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DNSSEC-IMPORTKEY(1)		    BIND 9		   DNSSEC-IMPORTKEY(1)

NAME
       dnssec-importkey	 - import DNSKEY records from external systems so they
       can be managed

SYNOPSIS
       dnssec-importkey	[-K directory] [-L  ttl]  [-P  date/offset]  [-P  sync
       date/offset]  [-D  date/offset]	[-D  sync date/offset] [-h] [-v	level]
       [-V] {keyfile}

       dnssec-importkey	{-f filename} [-K directory] [-L ttl] [-P date/offset]
       [-P sync	date/offset] [-D date/offset] [-D sync date/offset]  [-h]  [-v
       level] [-V] [dnsname]

DESCRIPTION
       dnssec-importkey	 reads	a public DNSKEY	record and generates a pair of
       .key/.private files. The	DNSKEY record may be  read  from  an  existing
       .key file, in which case	a corresponding	.private file is generated, or
       it may be read from any other file or from the standard input, in which
       case both .key and .private files are generated.

       The  newly created .private file	does not contain private key data, and
       cannot be used for signing. However, having a .private  file  makes  it
       possible	 to  set publication (-P) and deletion (-D) times for the key,
       which means the public key can be added to and removed from the	DNSKEY
       RRset on	schedule even if the true private key is stored	offline.

OPTIONS
       -f filename
	      This  option  indicates  the zone	file mode. Instead of a	public
	      keyfile name, the	argument is the	DNS domain name	of a zone mas-
	      ter file,	which can be read from filename. If the	domain name is
	      the same as filename, then it may	be omitted.

	      If filename is set to "-", then the zone data is read  from  the
	      standard input.

       -K directory
	      This option sets the directory in	which the key files are	to re-
	      side.

       -L ttl This  option sets	the default TTL	to use for this	key when it is
	      converted	into a DNSKEY RR. This is the TTL used when the	key is
	      imported into a zone, unless there was already a DNSKEY RRset in
	      place, in	which case the existing	TTL takes precedence.  Setting
	      the default TTL to 0 or none removes it from the key.

       -h     This option emits	a usage	message	and exits.

       -v level
	      This option sets the debugging level.

       -V     This option prints version information.

TIMING OPTIONS
       Dates  can  be  expressed  in  the  format  YYYYMMDD or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
       (which is the format used inside	key files), or 'Day  Mon  DD  HH:MM:SS
       YYYY' (as printed by dnssec-settime -p),	or UNIX	epoch time (as printed
       by dnssec-settime -up), or the literal now.

       The  argument  can  be  followed	by + or	- and an offset	from the given
       time. The literal now can be omitted before an offset. The  offset  can
       be followed by one of the suffixes y, mo, w, d, h, or mi, so that it is
       computed	 in  years (defined as 365 24-hour days, ignoring leap years),
       months (defined as 30 24-hour days), weeks, days,  hours,  or  minutes,
       respectively. Without a suffix, the offset is computed in seconds.

       To explicitly prevent a date from being set, use	none, never, or	unset.

       All these formats are case-insensitive.

       -P date/offset
	      This  option  sets the date on which a key is to be published to
	      the zone.	After that date, the key is included in	the  zone  but
	      is not used to sign it.

	      sync date/offset
		     This  option  sets	 the  date  on	which  CDS and CDNSKEY
		     records that match	this key are to	be  published  to  the
		     zone.

       -D date/offset
	      This option sets the date	on which the key is to be deleted. Af-
	      ter  that	date, the key is no longer included in the zone. (How-
	      ever, it may remain in the key repository.)

	      sync date/offset
		     This option sets the date on which	the  CDS  and  CDNSKEY
		     records that match	this key are to	be deleted.

FILES
       A keyfile can be	designed by the	key identification Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii or
       the full	file name Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii.key,	as generated by	dnssec-keygen.

SEE ALSO
       dnssec-keygen(8),  dnssec-signzone(8),  BIND  9 Administrator Reference
       Manual, RFC 5011.

AUTHOR
       Internet	Systems	Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       2025, Internet Systems Consortium

9.20.9				  2025-05-08		   DNSSEC-IMPORTKEY(1)

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