DNST(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

dnst — DNS Management Tools

okay bestie, welcome to the DNST(1) manual page! this is all about dnst, the DNS Management Tools situation 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dnst [OPTIONS] <COMMAND> [ARGS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dnst is here to help you manage various aspects of the Domain Name System (DNS). it gives you a bunch of commands that perform various tasks related to managing DNS servers and DNS zones. if you want the full tea on any individual command, pls consult the manual pages for those commands — they've got the details, iykyk 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -v, --verbosity <LEVEL> — sets the verbosity to 0-5 or to a level name: off, error, warn, info, debug or trace. defaults to warn. you can literally dial the drama from off to trace ✨
• -h, --help — prints the help text. short summary with -h, long help with --help. it's giving “read the room, then read the docs” 💀
• -V, --version — prints the version. iconic, no notes 👑

👑 COMMANDS 👑

• dnst-key2ds (1) — generates DS RRs from the DNSKEYs in a keyfile. keyfile glow-up fr fr 🔥
• dnst-keygen (1) — generates a new key pair for a domain name. fresh keys, main character energy 🎀
• dnst-keyset (1) — manages DNSSEC signing keys for a domain. key management but make it slay 💅
• dnst-notify (1) — sends a NOTIFY message to a list of name servers. notifying the group chat 📣
• dnst-nsec3-hash (1) — prints out the NSEC3 hash of a domain name. hash it out, bestie 🧚
• dnst-signzone (1) — signs the zone with the given key(s). signature moment ✨
• dnst-update (1) — sends a dynamic update packet to update an IP (or delete all existing IPs) for a domain name. update szn 🦋

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

NLnet Labs

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

2024–2026, NLnet Labs

okay that's the whole dnst situation, bestie 🎀 this page came from the dnst manual, version 0.2.0-alpha2, dated May 15, 2026. slay and stay DNS-ing 💜✨