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doc: Slight README rewrite (#1546)

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Drop prominent placement of SkyDNS, some cleanups
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Miek Gieben
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@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@ function.
CoreDNS is a [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io) inception level project.
CoreDNS is the successor to [SkyDNS](https://github.com/skynetservices/skydns). SkyDNS is a thin
layer that exposes services in etcd in the DNS. CoreDNS builds on this idea and is a **generic** DNS
server that can talk to multiple backends (etcd, kubernetes, etc.).
CoreDNS aims to be a fast and flexible DNS server. The keyword here is *flexible*: with CoreDNS you
are able to do what you want with your DNS data. And if not: write a plugin!
CoreDNS is a fast and flexible DNS server. The keyword here is *flexible*: with CoreDNS you
are able to do what you want with your DNS data by utilizing plugin. If some functionality is not
provided out of the box you can add it by [writing a plugin](https://coredns.io/explugins).
CoreDNS can listen for DNS request coming in over UDP/TCP (go'old DNS), TLS ([RFC
7858](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858)) and [gRPC](https://grpc.io) (not a standard).
@@ -32,50 +29,42 @@ Currently CoreDNS is able to:
* Allow for zone transfers, i.e., act as a primary server (*file*).
* Automatically load zone files from disk (*auto*).
* Caching (*cache*).
* Health checking endpoint (*health*).
* Use etcd as a backend, i.e., a 101.5% replacement for
[SkyDNS](https://github.com/skynetservices/skydns) (*etcd*).
* Use etcd as a backend (replace [SkyDNS](https://github.com/skynetservices/skydns)) (*etcd*).
* Use k8s (kubernetes) as a backend (*kubernetes*).
* Serve as a proxy to forward queries to some other (recursive) nameserver (*proxy*).
* Serve as a proxy to forward queries to some other (recursive) nameserver (*proxy*, and *forward*).
* Provide metrics (by using Prometheus) (*metrics*).
* Provide query (*log*) and error (*error*) logging.
* Support the CH class: `version.bind` and friends (*chaos*).
* Support the RFC 5001 DNS name server identifier (NSID) option (*nsid*).
* Profiling support (*pprof*).
* Rewrite queries (qtype, qclass and qname) (*rewrite*).
* Echo back the IP address, transport and port number used (*whoami*). This is also the default
plugin that gets loaded when CoreDNS can't find a Corefile to load.
* Rewrite queries (qtype, qclass and qname) (*rewrite* and *template*).
Each of the plugins has a README.md of its own, see [coredns.io/plugins](https://coredns.io/plugins)
And more. Each of the plugins is documented. See [coredns.io/plugins](https://coredns.io/plugins)
for all in-tree plugins, and [coredns.io/explugins](https://coredns.io/explugins) for all
out-of-tree plugins.
## Status
CoreDNS can be used as an authoritative nameserver for your domains. CoreDNS should be able to
provide you with enough functionality to replace parts of BIND 9, Knot, NSD or PowerDNS and SkyDNS.
## Compilation
## Compilation from Source
Check out the project and do dependency resolution with:
go get github.com/coredns/coredns
~~~
% go get github.com/coredns/coredns
~~~
Some of the dependencies require Go version 1.8 or later.
Some of the dependencies require Go version 1.9 or later.
(If you already have the source of CoreDNS checked out in the appropriate place in your `GOPATH`, you can get all
dependencies with `go get ./...`.)
We vendor most (not all!) packages. Building from scratch is easiest, by just using `make`:
Then use `go build` as you would normally do:
go build
~~~
% make
~~~
This should yield a `coredns` binary.
## Compilation with Docker
CoreDNS requires Go to compile. However, if you already have docker installed and prefer not to setup
a Go environment, you could build coredns easily:
a Go environment, you could build CoreDNS easily:
```
$ docker run --rm -i -t -v $PWD:/go/src/github.com/coredns/coredns \
@@ -110,7 +99,7 @@ Start a simple proxy, you'll need to be root to start listening on port 53.
~~~ corefile
.:53 {
proxy . 8.8.8.8:53
forward . 8.8.8.8:53
log
}
~~~
@@ -140,7 +129,7 @@ nameserver *and* rewrite ANY queries to HINFO.
~~~ txt
.:1053 {
rewrite ANY HINFO
proxy . 8.8.8.8:53
forward . 8.8.8.8:53
file /var/lib/coredns/example.org.signed example.org {
transfer to *
@@ -163,7 +152,7 @@ Means you are authoritative for `0.0.10.in-addr.arpa.`.
This also works for IPv6 addresses. If for some reason you want to serve a zone named `10.0.0.0/24`
add the closing dot: `10.0.0.0/24.` as this also stops the conversion.
This even works for CIDR (See RFC 1518 and 1519) addressing, i.e `10.0.0.0/25`, CoreDNS will then
This even works for CIDR (See RFC 1518 and 1519) addressing, i.e. `10.0.0.0/25`, CoreDNS will then
check if the `in-addr` request falls in the correct range.
Listening on TLS and for gRPC? Use:
@@ -186,12 +175,17 @@ When no transport protocol is specified the default `dns://` is assumed.
## Community
We're most active on Slack (and Github):
- Slack: #coredns on <https://slack.cncf.io>
- Github: <https://github.com/coredns/coredns>
More resources can be found:
- Website: <https://coredns.io>
- Blog: <https://blog.coredns.io>
- Twitter: [@corednsio](https://twitter.com/corednsio)
- Github: <https://github.com/coredns/coredns>
- Mailing list/group: <coredns-discuss@googlegroups.com>
- Slack: #coredns on <https://slack.cncf.io>
## Deployment