---
name: "bubbles"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnssec-tools"
version: "2.2.3-16"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bubbles/1p"
---

# bubbles(1p)

DNSSEC-Tools Rollrec Simple GUI Display

## NAME

bubbles - DNSSEC-Tools Rollrec Simple GUI Display

## SYNOPSIS

```
  bubbles [options] <rollrec-file>
```

## DESCRIPTION

**bubbles** gives a simple display of the roll status of a set of zones listed in a *rollrec* file.  In contrast, **blinkenlights** gives a detailed display of the roll status of a set of zones.  **bubbles** gives very little control over **rollerd**, the way **blinkenlights** does.  **bubbles** can halt **rollerd**'s execution only.

A **rollrec** file contains one or more *rollrec* records.  These records are used by the DNSSEC-Tools rollover utilities (**rollerd**, etc.) to describe zones' rollover states.  Each zone's *rollrec* record contains such information as the zone file, the rollover phase, and logging level. *rollrec* files are text files.

When **bubbles** starts, a window is created that has "bubbles" for each zone with a *rollrec* record in the given *rollrec* file.  (Clicking on a bubble doesn't do anything.)  By default, all zones with a *display* flag set on will be shown in the **bubbles** window.  Options may be given to modify this behavior.

The zone bubbles are color-coded according to roll-over state.  The default colors are:

\* green: not in roll-over

\* yellow: in ZSK roll-over

\* red: in KSK roll-over

These colors may be specified by the user via command-line options.

In building the bubble window, **bubbles** window defaults to creating a square window.  This may be overridden by specifying the number of columns, using the **-columns** option.

## OPTIONS

**bubbles** supports the following options.

- **-columns columns**

  This option allows the user to specify the number of columns to be used in the Button Window.

- **-kskcolor color**

  Set the bubble color for zones that are performing KSK roll-overs.

- **-zskcolor color**

  Set the bubble color for zones that are performing ZSK roll-overs.

- **-noncolor color**

  Set the bubble color for zones that are not in roll-over.

- **-ignore-display**

  Ignore the **rollrec** display flag and display every zone in the **rollrec** file.

- **-interval wait-time**

  Interval between checks of the **rollrec** file.  By default, *wait-time* is given in minutes.  This can be adjusted by specifying one of the following time-unit suffixes.

  \* s - seconds

  \* m - minutes

  \* h - hours

  Examples:

  \* *-interval 24* - 24 minutes

  \* *-interval 24s* - 24 seconds

  \* *-interval 24m* - 24 minutes

  \* *-interval 24h* - 24 hours

- **-no-filter**

  This option turns off name filtering when **bubbles** presents a file-selection dialog for choosing a new *rollrec* file.  If this option is not given, then the file-selection dialog will only list regular files with a suffix of **.rrf**.

- **-showksk**

  Show the zones that are performing KSK roll-overs.

- **-shownonrolls**

  Show the zones that are not in roll-over.

- **-showrolls**

  Show the zones that are performing either type of roll-over.

- **-showzsk**

  Show the zones that are performing ZSK roll-overs.

- **-help**

  Give a usage message and exit.

- **-Version**

  Displays the version information for **bubbles** and the DNSSEC-Tools package.

## REQUIREMENTS

**bubbles** is implemented in Perl/Tk, so both Perl and Perl/Tk must be installed on your system.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2009-2014 SPARTA, Inc.  All rights reserved. See the COPYING file included with the DNSSEC-Tools package for details.

## AUTHOR

Wayne Morrison, tewok@tislabs.com

## SEE ALSO

**lsroll(1)**

**blinkenlights(8)**, **rollchk(8)**, **rollerd(8)** **rollinit(8)**, **rollrec-editor(8)** **rollset(8)**,

**Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::rollrec(3)**

**file-rollrec(5)**