From fa4cb49febc4824c708e256e34bccb07eefa2cb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Armon Dadgar Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 16:43:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] website: Document DNS truncation. Fixes #144. --- website/source/docs/agent/dns.html.markdown | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/dns.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/agent/dns.html.markdown index e24cddf743..fe0b1fa6ea 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/dns.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/dns.html.markdown @@ -113,4 +113,8 @@ SRV records. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: foobar.node.dc1.consul. 0 IN A 10.1.10.12 +When the DNS query is performed using UDP, Consul will truncate the results +without setting the truncate bit. This is to prevent a redundant lookup over +TCP which generate additional load. If the lookup is done over TCP, the results +are not truncated.