---
name: "yakeyrolld.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "yadifa"
version: "3.0.2-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/yakeyrolld.conf"
---
# yakeyrolld.conf(5)
configuration file for yakeyrolld(8).
## NAME
yakeyrolld.conf - configuration file for [*yakeyrolld*(8)](/yakeyrolld/8.md).
## SYNOPSIS
${SYSCONFDIR}/yadifa/yakeyrolld.conf
## DESCRIPTION
The configuration of yakeyrolld is consistent in a text file that can optionally include others. The general structure is a a sequence of containers: a sequence of lines of text starting with a \ and ending with a \. Each line between these delimitters is in the form: variable-name value. The format of the value is determined by the type of the variable.
There are 7 types:
- *FQDN*
A fully-qualified domain name text string. e.g.: www.eurid.eu.
- *GID*
Group ID. (Can be a number or a name)
- *HOST(S)*
A (list of) host(s). A host is defined by an IP (v4 or v6) and can be followed by the word \`port' and a port number. Elements of the list are separated by a \`,' or a \`;'.
- *INTEGER / INT*
A base-ten integer.
- *PATH / FILE*
A file or directory path. i.e.: "/var/plans".
- *STRING / STR*
A text string. Double quotes can be used but are not mandatory. Without quotes the string will be taken from the first non-blank character to the last non-blank character.
- *UID*
User ID. (Can be a number or a name)
### STANDARD SECTIONS
There are 9 sections:
- **\**
General container, contains all the configuration parameters needed to start up yakeyrolld.
- **domain** *FQDN*
default: .
Names one domain to manage, can be used up to 200 times. In yadifad.conf, each of these domains must have rrsig-nsupdate-allowed enabled in their respective \ section.
- **log-path** *PATH*
default: ${localstatedir}/log/yakeyrolld
The directory that will contain the log files.
- **keys-path** *PATH*
default: ${localstatedir}/zones/keys
The directory the name server uses to read zone key file.
- **plan-path** *PATH*
default: ${localstatedir}/plans
The directory of the step files.
- **pid-path** *PATH*
default: ${localstatedir}/run
The directory of the pid file.
- **pid-file** *STRING*
default: yakeyrolld.pid
The name of the pid file.
- **generate-from** *STRING*
default: "now"
For plan generation, when to start the plan, can be overridden by the command line.
- **generate-until** *STRING*
default: "+1y"
For plan generation, when to stop the plan, can be overridden by the command line.
- **server** *HOST*
default: 127.0.0.1
The address of the name server for queries and dynamic updates.
- **timeout** *INT*
default: 3
The number of seconds spent trying to communicate with the primary until it's considered a time-out.
- **ttl** *INT*
default: 600
The default *ttl* value to use when generating records.
- **update-apply-verify-retries** *INT*
default: 60
If an update isn't checked successfully, retries that many times.
- **update-apply-verify-retries-delay** *INT*
default: 1
Waits that many seconds between two update apply tries.
- **match-verify-retries** *INT*
default: 60
If a match test fails, retries that many times.
- **match-verify-retries-delay** *INT*
default: 1
Waits that many seconds between two match test tries.
- **policy** *STRING*
default: undefined
The name of the policy to use when generating the plan.
- **uid** *UID*
default: 0
The uid to swich to. This should match the name server's.
- **gid** *GID*
default: 0
The gid to swich to. This should match the name server's.
- **\**
Description of dnssec policies.
- **id** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the dnssec-policy section.
- **description** *STR*
default: -
Description for the dnssec-policy section.
- **key-suite** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the *key-suite* to be used.
- **\**
Description of the key-suites needed if 'dnssec policies' are used.
- **id** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the key-suite section.
- **key-template** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the *key-template* to be used.
- **key-roll** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the *key-roll* to be used.
- **\**
TSIG keys
- **algorithm** *ENUM*
default: -
Mandatory. Sets the algorithm of the key.
Supported values are:
- *hmac-md5*
- *hmac-sha1*
- *hmac-sha224*
- *hmac-sha256*
- *hmac-sha384*
- *hmac-sha512*
(the algorithm names are case insensitive)}
- **name** *FQDN*
default: -
Mandatory. Sets the name of the key.
- **secret** *TEXT*
default: -
Mandatory. Sets the value of the key. BASE64 encoded.
- **\**
Description of the key-rolls needed if 'dnssec policies' are used.
- **id** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the key-roll section.
- **generate** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key must be generated.
- **publish** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key must be published in the zone.
- **activate** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key will be used for signing the zone or apex of the zone.
- **inactive** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key will not be used anymore for signing.
- **delete** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key will be removed out of the zone.
- **\**
Description of the key-templates needed if 'dnssec policies' are used.
- **id** *STR*
default: -
*id* of the key-roll section.
- **generate** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key must be generated.
- **publish** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key must be published in the zone.
- **activate** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key will be used for signing the zone or apex of the zone.
- **inactive** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key will not be used anymore for signing.
- **delete** *STR*
default: -
Time when the key will be removed out of the zone.
- **\**
Description of the logger outputs.
It contains a list descriptions of user-defined outputs for the logger. Depending on the kind of output, the format is different.
The "name" is arbitrary and is used for identification in the \.\
The "stream-name" defines the output type (i.e.: a file name, a program output or syslog).\
The "arguments" are specific to the output type (i.e.: unix file access rights or syslog options and facilities).\
- **\***
file output stream channel-name file-name access-rights (octal).
- **\***
pipe to a program channel-name "\| shell command" channel-name "\| path-to-program program arguments \>\> append-redirect"
- **\***
STDOUT, STDERR output stream channel-name stdout channel-name stderr
- **\***
syslog channel-name syslog syslog-facility
- **\**
Description of the logger outputs sources.
Sets the output of a pre-defined logger for yakeyrolld.\
The format of the line is: logger-name output-filter comma-separated-channel-names \
Filters are:\
*DEBUG7*, *DEBUG6*, *DEBUG5*, *DEBUG4*, *DEBUG3*, *DEBUG2*, *DEBUG1*, *DEBUG*, *INFO*, *NOTICE*, *WARNING*, *ERR*, *CRIT*, *ALERT*, *EMERG*\
Additionally, there are: \
- **\***
*ALL* (or '*\**') meaning all the filters.
- **\***
*PROD* means all but the DEBUG filters.
The defined loggers are: \
- **keyroll**
contains general messages about the keyroll
- **dnssec**
contains messages about DNSSEC-related computations during the generation.
- **system**
contains low level messages about the system such as memory allocation, threading, IOs, timers and cryptography, ...
System operators will mostly be interested in the info and above messages of the keyroll and dnssec loggers.
## EXAMPLES
Examples of containers defined for a configuration file.
- **\***
Main
- 1\.
Config with includes
```
# start yakeyrolld.conf container
include /etc/yakeyrolld/conf.d/local.conf
# end yakeyrolld.conf container
```
- 2\.
Main without includes
```
# Detach from the console (alias: daemonize)
daemon off
# The directory to use for the log files
log-path "/var/log/yakeyrolld"
# The directory that yadifad uses to load private keys
keys-path "/var/lib/yadifa/keys"
# The directory to use to store the plans
plan-path "/var/lib/yadifa/plans"
generate-from "now"
generate-until "+1y"
server 127.0.0.1
policy "keyroll-policy"
```
- **\***
Key\
TSIG-key configuration\
- 1\.
Admin-key key definition (the name is arbitrary)
```
name abroad-admin-key
algorithm hmac-md5
secret WorthlessKeyForExample==
```
- 2\.
primary-secondary key definition
```
name primary-secondary
algorithm hmac-md5
secret PrimaryAndSecondaryKey==
```
- **\***
DNSSEC-Policy
DNSSEC-Policy needs some extra sections: key-suite, key-roll, key-template
- 1\.
dnssec-policy example with all the needed sections
```
id "keyroll-policy"
description "Example of ZSK and KSK"
key-suite "zsk-1024"
key-suite "ksk-2048"
```
- 2\.
key-suite
```
id "ksk-2048"
key-template "ksk-2048"
key-roll "yearly-calendar"
id "zsk-1024"
key-template "zsk-1024"
key-roll "monthly-calendar"
```
- 3\.
key-roll
```
id "yearly-calendar"
generate 11 10 * 1 mon 1 # Januay, Monday of the second week at 10:11
publish 11 10 * 1 tue * # following Tuesday at 10:11
activate 11 10 * 1 wed * # following Wednesday at 10:11
inactive 11 10 * 1 mon * # following Monday, a year after, at 10:11
remove 11 10 * 1 wed * # following Wednesday at 10:11
id "monthly-calendar"
generate 17 10 * * mon 0 # 1st monday the month at 10:17
publish 17 10 * * tue * # following tuesday at 10:17
activate 17 10 * * wed * # following wednesday at 10:17
inactive 17 10 * * wed * # following wednesday at 10:17 (one week after the activation)
remove 17 10 * * thu * # following thursday at 10:17
```
- 4\.
key-template
```
id "ksk-2048"
ksk true
algorithm RSASHA512
size 2048
id "zsk-1024"
ksk false
algorithm RSASHA512
size 1024
```
- **\***
Channels
Logging output-channel configurations:
It contains a list of user-defined outputs for the logger.
The "name" is arbitrary and is used for identification in the \.\
The "stream-name" defines the output type (i.e.: a file name, a program output or syslog).\
The "arguments" are specific to the output type (i.e.: unix file access rights or syslog options and facilities).\
- 1\.
Example: logging channels definition.\
```
# name stream-name arguments
keyroll keyroll.log 0644
dnssec dnssec.log 0644
system system.log 0644
all all.log 0644
```
- **\***
Loggers
Logging input configurations:
The "bundle" is the name of the section of yakeyroll being logged, sources are : database, dnssec, queries, server, stats, system, zone.\
The "debuglevel" uses the same names as syslog. \
Additionally, "\*" or "all" means all the levels; "prod" means all but the debug levels. \
The "channels" are a comma-separated list of channels.
- 1\.
Example logger configuration
```
# bundle debuglevel channels
keyroll prod keyroll,all
dnssec prod dnssec,all
system prod system,all
```
## SEE ALSO
[*yakeyrolld*(8)](/yakeyrolld/8.md)
## NOTES
Since unquoted leading whitespace is generally ignored in the yadifad.conf you can indent everything to taste.
## CHANGES
Please check the file README from the sources.
## VERSION
Version: 3.0.2 of 2025-03-11.
## MAILING LISTS
There exists a mailinglist for questions relating to any program in the yadifa package:\
- **\***
**yadifa-users@mailinglists.yadifa.eu**\
for submitting questions/answers.
- **\***
**http://www.yadifa.eu/mailing-list-users**\
for subscription requests.
If you would like to stay informed about new versions and official patches send a subscription request to via:
- **\***
**http://www.yadifa.eu/mailing-list-announcements**
(this is a readonly list).
## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
- Copyright
(C)2011-2025, EURid\
B-1831 Diegem, Belgium\
**info@yadifa.eu**
## AUTHORS
Gery Van Emelen \
Email: **Gery.VanEmelen@EURid.eu**\
Eric Diaz Fernandez \
Email: **Eric.DiazFernandez@EURid.eu**
WWW: **http://www.EURid.eu**