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@@ -135,12 +135,17 @@ with `max_hosts` 2 then .4 will be returned about 4 times more often than .1.
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## Configuration file
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-The geodns.conf file ...
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+The geodns.conf file allows you to specify a specific directory for the GeoIP
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+data files and enable posting metrics to StatHat. See the `geodns.conf.sample`
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+file for example configuration.
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+Most of the configuration is "per zone" and done in the zone .json files.
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## Zone format
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-In the configuration file the whole zone is a big hash (associative array). At the
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-top level you can (optionally) set some options with the keys serial, ttl and max_hosts.
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+In the zone configuration file the whole zone is a big hash (associative array).
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+At the top level you can (optionally) set some options with the keys serial,
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+ttl and max_hosts.
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The actual zone data (dns records) is in a hash under the key "data". The keys
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in the hash are hostnames and the value for each hostname is yet another hash
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@@ -172,12 +177,24 @@ will be kept.
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* serial
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+GeoDNS doesn't support zone transfers (AXFR), so the serial number is only used
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+for debugging and monitoring. The default is the 'last modified' timestamp of
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+the zone file.
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* ttl
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+Set the default TTL for the zone (default 120).
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* targeting
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* max_hosts
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+* contact
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+Set the soa 'contact' field (default is "hostmaster.$domain").
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## Zone targeting options
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Ask Bjørn Hansen