Knot Resolver documentation

Getting started

  1. Install packages
  2. Run the daemon

Knot Resolver is now running on localhost and will recursively resolve any incoming queries. You can now query it or play with its configuration.

Comprehensive documentation

Documentation for the latest stable version is available online at knot.pages.nic.cz/knot-resolver.

Offline documentation is also available in the knot-resolver-doc package for most distributions.

Releases

Documentation for other released versions is available online under the links below.

Upgrading

Occasionally, a major version release might require a manual upgrade. Please refer to the Upgrading Guide.

Version 6 brought significant changes to the way Knot Resolver is configured. These are described in greater detail in the separate Upgrading to version 6.x section of the documentation.