Steps to reload zone files automatically?

[Erich Eckner]

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On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, Harshith Mulky wrote:

> Hello

Hi,

> Is there an automatic way we could use reloading the zone files rather than
> using rndc reload or named restart?

Shouldn't the design be, that: Whoever changes the zone file, runs "rndc 
reload" afterwards?

> 
> Any methods or links which can be shared to help us reload the zone files
> automatically once we make changes to the zone files ( cron methods or shell
> scripts)

If you really want to go that path (see suggestion above), have a look at 
inotifywait from inotifytools (I'm not sure, how the package is called in 
suse):

https://linux.die.net/man/1/inotifywait

> 
> We are running bind with version as below
> 
> # rpm -qi bind
> Name        : bind
> Version     : 9.9.5P1
> Release     : 2.2.2
> Architecture: x86_64
> Install Date: Tue Oct 17 16:46:22 2017
> Group       : Productivity/Networking/DNS/Servers
> Size        : 747523
> License     : ISC
> Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Tue Oct  7 04:18:01 2014, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284
> Source RPM  : bind-9.9.5P1-2.2.2.src.rpm
> Build Date  : Tue Oct  7 04:17:04 2014
> Build Host  : cloud124
> Relocations : (not relocatable)
> Packager    : http://bugs.opensuse.org
> Vendor      : openSUSE
> URL         : http://isc.org/sw/bind/
> Summary     : Domain Name System (DNS) Server (named)
> Description :
> Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain
> Name System (DNS) protocols and provides an openly redistributable
> reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name
> System.  This package includes the components to operate a DNS server.
> Distribution: openSUSE 13.2
> sataradnsVM1:~ #
> 
> 
>

regards,
Erich

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