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local-unbound(8)	     local-unbound 1.15.0	      local-unbound(8)

NAME
       unbound - Local-unbound DNS validating resolver 1.15.0.

SYNOPSIS
       unbound [-h] [-d] [-p] [-v] [-c cfgfile]

DESCRIPTION
       Unbound is a caching DNS	resolver.

       It  uses	a built	in list	of authoritative nameservers for the root zone
       (.), the	so called root hints.  On receiving a DNS query	 it  will  ask
       the root	nameservers for	an answer and will in almost all cases receive
       a  delegation to	a top level domain (TLD) authoritative nameserver.  It
       will then ask that nameserver for an answer.  It	will recursively  con-
       tinue  until  an	 answer	is found or no answer is available (NXDOMAIN).
       For performance and efficiency reasons that answer is cached for	a cer-
       tain time (the answer's time-to-live or TTL).  A	second query  for  the
       same name will then be answered from the	cache.	Local-unbound can also
       do DNSSEC validation.

       To use a	locally	running	Unbound	for resolving put

	     nameserver	127.0.0.1

       into resolv.conf(5).

       If  authoritative  DNS is needed	as well	using nsd(8), careful setup is
       required	because	authoritative nameservers and resolvers	are using  the
       same port number	(53).

       The available options are:

       -h     Show the version number and commandline option help, and exit.

       -c cfgfile
	      Set  the config file with	settings for Local-unbound to read in-
	      stead  of	 reading   the	 file	at   the   default   location,
	      @ub_conf_file@. The syntax is described in unbound.conf(5).

       -d     Debug  flag:  do not fork	into the background, but stay attached
	      to the console.  This flag will also delay writing  to  the  log
	      file  until the thread-spawn time, so that most config and setup
	      errors appear on stderr. If given	twice or  more,	 logging  does
	      not  switch  to  the log file or to syslog, but the log messages
	      are printed to stderr all	the time.

       -p     Don't use	a pidfile.  This argument should only be used  by  su-
	      pervision	systems	which can ensure that only one instance	of Lo-
	      cal-unbound will run concurrently.

       -v     Increase verbosity. If given multiple times, more	information is
	      logged.	This is	in addition to the verbosity (if any) from the
	      config file.

       -V     Show the version number and build	options, and exit.

SEE ALSO
       unbound.conf(5),	local-unbound-checkconf(8), nsd(8).

AUTHORS
       Unbound developers are mentioned	in the CREDITS file in	the  distribu-
       tion.

NLnet Labs			 Feb 10, 2022		      local-unbound(8)

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