doc: Add example for generating a secret key with knot DNS.

* doc/guix.texi (DNS Services): Add an example and more context to the
includes field of the knot-configuration record.
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@ -20598,6 +20598,21 @@ thus not visible in @file{/gnu/store}---e.g., you could store secret
key configuration in @file{/etc/knot/secrets.conf} and add this file key configuration in @file{/etc/knot/secrets.conf} and add this file
to the @code{includes} list. to the @code{includes} list.
One can generate a secret tsig key (for nsupdate and zone transfers with the
keymgr command from the knot package. Note that the package is not automatically
installed by the service. The following example shows how to generate a new
tsig key:
@example
keymgr -t mysecret > /etc/knot/secrets.conf
chmod 600 /etc/knot/secrets.conf
@end example
Also note that the generated key will be named @var{mysecret}, so it is the
name that needs to be used in the @var{key} field of the
@code{knot-acl-configuration} record and in other places that need to refer
to that key.
It can also be used to add configuration not supported by this interface. It can also be used to add configuration not supported by this interface.
@item @code{listen-v4} (default: @code{"0.0.0.0"}) @item @code{listen-v4} (default: @code{"0.0.0.0"})