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8 <H2>BIND Configuration File Guide</H2>
14 <P>BIND 8 is much more configurable than previous release of BIND.
15 There are entirely new areas of configuration, such as access control lists
16 and categorized logging. Many options that previously applied to all zones
17 can now be used selectively. These features, plus a consideration of future
18 configuration needs led to the creation of a new configuration file format.
20 <H3>The Configuration File</H3>
22 <H4><A HREF="example.html">Example Configuration</A></H4>
26 <P>A BIND 8 configuration consists of statements and comments.
27 Statements end with a semicolon. Many statements contain a block of
28 substatements, which are also terminated with a semicolon.</P>
30 <P>The following statements are supported:
32 <DT><CODE><A HREF="acl.html">acl</A></CODE>
34 defines a named IP address matching list, for access control and other uses
36 <DT><CODE><A HREF="include.html">include</A></CODE>
40 <DT><CODE><A HREF="key.html">key</A></CODE>
42 specifies key information for use in authentication and authorization
44 <DT><CODE><A HREF="logging.html">logging</A></CODE>
46 specifies what the server logs, and where the log messages are sent
48 <DT><CODE><A HREF="options.html">options</A></CODE>
50 controls global server configuation options and sets defaults for other
53 <DT><CODE><A HREF="server.html">server</A></CODE>
55 sets certain configuration options on a per-server basis
57 <DT><CODE><A HREF="zone.html">zone</A></CODE>
62 <P>The <CODE>logging</CODE> and <CODE>options</CODE> statements may only
63 occur once per configuration.
65 <H4><A HREF="comments.html">Comments</A></H4>
67 <H3>Converting from BIND 4.9.x</H3>
69 <P>BIND 4.9.x configuration files can be converted to the new format
70 by using <CODE>src/bin/named/named-bootconf.pl</CODE>, a perl script that
71 is part of the BIND 8.1 source kit.
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