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diff --git a/plugin/auto/README.md b/plugin/auto/README.md index 500f9ad4f..1b6f82a20 100644 --- a/plugin/auto/README.md +++ b/plugin/auto/README.md @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ ## Name -*auto* - enables serving zone data from an RFC 1035-style master file which is automatically picked up from disk. +*auto* - enables serving zone data from an RFC 1035-style master file, which is automatically picked up from disk. ## Description The *auto* plugin is used for an "old-style" DNS server. It serves from a preloaded file that exists -on disk. If the zone file contains signatures (i.e. is signed, i.e. DNSSEC) correct DNSSEC answers -are returned. Only NSEC is supported! If you use this setup *you* are responsible for resigning the -zonefile. New zones or changed zone are automatically picked up from disk. +on disk. If the zone file contains signatures (i.e. is signed, i.e. using DNSSEC) correct DNSSEC answers +are returned. Only NSEC is supported! If you use this setup *you* are responsible for re-signing the +zonefile. New or changed zones are automatically picked up from disk. ## Syntax @@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ are used. * `directory` loads zones from the speficied **DIR**. If a file name matches **REGEXP** it will be used to extract the origin. **ORIGIN_TEMPLATE** will be used as a template for the origin. Strings - like `{<number>}` are replaced with the respective matches in the file name, i.e. `{1}` is the - first match, `{2}` is the second, etc.. The default is: `db\.(.*) {1}` e.g. from a file with the + like `{<number>}` are replaced with the respective matches in the file name, e.g. `{1}` is the + first match, `{2}` is the second. The default is: `db\.(.*) {1}` i.e. from a file with the name `db.example.com`, the extracted origin will be `example.com`. **TIMEOUT** specifies how often - CoreDNS should scan the directory, the default is every 60 seconds. This value is in seconds. + CoreDNS should scan the directory; the default is every 60 seconds. This value is in seconds. The minimum value is 1 second. * `no_reload` by default CoreDNS will try to reload a zone every minute and reloads if the SOA's serial has changed. This option disables that behavior. * `upstream` defines upstream resolvers to be used resolve external names found (think CNAMEs) - pointing to external names. **ADDRESS** can be an IP address, and IP:port or a string pointing to + pointing to external names. **ADDRESS** can be an IP address, an IP:port or a string pointing to a file that is structured as /etc/resolv.conf. All directives from the *file* plugin are supported. Note that *auto* will load all zones found, |