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options {
    default-server  localhost;
    default-key     examplekey;
};

server localhost {
    key     examplekey;
};

key examplekey {
    algorithm hmac-md5;
    secret "somesecretkey";
};

/etc/named.conf:

options {
        directory "/etc/namedb";
        notify yes;                     // send NOTIFY messages.
        auth-nxdomain no;               // conform to RFC1035
        allow-recursion { localnets; };
};

controls {
        inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { examplekey; };
};

key examplekey {
    algorithm hmac-md5;
    secret "somesecretkey";
};