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From 6cea04633d2461456d30cbdd69695ca0da540b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:51:34 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Document rndc addzone with automatic empty zones
---
bin/rndc/rndc.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
--- a/bin/rndc/rndc.rst
+++ b/bin/rndc/rndc.rst
@@ -129,18 +129,19 @@ Currently supported commands are:
.. option:: addzone zone [class [view]] configuration
This command adds a zone while the server is running. This command
- requires the ``allow-new-zones`` option to be set to ``yes``. The
- configuration string specified on the command line is the zone
- configuration text that would ordinarily be placed in :iscman:`named.conf`.
+ requires the ``allow-new-zones`` option to be set to ``yes``.
+ The configuration string specified on the command line is the
+ zone configuration text that would ordinarily be placed in
+ :iscman:`named.conf`. Automatic empty zones will be replaced.
- The configuration is saved in a file called ``viewname.nzf`` (or, if
- :iscman:`named` is compiled with liblmdb, an LMDB database file called
- ``viewname.nzd``). ``viewname`` is the name of the view, unless the view
- name contains characters that are incompatible with use as a file
- name, in which case a cryptographic hash of the view name is used
- instead. When :iscman:`named` is restarted, the file is loaded into
- the view configuration so that zones that were added can persist
- after a restart.
+ The configuration is saved in a file called ``viewname.nzf``
+ (or, if :iscman:`named` is compiled with liblmdb, an LMDB database
+ file called ``viewname.nzd``). ``viewname`` is the name of the
+ view, unless the view name contains characters that are incompatible
+ with use as a file name, in which case a cryptographic hash of
+ the view name is used instead. When :iscman:`named` is restarted,
+ the file is loaded into the view configuration so that zones
+ that were added can persist after a restart.
This sample ``addzone`` command adds the zone ``example.com`` to
the default view:
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