BIND logging

1 - named.conf

logging {
    channel default_file {
        file "/var/log/named/default.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel general_file {
        file "/var/log/named/general.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel database_file {
        file "/var/log/named/database.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel security_file {
        file "/var/log/named/security.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel config_file {
        file "/var/log/named/config.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel resolver_file {
        file "/var/log/named/resolver.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel xfer-in_file {
        file "/var/log/named/xfer-in.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel xfer-out_file {
        file "/var/log/named/xfer-out.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel notify_file {
        file "/var/log/named/notify.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel client_file {
        file "/var/log/named/client.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel unmatched_file {
        file "/var/log/named/unmatched.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel queries_file {
        file "/var/log/named/queries.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel network_file {
        file "/var/log/named/network.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel update_file {
        file "/var/log/named/update.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel dispatch_file {
        file "/var/log/named/dispatch.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel dnssec_file {
        file "/var/log/named/dnssec.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };
    channel lame-servers_file {
        file "/var/log/named/lame-servers.log" versions 3 size 5m;
        severity dynamic;
        print-time yes;
    };

    category default { default_file; };
    category general { general_file; };
    category database { database_file; };
    category security { security_file; };
    category config { config_file; };
    category resolver { resolver_file; };
    category xfer-in { xfer-in_file; };
    category xfer-out { xfer-out_file; };
    category notify { notify_file; };
    category client { client_file; };
    category unmatched { unmatched_file; };
    category queries { queries_file; };
    category network { network_file; };
    category update { update_file; };
    category dispatch { dispatch_file; };
    category dnssec { dnssec_file; };
    category lame-servers { lame-servers_file; };
};

2 - logs on one of the public DNS slaves

$ ls -l
total 189977
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 client.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 config.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 database.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind    604899 Jun 20 16:03 default.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 dispatch.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 dnssec.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   2538632 Jun 20 14:28 general.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind    206461 Jun 20 16:00 lame-servers.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   6554553 Jun  7 19:49 named.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind  52428861 Jun  7 12:17 named.log.0
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind  52428948 Jun  4 15:50 named.log.1
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind  52428801 Jun  1 12:34 named.log.2
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      1518 Jun 20 01:25 network.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind     13099 Jun 20 01:25 notify.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   3544963 Jun 20 16:06 queries.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   5242882 Jun 20 12:10 queries.log.0
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   5242920 Jun 20 05:17 queries.log.1
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   5242990 Jun 19 21:26 queries.log.2
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 resolver.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind    101158 Jun 20 15:48 security.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 unmatched.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind         0 Jun  7 19:49 update.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   1047529 Jun 20 14:29 xfer-in.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   5242934 Jun 16 23:05 xfer-in.log.0
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind       212 Jun 10 00:55 xfer-out.log

3 - log files after a few days on the very-hidden master

$ ls -l
total 209
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 client.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 config.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 database.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 default.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 dispatch.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 dnssec.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind  38247 Jun 20 01:02 general.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 lame-servers.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind    124 Jun 20 01:02 network.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   5439 Jun 20 01:02 notify.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind  99059 Jun 20 16:09 queries.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 resolver.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   2930 Jun 20 01:01 security.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 unmatched.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 update.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind      0 Jun 18 18:22 xfer-in.log
-rw-r--r--  1 bind  bind   4690 Jun 20 01:08 xfer-out.log