diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst index 9188232cefd5168614f327591b1090f2393f21a9..e15e9df05380ee3af0b297df7a234b602a9f0e42 100644 --- a/doc/configuration.rst +++ b/doc/configuration.rst @@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ See :ref:`keys`:: } } -As of now it is not possible to associate multiple keys with a remote. + +If Knot DNS is compiled with the LMDB library, the server will be able to +preserve slave zone timers across full server restarts. The zone expire, +refresh, and flush timers are stored in a file-backed database in the +:ref:`storage` directory in the ``timers`` subdirectory. Master configuration ==================== diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst index d23345e84cd7d6458f0e6e473926973c4bd5826e..8f4d5e5db39245b8faed7b461ddaa767bfb477da 100644 --- a/doc/installation.rst +++ b/doc/installation.rst @@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ Knot DNS requires few libraries to be compiled: * zlib * Userspace RCU, at least 0.5.4 * libcap-ng, at least 0.6.4 (optional library) +* lmdb (optional library) -If libcap-ng library is available, Knot DNS will take advantage of the +If the libcap-ng library is available, Knot DNS will take advantage of the POSIX 1003.1e capabilites(7) by sandboxing the exposed threads. Most rights are stripped from the exposed threads for security reasons. +If the LMDB library is available, the server will be able to store timers +for slave zones in file-backed storage and the timers will persist across +server restarts. + You can probably find OpenSSL and zlib libraries already included in your system or distribution. If not, zlib resides at http://zlib.net, and OpenSSL can be found at http://www.openssl.org. diff --git a/doc/introduction.rst b/doc/introduction.rst index 5c96d75af5a3d9504b5a14eef3bb978359bea46e..0c4b2bebac23a49ccb7430e785ba1e83319dabdb 100644 --- a/doc/introduction.rst +++ b/doc/introduction.rst @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Server features: * Reconfiguring server instance on-the-fly * IPv4 / IPv6 support * Semantic checks of zones +* Persistent zone timers For more info and downloads see `www.knot-dns.cz <https://www.knot-dns.cz>`_.