[nsd-users] NSD zone file GENERATE directive

Anand Buddhdev anandb at ripe.net
Mon Mar 20 17:41:34 UTC 2023


Hi Robert,

NSD doesn't understand the GENERATE directive. You'll have to create 
your zone files using a script or template engine.

Regards,
Anand

On 20/03/2023 16:29, Robert Blayzor via nsd-users wrote:
> BIND has a handy feature $GENERATE directive in zone files that allows 
> you to handle large ranges of things like PTR/A records without having 
> to actually create long lists in very large zonefiles.
> 
> This was handy for things like IPv4/v6 PTR's and matching A/AAAA records 
> for large dynamic hosts, etc.
> 
> 
> Does NSD support any type of range generation such at this?
> 


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