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Explain 'recursors' behavior with an example.

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Marc Tamsky 2015-08-28 18:27:26 -07:00
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@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ as well as [dnsmasq](http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html).
For the sake of simplicity, BIND and Consul are running on the same machine in this example,
but this is not required.
Additionally, by default, consul will not attempt to resolve CNAME records outside the `.consul.`
zone, unless the [recursors](/docs/agent/options.html#recursors) configuration
option is set.
It is worth mentioning that, by default, consul does not resolve DNS
records outside the `.consul.` zone, unless the
[recursors](/docs/agent/options.html#recursors) configuration option
has been set. An example of how this changes consul's behavior is:
When a consul DNS reply includes a CNAME record pointing outside
`.consul.` the DNS reply includes only CNAME records.
Contrastingly, when `recursors` is set and the upstream resolver is
functioning correctly, consul will try to resolve CNAMEs and include
any A/PTR records for them in its DNS reply.
### BIND Setup