :class:`QPSLimiter`: implements a QPS-based filter
* :class:`SuffixMatchNode`: represents a group of domain suffixes for rapid testing of membership
* :class:`DNSHeader`: represents the header of a DNS packet, see :ref:`DNSHeader`
* :class:`ClientState`: sometimes also called Bind or Frontend, represents the addresses and ports dnsdist is listening on

The 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:

.. code-block:: lua

  getServer(0).order=12         -- set order of server 0 to 12
  getServer(0):addPool("abuse") -- add this server to the abuse pool

The ``.`` means ``order`` is a data member, while the ``:`` means ``addPool`` is a member function.

Global configuration
--------------------

.. function:: includeDirectory(path)

  Include configuration files from ``path``.

  :param str path: The directory to load configuration files from. Each file must end in ``.conf``.

.. function:: reloadAllCertificates()

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Reload all DNSCrypt and TLS certificates, along with their associated keys.

.. function:: setSyslogFacility(facility)

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Set the syslog logging facility to ``facility``.

  :param int facility: The new facility as a numeric value. Defaults to LOG_DAEMON.

Listen Sockets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: addLocal(address[, options])

  .. versionadded:: 1.2.0

  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
    Added ``cpus`` to the options.

  .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
    Removed ``doTCP`` from the options. A listen socket on TCP is always created.

  Add to the list of listen addresses.

  :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                      The default port is 53.
  :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.

  Options:

  * ``doTCP=true``: bool - Also bind on TCP on ``address``. Removed in 1.4.0.
  * ``reusePort=false``: bool - Set the ``SO_REUSEPORT`` socket option.
  * ``tcpFastOpenQueueSize=0``: int - Set the TCP Fast Open queue size, enabling TCP Fast Open when available and the value is larger than 0.
  * ``interface=""``: str - Set the network interface to use.
  * ``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.

  .. code-block:: lua

    addLocal('0.0.0.0:5300', { reusePort=true })

  This will bind to both UDP and TCP on port 5300 with SO_REUSEPORT enabled.

.. function:: addLocal(address[[[,do_tcp], so_reuseport], tcp_fast_open_qsize])

  .. deprecated:: 1.2.0

  Add to the list of addresses listened on.

  :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                      The default port is 53.
  :param bool do_tcp: Also bind a TCP port on ``address``, defaults to true.
  :param bool so_reuseport: Use ``SO_REUSEPORT`` if it is available, defaults to false
  :param int tcp_fast_open_qsize: The size of the TCP Fast Open queue. Set to a number
                                  higher than 0 to enable TCP Fast Open when available.
                                  Default is 0.

.. function:: addDOHLocal(address, [certFile(s) [, keyFile(s) [, urls [, options]]]])

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  .. versionchanged:: 1.5.0
    ``sendCacheControlHeaders``, ``sessionTimeout``, ``trustForwardedForHeader`` options added.
    ``url`` now defaults to ``/dns-query`` instead of ``/``

  Listen on the specified address and TCP port for incoming DNS over HTTPS connections, presenting the specified X.509 certificate.
  If no certificate (or key) files are specified, listen for incoming DNS over HTTP connections instead.

  :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                      The default port is 443.
  :param str certFile(s): The path to a X.509 certificate file in PEM format, or a list of paths to such files.
  :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.
  :param str-or-list urls: A base URL, or a list of base URLs, to accept queries on. Any query with a path under one of these will be treated as a DoH query. The default is /dns-query.
  :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.

  Options:

  * ``reusePort=false``: bool - Set the ``SO_REUSEPORT`` socket option.
  * ``tcpFastOpenQueueSize=0``: int - Set the TCP Fast Open queue size, enabling TCP Fast Open when available and the value is larger than 0.
  * ``interface=""``: str - Set the network interface to use.
  * ``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.
  * ``idleTimeout=30``: int - Set the idle timeout, in seconds.
  * ``ciphers``: str - The TLS ciphers to use, in OpenSSL format. Ciphers for TLS 1.3 must be specified via ``ciphersTLS13``.
  * ``ciphersTLS13``: str - The TLS ciphers to use for TLS 1.3, in OpenSSL format.
  * ``serverTokens``: str - The content of the Server: HTTP header returned by dnsdist. The default is "h2o/dnsdist".
  * ``customResponseHeaders={}``: table - Set custom HTTP header(s) returned by dnsdist.
  * ``ocspResponses``: list - List of files containing OCSP responses, in the same order than the certificates and keys, that will be used to provide OCSP stapling responses.
  * ``minTLSVersion``: str - Minimum version of the TLS protocol to support. Possible values are 'tls1.0', 'tls1.1', 'tls1.2' and 'tls1.3'. Default is to require at least TLS 1.0.
  * ``numberOfTicketsKeys``: int - The maximum number of tickets keys to keep in memory at the same time. 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.
  * ``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. dnsdist supports several tickets keys to be able to decrypt existing sessions after the rotation.
  * ``ticketsKeysRotationDelay``: int - Set the delay before the TLS tickets key is rotated, in seconds. Default is 43200 (12h).
  * ``sessionTimeout``: int - Set the TLS session lifetime in seconds, this is used both for TLS ticket lifetime and for sessions kept in memory.
  * ``sessionTickets``: bool - Whether session resumption via session tickets is enabled. Default is true, meaning tickets are enabled.
  * ``numberOfStoredSessions``: int - The maximum number of sessions kept in memory at the same time. Default is 20480. Setting this value to 0 disables stored session entirely.
  * ``preferServerCiphers``: bool - Whether to prefer the order of ciphers set by the server instead of the one set by the client. Default is true, meaning that the order of the server is used.
  * ``keyLogFile``: str - Write the TLS keys in the specified file so that an external program can decrypt TLS exchanges, in the format described in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/Key_Log_Format. Note that this feature requires OpenSSL >= 1.1.1.
  * ``sendCacheControlHeaders``: bool - Whether to parse the response to find the lowest TTL and set a HTTP Cache-Control header accordingly. Default is true.
  * ``trustForwardedForHeader``: bool - Whether to parse any existing X-Forwarded-For header in the HTTP query and use the right-most value as the client source address and port, for ACL checks, rules, logging and so on. Default is false.

.. function:: addTLSLocal(address, certFile(s), keyFile(s) [, options])

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.1
    ``certFile(s)`` and ``keyFile(s)`` parameters accept a list of files.
    ``sessionTickets`` option added.
  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
    ``numberOfStoredSessions`` option added.
  .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
    ``ciphersTLS13``, ``minTLSVersion``, ``ocspResponses``, ``preferServerCiphers``, ``keyLogFile`` options added.
  .. versionchanged:: 1.5.0
    ``sessionTimeout`` option added.

  Listen on the specified address and TCP port for incoming DNS over TLS connections, presenting the specified X.509 certificate.

  :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                      The default port is 853.
  :param str certFile(s): The path to a X.509 certificate file in PEM format, or a list of paths to such files.
  :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.
  :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.

  Options:

  * ``reusePort=false``: bool - Set the ``SO_REUSEPORT`` socket option.
  * ``tcpFastOpenQueueSize=0``: int - Set the TCP Fast Open queue size, enabling TCP Fast Open when available and the value is larger than 0.
  * ``interface=""``: str - Set the network interface to use.
  * ``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.
  * ``provider``: str - The TLS library to use between GnuTLS and OpenSSL, if they were available and enabled at compilation time. Default is to use OpenSSL when available.
  * ``ciphers``: str - The TLS ciphers to use. The exact format depends on the provider used. When the OpenSSL provder is used, ciphers for TLS 1.3 must be specified via ``ciphersTLS13``.
  * ``ciphersTLS13``: str - The ciphers to use for TLS 1.3, when the OpenSSL provider is used. When the GnuTLS provider is used, ``ciphers`` applies regardless of the TLS protocol and this setting is not used.
  * ``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.
  * ``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.
  * ``ticketsKeysRotationDelay``: int - Set the delay before the TLS tickets key is rotated, in seconds. Default is 43200 (12h).
  * ``sessionTimeout``: int - Set the TLS session lifetime in seconds, this is used both for TLS ticket lifetime and for sessions kept in memory.
  * ``sessionTickets``: bool - Whether session resumption via session tickets is enabled. Default is true, meaning tickets are enabled.
  * ``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.
  * ``ocspResponses``: list - List of files containing OCSP responses, in the same order than the certificates and keys, that will be used to provide OCSP stapling responses.
  * ``minTLSVersion``: str - Minimum version of the TLS protocol to support. Possible values are 'tls1.0', 'tls1.1', 'tls1.2' and 'tls1.3'. Default is to require at least TLS 1.0. Note that this value is ignored when the GnuTLS provider is in use, and the ``ciphers`` option should be set accordingly instead. For example, 'NORMAL:!VERS-TLS1.0:!VERS-TLS1.1' will disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1.
  * ``preferServerCiphers``: bool - Whether to prefer the order of ciphers set by the server instead of the one set by the client. Default is true, meaning that the order of the server is used.
  * ``keyLogFile``: str - Write the TLS keys in the specified file so that an external program can decrypt TLS exchanges, in the format described in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/Key_Log_Format. Note that this feature requires OpenSSL >= 1.1.1.

.. function:: setLocal(address[, options])

  .. versionadded:: 1.2.0

  Remove the list of listen addresses and add a new one.

  :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                      The default port is 53.
  :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with listen options.

  The options that can be set are the same as :func:`addLocal`.

.. function:: setLocal(address[[[,do_tcp], so_reuseport], tcp_fast_open_qsize])

  .. deprecated:: 1.2.0

  Remove the list of listen addresses and add a new one.

  :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                      The default port is 53.
  :param bool do_tcp: Also bind a TCP port on ``address``, defaults to true.
  :param bool so_reuseport: Use ``SO_REUSEPORT`` if it is available, defaults to false
  :param int tcp_fast_open_qsize: The size of the TCP Fast Open queue. Set to a number
                                  higher than 0 to enable TCP Fast Open when available.
                                  Default is 0.

Control Socket, Console and Webserver
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: addConsoleACL(netmask)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  Add a netmask to the existing console ACL, allowing remote clients to connect to the console. Please make sure that encryption
  has been enabled with :func:`setKey` before doing so. The default is to only allow 127.0.0.1/8 and ::1/128.

  :param str netmask: A CIDR netmask, e.g. ``"192.0.2.0/24"``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.

.. function:: controlSocket(address)

  Bind to ``addr`` and listen for a connection for the console. Since 1.3.0 only connections from local users are allowed
  by default, :func:`addConsoleACL` and :func:`setConsoleACL` can be used to enable remote connections. Please make sure
  that encryption has been enabled with :func:`setKey` before doing so. Enabling encryption is also strongly advised for
  local connections, since not enabling it allows any local user to connect to the console.

  :param str address: An IP address with optional port. By default, the port is 5199.

.. function:: inClientStartup()

  Returns true while the console client is parsing the configuration.

.. function:: inConfigCheck()

  .. versionadded:: 1.5.0

  Returns true while the configuration is being checked, ie when run with ``--check-config``.

.. function:: makeKey()

  Generate and print an encryption key.

.. function:: setConsoleConnectionsLogging(enabled)

  .. versionadded:: 1.2.0

  Whether to log the opening and closing of console connections.

  :param bool enabled: Default to true.

.. function:: setKey(key)

  Use ``key`` as shared secret between the client and the server

  :param str key: An encoded key, as generated by :func:`makeKey`

.. function:: setConsoleACL(netmasks)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  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
  has been enabled with :func:`setKey` before doing so.

  :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.

.. function:: showConsoleACL()

  Print a list of all netmasks allowed to connect to the console.

.. function:: testCrypto()

  Test the crypto code, will report errors when something is not ok.

.. function:: setConsoleOutputMaxMsgSize(size)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.3

  Set the maximum size in bytes of a single console message, default set to 10 MB.

  :param int size: The new maximum size.

Webserver configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: webserver(listen_address, password[, apikey[, custom_headers]])

  Launch the :doc:`../guides/webserver` with statistics and the API.

  :param str listen_address: The IP address and Port to listen on
  :param str password: The password required to access the webserver
  :param str apikey: The key required to access the API
  :param {[str]=str,...} custom_headers: Allows setting custom headers and removing the defaults

.. function:: setAPIWritable(allow [,dir])

  Allow modifications via the API.
  Optionally saving these changes to disk.
  Modifications done via the API will not be written to the configuration by default and will not persist after a reload

  :param bool allow: Set to true to allow modification through the API
  :param str dir: A valid directory where the configuration files will be written by the API.

.. function:: setWebserverConfig(options)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.3

  Setup webserver configuration. See :func:`webserver`.

  :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with webserver options.

  Options:

  * ``password=newPassword``: string - Changes the API password
  * ``apiKey=newKey``: string - Changes the API Key (set to an empty string do disable it)
  * ``custom_headers={[str]=str,...}``: map of string - Allows setting custom headers and removing the defaults.
                 
Access Control Lists
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: addACL(netmask)

  Add a netmask to the existing ACL controlling which clients can send UDP, TCP, DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS queries. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.

  :param str netmask: A CIDR netmask, e.g. ``"192.0.2.0/24"``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.

.. function:: rmACL(netmask)

  Remove a network from the existing ACL controlling which clients can send UDP, TCP, DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS queries. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.
  This function only removes previously added entries, it does not remove subnets of entries.

  :param str netmask: A CIDR netmask, e.g. ``"192.0.2.0/24"``. Without a subnetmask, only the specific address is allowed.

  .. code-block:: lua

    addACL("192.0.2.0/24") -- for example add subnet to the ACL
    rmACL("192.0.2.10")    -- does NOT work, the ACL is unchanged
    rmACL("192.0.2.0/24")  -- does work, the exact match is removed from the ACL

.. function:: setACL(netmasks)

  Remove the existing ACL and add the netmasks from the table of those allowed to send UDP, TCP, DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS queries. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.

  :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.

.. function:: showACL()

  Print a list of all netmasks allowed to send queries over UDP, TCP, DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS. See :ref:`ACL` for more information.

EDNS Client Subnet
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: setECSOverride(bool)

  When ``useClientSubnet`` in :func:`newServer` is set and dnsdist adds an EDNS Client Subnet Client option to the query, override an existing option already present in the query, if any

  :param bool: Whether to override an existing EDNS Client Subnet option present in the query. Defaults to false

.. function:: setECSSourcePrefixV4(prefix)

  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

  :param int prefix: The prefix length

.. function:: setECSSourcePrefixV6(prefix)

  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

  :param int prefix: The prefix length

Ringbuffers
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: setRingBuffersLockRetries(num)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  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

  :param int num: The maximum number of attempts. Defaults to 5 if there is more than one shard, 0 otherwise.

.. function:: setRingBuffersSize(num [, numberOfShards])

  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
    ``numberOfShards`` optional parameter added.

  Set the capacity of the ringbuffers used for live traffic inspection to ``num``, and the number of shards to ``numberOfShards`` if specified.

  :param int num: The maximum amount of queries to keep in the ringbuffer. Defaults to 10000
  :param int numberOfShards: the number of shards to use to limit lock contention. Defaults to 1

Servers
-------

.. function:: newServer(server_string)
              newServer(server_table)

  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
    Added ``checkClass``, ``sockets`` and ``checkFunction`` to server_table.

  .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
    Added ``checkInterval``, ``checkTimeout`` and ``rise`` to server_table.

  .. versionchanged:: 1.5.0
    Added ``useProxyProtocol`` to server_table.

  Add a new backend server. Call this function with either a string::

    newServer(
      "IP:PORT" -- IP and PORT of the backend server
    )

  or a table::

    newServer({
      address="IP:PORT",     -- IP and PORT of the backend server (mandatory)
      id=STRING,             -- Use a pre-defined UUID instead of a random one
      qps=NUM,               -- Limit the number of queries per second to NUM, when using the `firstAvailable` policy
      order=NUM,             -- The order of this server, used by the `leastOutstanding` and `firstAvailable` policies
      weight=NUM,            -- The weight of this server, used by the `wrandom`, `whashed` and `chashed` policies, default: 1
                             -- Supported values are a minimum of 1, and a maximum of 2147483647.
      pool=STRING|{STRING},  -- The pools this server belongs to (unset or empty string means default pool) as a string or table of strings
      retries=NUM,           -- The number of TCP connection attempts to the backend, for a given query
      tcpConnectTimeout=NUM, -- The timeout (in seconds) of a TCP connection attempt
      tcpSendTimeout=NUM,    -- The timeout (in seconds) of a TCP write attempt
      tcpRecvTimeout=NUM,    -- The timeout (in seconds) of a TCP read attempt
      tcpFastOpen=BOOL,      -- Whether to enable TCP Fast Open
      ipBindAddrNoPort=BOOL, -- Whether to enable IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT if available, default: true
      name=STRING,           -- The name associated to this backend, for display purpose
      checkClass=NUM,        -- Use NUM as QCLASS in the health-check query, default: DNSClass.IN
      checkName=STRING,      -- Use STRING as QNAME in the health-check query, default: "a.root-servers.net."
      checkType=STRING,      -- Use STRING as QTYPE in the health-check query, default: "A"
      checkFunction=FUNCTION,-- Use this function to dynamically set the QNAME, QTYPE and QCLASS to use in the health-check query (see :ref:`Healthcheck`)
      checkTimeout=NUM,      -- The timeout (in milliseconds) of a health-check query, default: 1000 (1s)
      setCD=BOOL,            -- Set the CD (Checking Disabled) flag in the health-check query, default: false
      maxCheckFailures=NUM,  -- Allow NUM check failures before declaring the backend down, default: 1
      checkInterval=NUM      -- The time in seconds between health checks
      mustResolve=BOOL,      -- Set to true when the health check MUST return a RCODE different from NXDomain, ServFail and Refused. Default is false, meaning that every RCODE except ServFail is considered valid
      useClientSubnet=BOOL,  -- Add the client's IP address in the EDNS Client Subnet option when forwarding the query to this backend
      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
                             -- The following formats are supported:
                             --   "address", e.g. "192.0.2.2"
                             --   "interface name", e.g. "eth0"
                             --   "address@interface", e.g. "192.0.2.2@eth0"
      addXPF=NUM,            -- Add the client's IP address and port to the query, along with the original destination address and port,
                             -- 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)
      sockets=NUM,           -- Number of sockets (and thus source ports) used toward the backend server, defaults to a single one
      disableZeroScope=BOOL, -- Disable the EDNS Client Subnet 'zero scope' feature, which does a cache lookup for an answer valid for all subnets (ECS scope of 0) before adding ECS information to the query and doing the regular lookup. This requires the ``parseECS`` option of the corresponding cache to be set to true
      rise=NUM,              -- Require NUM consecutive successful checks before declaring the backend up, default: 1
      useProxyProtocol=BOOL  -- Add a proxy protocol header to the query, passing along the client's IP address and port along with the original destination address and port. Default is disabled.
    })

  :param str server_string: A simple IP:PORT string.
  :param table server_table: A table with at least a 'name' key

.. function:: getServer(index) -> Server

  .. versionchanged:: 1.5.0
    ``index`` might be an UUID.

  Get a :class:`Server`

  :param int or str index: The number of the server (as seen in :func:`showServers`) or its UUID as a string.
  :returns:  The :class:`Server` object or nil

.. function:: getServers()

  Returns a table with all defined servers.

.. function:: rmServer(index)
              rmServer(uuid)
              rmServer(server)

  .. versionchanged:: 1.5.0
    ``uuid`` selection added.

  Remove a backend server.

  :param int or str index: The number of the server (as seen in :func:`showServers`), its UUID as a string, or a server object.
  :param Server server: A :class:`Server` object as returned by e.g. :func:`getServer`.

Server Functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A server object returned by :func:`getServer` can be manipulated with these functions.

.. class:: Server

  This object represents a backend server. It has several methods.

  .. method:: Server:addPool(pool)

    Add this server to a pool.

    :param str pool: The pool to add the server to

  .. method:: Server:getName() -> string

    Get the name of this server.

    :returns: The name of the server, or an empty string if it does not have one

  .. method:: Server:getNameWithAddr() -> string

    Get the name plus IP address and port of the server

    :returns: A string containing the server name if any plus the server address and port

  .. method:: Server:getOutstanding() -> int

    Get the number of outstanding queries for this server.

    :returns: The number of outstanding queries

  .. method:: Server:isUp() -> bool

    Returns the up status of the server

    :returns: true when the server is up, false otherwise

  .. method:: Server:rmPool(pool)

    Removes the server from the named pool

    :param str pool: The pool to remove the server from

  .. method:: Server:setAuto([status])

    .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
        ``status`` optional parameter added.

    Set the server in the default auto state.
    This will enable health check queries that will set the server ``up`` and ``down`` appropriately.

    :param bool status: Set the initial status of the server to ``up`` (true) or ``down`` (false) instead of using the last known status

  .. method:: Server:setQPS(limit)

    Limit the queries per second for this server.

    :param int limit: The maximum number of queries per second

  .. method:: Server:setDown()

    Set the server in an ``DOWN`` state.
    The server will not receive queries and the health checks are disabled

  .. method:: Server:setUp()

    Set the server in an ``UP`` state.
    This server will still receive queries and health checks are disabled

  Apart from the functions, a :class:`Server` object has these attributes:

  .. attribute:: Server.name

    The name of the server

  .. attribute:: Server.upStatus

    Whether or not this server is up or down

  .. attribute:: Server.order

    The order of the server

  .. attribute:: Server.weight

    The weight of the server

Pools
-----

:class:`Server`\ s can be part of any number of pools.
Pools are automatically created when a server is added to a pool (with :func:`newServer`), or can be manually created with :func:`addPool`.

.. function:: addPool(name) -> ServerPool

  Returns a :class:`ServerPool`.

  :param string name: The name of the pool to create

.. function:: getPool(name) -> ServerPool

  Returns a :class:`ServerPool` or nil.

  :param string name: The name of the pool

.. function:: getPoolServers(name) -> [ Server ]

  Returns a list of :class:`Server`\ s or nil.

  :param string name: The name of the pool

.. function:: showPools()

   Display the name, associated cache, server policy and associated servers for every pool.

.. class:: ServerPool

  This represents the pool where zero or more servers are part of.

  .. method:: ServerPool:getCache() -> PacketCache

    Returns the :class:`PacketCache` for this pool or nil.

  .. method:: ServerPool:getECS()

    .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

    Whether dnsdist will add EDNS Client Subnet information to the query before looking up into the cache,
    when all servers from this pool are down. For more information see :meth:`ServerPool:setECS`.

  .. method:: ServerPool:setCache(cache)

    Adds ``cache`` as the pool's cache.

    :param PacketCache cache: The new cache to add to the pool

  .. method:: ServerPool:unsetCache()

    Removes the cache from this pool.

  .. method:: ServerPool:setECS()

    .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

    Set to true if dnsdist should add EDNS Client Subnet information to the query before looking up into the cache,
    when all servers from this pool are down. If at least one server is up, the preference of the
    selected server is used, this parameter is only useful if all the backends in this pool are down
    and have EDNS Client Subnet enabled, since the queries in the cache will have been inserted with
    ECS information. Default is false.

PacketCache
~~~~~~~~~~~

A Pool can have a packet cache to answer queries directly instead of going to the backend.
See :doc:`../guides/cache` for a how to.

.. function:: newPacketCache(maxEntries[, maxTTL=86400[, minTTL=0[, temporaryFailureTTL=60[, staleTTL=60[, dontAge=false[, numberOfShards=1[, deferrableInsertLock=true[, maxNegativeTTL=3600[, parseECS=false]]]]]]]) -> PacketCache

  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.0
    ``numberOfShards`` and ``deferrableInsertLock`` parameters added.

  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.1
    ``maxNegativeTTL`` and ``parseECS`` parameters added.

  .. deprecated:: 1.4.0

  Creates a new :class:`PacketCache` with the settings specified.

  :param int maxEntries: The maximum number of entries in this cache
  :param int maxTTL: Cap the TTL for records to his number
  :param int minTTL: Don't cache entries with a TTL lower than this
  :param int temporaryFailureTTL: On a SERVFAIL or REFUSED from the backend, cache for this amount of seconds
  :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
  :param bool dontAge: Don't reduce TTLs when serving from the cache. Use this when :program:`dnsdist` fronts a cluster of authoritative servers
  :param int numberOfShards: Number of shards to divide the cache into, to reduce lock contention
  :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
  :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
  :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

.. function:: newPacketCache(maxEntries, [options]) -> PacketCache

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Creates a new :class:`PacketCache` with the settings specified.

  :param int maxEntries: The maximum number of entries in this cache

  Options:

  * ``deferrableInsertLock=true``: bool - Whether the cache should give up insertion if the lock is held by another thread, or simply wait to get the lock.
  * ``dontAge=false``: bool - Don't reduce TTLs when serving from the cache. Use this when :program:`dnsdist` fronts a cluster of authoritative servers.
  * ``keepStaleData=false``: bool - Whether to suspend the removal of expired entries from the cache when there is no backend available in at least one of the pools using this cache.
  * ``maxNegativeTTL=3600``: int - 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.
  * ``maxTTL=86400``: int - Cap the TTL for records to his number.
  * ``minTTL=0``: int - Don't cache entries with a TTL lower than this.
  * ``numberOfShards=1``: int - Number of shards to divide the cache into, to reduce lock contention.
  * ``parseECS=false``: bool - 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. Enabling this option is required for the 'zero scope' option to work
  * ``staleTTL=60``: int - 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.
  * ``temporaryFailureTTL=60``: int - On a SERVFAIL or REFUSED from the backend, cache for this amount of seconds..

.. class:: PacketCache

  Represents a cache that can be part of :class:`ServerPool`.

  .. method:: PacketCache:dump(fname)

    .. versionadded:: 1.3.1

    Dump a summary of the cache entries to a file.

    :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.

  .. method:: PacketCache:expunge(n)

    Remove entries from the cache, leaving at most ``n`` entries

    :param int n: Number of entries to keep

  .. method:: PacketCache:expungeByName(name [, qtype=DNSQType.ANY[, suffixMatch=false]])

    .. versionchanged:: 1.2.0
      ``suffixMatch`` parameter added.

    Remove entries matching ``name`` and type from the cache.

    :param DNSName name: The name to expunge
    :param int qtype: The type to expunge, can be a pre-defined :ref:`DNSQType`
    :param bool suffixMatch: When set to true, remove al entries under ``name``

  .. method:: PacketCache:getStats()

    .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

    Return the cache stats (number of entries, hits, misses, deferred lookups, deferred inserts, lookup collisions, insert collisions and TTL too shorts) as a Lua table.

  .. method:: PacketCache:isFull() -> bool

    Return true if the cache has reached the maximum number of entries.

  .. method:: PacketCache:printStats()

    Print the cache stats (number of entries, hits, misses, deferred lookups, deferred inserts, lookup collisions, insert collisions and TTL too shorts).

  .. method:: PacketCache:purgeExpired(n)

    Remove expired entries from the cache until there is at most ``n`` entries remaining in the cache.

    :param int n: Number of entries to keep

  .. method:: PacketCache:toString() -> string

    Return the number of entries in the Packet Cache, and the maximum number of entries

Client State
------------

Also 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.

.. function:: getBind(index) -> ClientState

  Return a :class:`ClientState` object.

  :param int index: The object index

.. function:: getBindCount()

  .. versionadded:: 1.5.0

  Return the number of binds (Do53, DNSCrypt, DoH and DoT).

ClientState functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. class:: ClientState

  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.

  .. method:: ClientState:attachFilter(filter)

     Attach a BPF filter to this frontend.

     :param BPFFilter filter: The filter to attach to this frontend

  .. method:: ClientState:detachFilter()

     Remove the BPF filter associated to this frontend, if any.

  .. method:: ClientState:toString() -> string

    Return the address and port this frontend is listening on.

    :returns: The address and port this frontend is listening on

  .. attribute:: ClientState.muted

    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.

Status, Statistics and More
---------------------------

.. function:: dumpStats()

  Print all statistics dnsdist gathers

.. function:: getDOHFrontend(idx)

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Return the DOHFrontend object for the DNS over HTTPS bind of index ``idx``.

.. function:: getDOHFrontendCount()

  .. versionadded:: 1.5.0

  Return the number of DOHFrontend binds.

.. function:: getTLSContext(idx)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  Return the TLSContext object for the context of index ``idx``.

.. function:: getTLSFrontend(idx)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.1

  Return the TLSFrontend object for the TLS bind of index ``idx``.

.. function:: getTLSFrontendCount()

  .. versionadded:: 1.5.0

  Return the number of TLSFrontend binds.

.. function:: grepq(selector[, num])
              grepq(selectors[, num])

  Prints the last ``num`` queries matching ``selector`` or ``selectors``.

  The selector can be:

  * a netmask (e.g. '192.0.2.0/24')
  * a DNS name (e.g. 'dnsdist.org')
  * a response time (e.g. '100ms')

  :param str selector: Select queries based on this property.
  :param {str} selectors: A lua table of selectors. Only queries matching all selectors are shown
  :param int num: Show a maximum of ``num`` recent queries, default is 10.

.. function:: setVerboseHealthChecks(verbose)

  Set whether health check errors should be logged. This is turned off by default.

  :param bool verbose: Set to true if you want to enable health check errors logging

.. function:: showBinds()

  Print a list of all the current addresses and ports dnsdist is listening on, also called ``frontends``

.. function:: showDOHFrontends()

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Print the list of all availables DNS over HTTPS frontends.

.. function:: showDOHResponseCodes()

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Print the HTTP response codes statistics for all availables DNS over HTTPS frontends.

.. function:: showResponseLatency()

  Show a plot of the response time latency distribution

.. function:: showServers([options])

  .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
    ``options`` optional parameter added

  This function shows all backend servers currently configured and some statistics.
  These statics have the following fields:

  * ``#`` - The number of the server, can be used as the argument for :func:`getServer`
  * ``UUID`` - The UUID of the backend. Can be set with the ``id`` option of :func:`newServer`
  * ``Address`` - The IP address and port of the server
  * ``State`` - The current state of the server
  * ``Qps`` - Current number of queries per second
  * ``Qlim`` - Configured maximum number of queries per second
  * ``Ord`` - The order number of the server
  * ``Wt`` - The weight of the server
  * ``Queries`` - Total amount of queries sent to this server
  * ``Drops`` - Number of queries that were dropped by this server
  * ``Drate`` - Number of queries dropped per second by this server
  * ``Lat`` - The latency of this server in milliseconds
  * ``Pools`` - The pools this server belongs to

  :param table options: A table with key: value pairs with display options.

  Options:

  * ``showUUIDs=false``: bool - Whether to display the UUIDs, defaults to false.

.. function:: showTCPStats()

  Show some statistics regarding TCP

.. function:: showTLSContexts()

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  Print the list of all availables DNS over TLS contexts.

.. function:: showTLSErrorCounters()

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Display metrics about TLS handshake failures.

.. function:: showVersion()

  Print the version of dnsdist

.. function:: topBandwidth([num])

  Print the top ``num`` clients that consume the most bandwidth.

  :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10.

.. function:: topClients([num])

  Print the top ``num`` clients sending the most queries over length of ringbuffer

  :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10.

.. function:: topQueries([num[, labels]])

  Print the ``num`` most popular QNAMEs from queries.
  Optionally grouped by the rightmost ``labels`` DNS labels.

  :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10
  :param int label: Number of labels to cut down to

.. function:: topResponses([num[, rcode[, labels]]])

  Print the ``num`` most seen responses with an RCODE of ``rcode``.
  Optionally grouped by the rightmost ``labels`` DNS labels.

  :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10
  :param int rcode: :ref:`Response code <DNSRCode>`, defaults to 0 (No Error)
  :param int label: Number of labels to cut down to

.. function:: topSlow([num[, limit[, labels]]])

  Print the ``num`` slowest queries that are slower than ``limit`` milliseconds.
  Optionally grouped by the rightmost ``labels`` DNS labels.

  :param int num: Number to show, defaults to 10
  :param int limit: Show queries slower than this amount of milliseconds, defaults to 2000
  :param int label: Number of labels to cut down to

.. _dynblocksref:

Dynamic Blocks
--------------

.. function:: addDynBlocks(addresses, message[, seconds=10[, action]])

  .. versionchanged:: 1.2.0
    ``action`` parameter added.

  Block a set of addresses with ``message`` for (optionally) a number of seconds.
  The default number of seconds to block for is 10.

  :param addresses: set of Addresses as returned by an exceed function
  :param string message: The message to show next to the blocks
  :param int seconds: The number of seconds this block to expire
  :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to DNSAction.None, meaning the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction` is used)

  Please see the documentation for :func:`setDynBlocksAction` to confirm which actions are supported by the action paramater.

.. function:: clearDynBlocks()

  Remove all current dynamic blocks.

.. function:: showDynBlocks()

  List all dynamic blocks in effect.

.. function:: setDynBlocksAction(action)

  .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
    ``DNSAction.NXDomain`` action added.

  Set which action is performed when a query is blocked.
  Only DNSAction.Drop (the default), DNSAction.NoOp, DNSAction.NXDomain, DNSAction.Refused, DNSAction.Truncate and DNSAction.NoRecurse are supported.

.. _exceedfuncs:

Getting addresses that exceeded parameters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. function:: exceedServFails(rate, seconds)

  Get set of addresses that exceed ``rate`` servfails/s over ``seconds`` seconds

  :param int rate: Number of Servfails per second to exceed
  :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded

.. function:: exceedNXDOMAINs(rate, seconds)

  get set of addresses that exceed ``rate`` NXDOMAIN/s over ``seconds`` seconds

  :param int rate: Number of NXDOMAIN per second to exceed
  :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded

.. function:: exceedRespByterate(rate, seconds)

  get set of addresses that exceeded ``rate`` bytes/s answers over ``seconds`` seconds

  :param int rate: Number of bytes per second to exceed
  :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded

.. function:: exceedQRate(rate, seconds)

  Get set of address that exceed ``rate`` queries/s over ``seconds`` seconds

  :param int rate: Number of queries per second to exceed
  :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded

.. function:: exceedQTypeRate(type, rate, seconds)

  Get set of address that exceed ``rate`` queries/s for queries of QType ``type`` over ``seconds`` seconds

  :param int type: QType
  :param int rate: Number of QType queries per second to exceed
  :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded

DynBlockRulesGroup
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Instead of using several `exceed*()` lines, dnsdist 1.3.0 introduced a new `DynBlockRulesGroup` object
which can be used to group dynamic block rules.

See :doc:`../guides/dynblocks` for more information about the case where using a `DynBlockRulesGroup` might be
faster than the existing rules.

.. function:: dynBlockRulesGroup() -> DynBlockRulesGroup

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  Creates a new :class:`DynBlockRulesGroup` object.

.. class:: DynBlockRulesGroup

  Represents a group of dynamic block rules.

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setQueryRate(rate, seconds, reason, blockingTime [, action [, warningRate]])

    .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
        ``warningRate`` parameter added.

    Adds a query rate-limiting rule, equivalent to:
    ```
    addDynBlocks(exceedQRate(rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
    ```

    :param int rate: Number of queries per second to exceed
    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :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

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setRCodeRate(rcode, rate, seconds, reason, blockingTime [, action [, warningRate]])

    .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
        ``warningRate`` parameter added.

    Adds a rate-limiting rule for responses of code ``rcode``, equivalent to:
    ```
    addDynBlocks(exceedServfails(rcode, rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
    ```

    :param int rcode: The response code
    :param int rate: Number of responses per second to exceed
    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :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

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setRCodeRatio(rcode, ratio, seconds, reason, blockingTime, minimumNumberOfResponses [, action [, warningRate]])

    .. versionadded:: 1.5.0

    Adds a rate-limiting rule for the ratio of responses of code ``rcode`` over the total number of responses for a given client.

    :param int rcode: The response code
    :param int ratio: Ratio of responses per second of the given rcode over the total number of responses for this client to exceed
    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the ratio has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int minimumNumberOfResponses: How many total responses is required for this rule to apply
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :param int warningRatio: If set to a non-zero value, the ratio above which a warning message will be issued and a no-op block inserted

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setQTypeRate(qtype, rate, seconds, reason, blockingTime [, action [, warningRate]])

    .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
        ``warningRate`` parameter added.

    Adds a rate-limiting rule for queries of type ``qtype``, equivalent to:
    ```
    addDynBlocks(exceedQTypeRate(type, rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
    ```

    :param int qtype: The qtype
    :param int rate: Number of queries per second to exceed
    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :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

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setResponseByteRate(rate, seconds, reason, blockingTime [, action [, warningRate]])

    .. versionchanged:: 1.3.3
        ``warningRate`` parameter added.

    Adds a bandwidth rate-limiting rule for responses, equivalent to:
    ```
    addDynBlocks(exceedRespByterate(rate, seconds), reason, blockingTime, action)
    ```

    :param int rate: Number of bytes per second to exceed
    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :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

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRule(seconds, reason, blockingTime, action , visitor)

    .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

    Set a Lua visitor function that will be called for each label of every domain seen in queries and responses. The function receives a `StatNode` object representing the stats of the parent, a second one with the stats of the current label and one with the stats of the current node plus all its children.
    Note that this function will not be called if a FFI version has been set using :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRuleFFI`
    If the function returns true, the current label will be blocked according to the `seconds`, `reason`, `blockingTime` and `action` parameters.
    Selected domains can be excluded from this processing using the :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:excludeDomains` method.

    This replaces the existing :func:`addDynBlockSMT` function.

    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :param function vistitor: The Lua function to call.

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRuleFFI(seconds, reason, blockingTime, action , visitor)

    .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

    Set a Lua FFI visitor function that will be called for each label of every domain seen in queries and responses. The function receives a `dnsdist_ffi_stat_node_t` object containing the stats of the parent, a second one with the stats of the current label and one with the stats of the current node plus all its children.
    If the function returns true, the current label will be blocked according to the `seconds`, `reason`, `blockingTime` and `action` parameters.
    Selected domains can be excluded from this processing using the :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:excludeDomains` method.

    :param int seconds: Number of seconds the rate has been exceeded
    :param string reason: The message to show next to the blocks
    :param int blockingTime: The number of seconds this block to expire
    :param int action: The action to take when the dynamic block matches, see :ref:`here <DNSAction>`. (default to the one set with :func:`setDynBlocksAction`)
    :param function vistitor: The Lua FFI function to call.

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:apply()

    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.

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:setQuiet(quiet)

    .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

    Set whether newly blocked clients or domains should be logged.

    :param bool quiet: True means that insertions will not be logged, false that they will. Default is false.

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:excludeDomains(domains)

    .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

    Exclude this domain, or list of domains, meaning that no dynamic block will ever be inserted for this domain via :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRule` or :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRuleFFI`. Default to empty, meaning rules are applied to all domains.

    :param str domain: A domain, or list of domains, as strings, like for example "powerdns.com"

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:excludeRange(netmasks)

    .. versionadded:: 1.3.1

    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.

    :param list netmasks: A netmask, or list of netmasks, as strings, like for example "192.0.2.1/24"

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:includeRange(netmasks)

    .. versionadded:: 1.3.1

    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.

    :param list netmasks: A netmask, or list of netmasks, as strings, like for example "192.0.2.1/24"

  .. method:: DynBlockRulesGroup:toString()

    .. versionadded:: 1.3.1

    Return a string describing the rules and range exclusions of this DynBlockRulesGroup.

StatNode
~~~~~~~~

.. class:: StatNode

  Represent metrics about a given node, for the visitor functions used with :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRul` and :meth:`DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRuleFFI`. Note that some nodes includes the metrics for their children as well as their own.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.bytes

    The number of bytes for all responses returned for that node.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.drops

    The number of drops for that node.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.fullname

    The complete name of that node, ie 'www.powerdns.com'.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.labelsCount

    The number of labels in that node, for example 3 for 'www.powerdns.com'.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.noerrors

    The number of No Error answers returned for that node.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.nxdomains

    The number of NXDomain answers returned for that node.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.queries

    The number of queries for that node.

  .. attribute:: StatNode.servfails

    The number of Server Failure answers returned for that node.

  .. method:: StatNode:numChildren

    The number of children of that node.

SuffixMatchNode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A SuffixMatchNode can be used to quickly check whether a given name belongs to a set or not. This is achieved
using an efficient tree structure based on DNS labels, making lookups cheap.
Be careful that Suffix Node matching will match for any sub-domain, regardless of the depth, under the name added to the set. For example,
if 'example.com.' is added to the set, 'www.example.com.' and 'sub.www.example.com.' will match as well.
If you are looking for exact name matching, your might want to consider using a :class:`DNSNameSet` instead.

.. function:: newSuffixMatchNode()

  Creates a new :class:`SuffixMatchNode`.

.. class:: SuffixMatchNode

  Represent a set of DNS suffixes for quick matching.

  .. method:: SuffixMatchNode:add(name)

    .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
      This method now accepts strings, lists of DNSNames and lists of strings.

    Add a suffix to the current set.

    :param DNSName name: The suffix to add to the set.
    :param string name: The suffix to add to the set.
    :param table name: The suffixes to add to the set. Elements of the table should be of the same type, either DNSName or string.

  .. method:: SuffixMatchNode:check(name) -> bool

    Return true if the given name is a sub-domain of one of those in the set, and false otherwise.

    :param DNSName name: The name to test against the set.

Other functions
---------------

.. function:: maintenance()

  If this function exists, it is called every second to so regular tasks.
  This can be used for e.g. :doc:`Dynamic Blocks <../guides/dynblocks>`.

.. function:: setAllowEmptyResponse()

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Set to true (defaults to false) to allow empty responses (qdcount=0) with a NoError or NXDomain rcode (default) from backends. dnsdist drops these responses by default because it can't match them against the initial query since they don't contain the qname, qtype and qclass, and therefore the risk of collision is much higher than with regular responses.

.. function:: makeIPCipherKey(password) -> string

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Hashes the password to generate a 16-byte key that can be used to pseudonymize IP addresses with IP cipher.

.. function:: generateOCSPResponse(pathToServerCertificate, pathToCACertificate, pathToCAPrivateKey, outputFile, numberOfDaysOfValidity, numberOfMinutesOfValidity)

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  When a local PKI is used to issue the certificate, or for testing purposes, :func:`generateOCSPResponse` can be used to generate an OCSP response file for a certificate, using the certificate and private key of the certification authority that signed that certificate.
  The resulting file can be directly used with the :func:`addDOHLocal` or the :func:`addTLSLocal` functions.

  :param string pathToServerCertificate: Path to a file containing the certificate used by the server.
  :param string pathToCACertificate: Path to a file containing the certificate of the certification authority that was used to sign the server certificate.
  :param string pathToCAPrivateKey: Path to a file containing the private key corresponding to the certification authority certificate.
  :param string outputFile: Path to a file where the resulting OCSP response will be written to.
  :param int numberOfDaysOfValidity: Number of days this OCSP response should be valid.
  :param int numberOfMinutesOfValidity: Number of minutes this OCSP response should be valid, in addition to the number of days.

DOHFrontend
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. class:: DOHFrontend

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  This object represents an address and port dnsdist is listening on for DNS over HTTPS queries.

  .. method:: DOHFrontend:loadTicketsKeys(ticketsKeysFile)

     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. dnsdist supports several tickets keys to be able to decrypt existing sessions after the rotation.

    :param str ticketsKeysFile: The path to a file from where TLS tickets keys should be loaded.

  .. method:: DOHFrontend:reloadCertificates()

     Reload the current TLS certificate and key pairs.

  .. method:: DOHFrontend:rotateTicketsKey()

     Replace the current TLS tickets key by a new random one.

  .. method:: DOHFrontend:setResponsesMap(rules)

     Set a list of HTTP response rules allowing to intercept HTTP queries very early, before the DNS payload has been processed, and send custom responses including error pages, redirects and static content.

     :param list of DOHResponseMapEntry objects rules: A list of DOHResponseMapEntry objects, obtained with :func:`newDOHResponseMapEntry`.


.. function:: newDOHResponseMapEntry(regex, status, content [, headers]) -> DOHResponseMapEntry

  .. versionadded:: 1.4.0

  Return a DOHResponseMapEntry that can be used with :meth:`DOHFrontend.setResponsesMap`. Every query whose path matches the regular expression supplied in ``regex`` will be immediately answered with a HTTP response.
  The status of the HTTP response will be the one supplied by ``status``, and the content set to the one supplied by ``content``, except if the status is a redirection (3xx) in which case the content is expected to be the URL to redirect to.

  :param str regex: A regular expression to match the path against.
  :param int status: The HTTP code to answer with.
  :param str content: The content of the HTTP response, or a URL if the status is a redirection (3xx).
  :param table of headers: The custom headers to set for the HTTP response, if any. The default is to use the value of the ``customResponseHeaders`` parameter passed to :func:`addDOHLocal`.

TLSContext
~~~~~~~~~~

.. class:: TLSContext

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.0

  This object represents an address and port dnsdist is listening on for DNS over TLS queries.

  .. method:: TLSContext:rotateTicketsKey()

     Replace the current TLS tickets key by a new random one.

  .. method:: TLSContext:loadTicketsKeys(ticketsKeysFile)

     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.

    :param str ticketsKeysFile: The path to a file from where TLS tickets keys should be loaded.

TLSFrontend
~~~~~~~~~~~

.. class:: TLSFrontend

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.1

  This object represents the configuration of a listening frontend for DNS over TLS queries. To each frontend is associated a TLSContext.

  .. method:: TLSContext:loadNewCertificatesAndKeys(certFile(s), keyFile(s))

     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.

  :param str certFile(s): The path to a X.509 certificate file in PEM format, or a list of paths to such files.
  :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.

EDNS on Self-generated answers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There are several mechanisms in dnsdist that turn an existing query into an answer right away,
without reaching out to the backend, including :func:`SpoofAction`, :func:`RCodeAction`, :func:`TCAction`
and returning a response from ``Lua``. Those responses should, according to :rfc:`6891`, contain an ``OPT``
record if the received request had one, which is the case by default and can be disabled using
:func:`setAddEDNSToSelfGeneratedResponses`.

We must, however, provide a responder's maximum payload size in this record, and we can't easily know the
maximum payload size of the actual backend so we need to provide one. The default value is 1500 and can be
overriden using :func:`setPayloadSizeOnSelfGeneratedAnswers`.

.. function:: setAddEDNSToSelfGeneratedResponses(add)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.3

  Whether to add EDNS to self-generated responses, provided that the initial query had EDNS.

  :param bool add: Whether to add EDNS, default is true.

.. function:: setPayloadSizeOnSelfGeneratedAnswers(payloadSize)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.3

  Set the UDP payload size advertised via EDNS on self-generated responses. In accordance with
  :rfc:`RFC 6891 <6891#section-6.2.5>`, values lower than 512 will be treated as equal to 512.

  :param int payloadSize: The responder's maximum UDP payload size, in bytes. Default is 1500.

Security Polling
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PowerDNS products can poll the security status of their respective versions. This polling, naturally,
happens over DNS. If the result is that a given version has a security problem, the software will
report this at level ‘Error’ during startup, and repeatedly during operations, every
:func:`setSecurityPollInterval` seconds.

By default, security polling happens on the domain ‘secpoll.powerdns.com’, but this can be changed with
the :func:`setSecurityPollSuffix` function. If this setting is made empty, no polling will take place.
Organizations wanting to host their own security zones can do so by changing this setting to a domain name
under their control.

To enable distributors of PowerDNS to signal that they have backported versions, the PACKAGEVERSION
compilation-time macro can be used to set a distributor suffix.

.. function:: setSecurityPollInterval(interval)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.3

  Set the interval, in seconds, between two security pollings.

  :param int interval: The interval, in seconds, between two pollings. Default is 3600.

.. function:: setSecurityPollSuffix(suffix)

  .. versionadded:: 1.3.3

  Domain name from which to query security update notifications. Setting this to an empty string disables secpoll.

  :param string suffix: The suffix to use, default is 'secpoll.powerdns.com.'.