coredns/man/coredns-chaos.7

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.TH "COREDNS\-CHAOS" "7" "March 2018" "CoreDNS" "CoreDNS plugins"
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.SH "NAME"
\fIchaos\fR \- allows for responding to TXT queries in the CH class\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This is useful for retrieving version or author information from the server by querying a TXT record for a special domainname in the CH class\.
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.SH "SYNTAX"
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.nf

chaos [VERSION] [AUTHORS\.\.\.]
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.fi
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBVERSION\fR is the version to return\. Defaults to \fBCoreDNS\-<version>\fR, if not set\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBAUTHORS\fR is what authors to return\. No default\.
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Note that you have to make sure that this plugin will get actual queries for the following zones: \fBversion\.bind\fR, \fBversion\.server\fR, \fBauthors\.bind\fR, \fBhostname\.bind\fR and \fBid\.server\fR\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
Specify all the zones in full\.
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

version\.bind version\.server authors\.bind hostname\.bind id\.server {
    chaos CoreDNS\-001 info@coredns\.io
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Or just default to \fB\.\fR:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\.  {
    chaos CoreDNS\-001 info@coredns\.io
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
And test with \fBdig\fR:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

% dig @localhost CH TXT version\.bind
\.\.\.
;; ANSWER SECTION:
version\.bind\.       0   CH  TXT "CoreDNS\-001"
\.\.\.
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.fi
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.IP "" 0