knotd - Man Page

-c,  --config file

Use a textual configuration file (default is /usr/local/etc/knot/knot.conf).

-C,  --confdb directory

Use a binary configuration database directory (default is /usr/local/var/lib/knot/confdb). The default configuration database, if exists, has a preference to the default configuration file.

-m,  --max-conf-size MiB

Set maximum size of the configuration database (default is 500 MiB, maximum 10000 MiB).

-s,  --socket path

Use a remote control UNIX socket path (default is /usr/local/var/run/knot/knot.sock).

-d,  --daemonize [directory]

Run the server as a daemon. New root directory may be specified (default is /).

-v,  --verbose

Enable debug output.

-h,  --help

Print the program help.

-V,  --version

Print the program version. The option -VV makes the program print the compile time configuration summary.

The knotd process handles the following signals:

• SIGINT – Stop the process.
• SIGHUP – Reload the server configuration and reopen configured log files.
• SIGUSR1 – Reload all configured zones (not recommended with catalog zones).