IXPLORE(1)

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version 5.1.4 · 10 versions
, in alpine 3.24, epel 10, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

💅 ixplore — ok so lemme tell u abt this lil icon

bestie. welcome to ixplore, a tool from the PowerDNS Authoritative Server fam (manual section 1, if u were wondering) that literally hands u insights into IXFRs. yes. incremental zone transfers. we're doing this. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ixplore COMMAND COMMAND_OPT...

ixplore diff ZONE BEFORE AFTER

ixplore track IP ADDRESS PORT ZONE DIRECTORY

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so ixplore is the tool u call when u wanna work with IXFR (that's incremental zonetransfers, the glow-up version of moving a whole zone) and it operates in two modes, picked by whichever COMMAND u throw at it: diff or track. no cap.

  • In the 'diff' mode, it serves u a diff(1)-like output between BEFORE and AFTER. it's giving side-by-side reveal. 👑
  • In the 'track' mode, ixplore consumes IXFRs from IP ADDRESS and writes the resulting zonefiles out to DIRECTORY/ZONE-serial. If no initial zonefiles exist yet, an initial AXFR will be done first (gotta start somewhere, bestie 💖). After that, ixplore checks the SOA serial on IP ADDRESS for ZONE every SOA Refresh seconds, and performs an IXFR if the serial has increased. it's literally just vibing and checking. main character energy fr fr.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

💫 DIFF-MODE

  • ZONE — the name of the zone from which the IXFRs are consumed. like, which zone are we even talking abt, bestie.
  • BEFORE — path to the 'before' zonefile.
  • AFTER — path to the 'after'</after> zonefile. (yes those two are a couple, we love a before-and-after 💜)

🦋 TRACK-MODE

  • IP ADDRESS — the IP address to consume IXFRs from. that's the plug. 🔌
  • PORT — the port to use on IP ADDRESS.
  • ZONE — name of the zone to track changes of.
  • DIRECTORY — directory where the zonefiles will be stored. keep it tidy, queen 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

PowerDNS.COM BV

PowerDNS.COM BV

ok that's the whole thing, no notes. go forth and track those IXFRs. 🫶

mwah 💋 this page was brought to u by the PowerDNS Authoritative Server, dated Aug 05, 2026 — ixplore(1), forever iconic, periodt.

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