kdig Command Examples

Advanced DNS lookup utility. More information: https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/latest/html/man_kdig.html.

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records):

kdig {{example.com}}

• Specify a specific DNS server to query (e.g. Google DNS):

kdig {{example.com}} @{{8.8.8.8}}

• Query a specific DNS record type associated with a given domain name:

kdig {{example.com}} {{A|AAAA|NS|SOA|DNSKEY|ANY}}

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over TLS (DoT):

kdig -d @{{8.8.8.8}} +tls-ca +tls-host={{dns.google}} {{example.com}}

• Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records) using DNS over HTTPS (DoH):

kdig -d @{{1.1.1.1}} +https +tls-hostname={{1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com}} {{example.com}}