Batch updating all DNS records on my Bind server

[Warren Kumari]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 12:52 PM Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at> wrote:
>
> @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to batch update all the domains? Looking at nsupdate it
> > looks like I have to step through and do every domain individually.
>
> An UPDATE request can change many records, so long as they are all in the
> same zone, and so long as they fit in the 64KB limit of DNS message size.
> I find one request is usually enough for routine changes, but if you are
> doing a bulk update to a large zone, you will need to split the changes
> across mulitiple update requests.
>
> You might find nsdiff helpful, both to verify that your bulk changes are
> what you expect, and because it will split large updates into multiple
> requests automatically. It's still one-zone-at-a-time, though. A
> quick-and-dirty starting point might be roughly
>
>         dig axfr $zone |
>         sed 's/oldprefix/newprefix/' |
>         nsdiff $zone /dev/stdin |
>         nsupdate -l
>
> https://dotat.at/prog/nsdiff/

Another option may be:
rndc sync
rndc freeze
rndc sync
[sed and awk[0] ]
rndc thaw

?

W
[0]: Now at this point I should have remembered that profound truism:
“Some people, when confronted with a Unix problem, think ‘I know,
I’ll use sed.’ Now they have two problems.” jwz - 12 Dec 1992

>
> Tony.
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