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Commit 1222c386 authored by Andreas Ziegler's avatar Andreas Ziegler Committed by GitHub
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gluon-dns-config: update documentation (#1013)

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DNS-Caching DNS-Caching
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User experience may be greatly improved when dns is accelerated. Also it User experience may be greatly improved when dns is accelerated. Also, it
seems like a good idea to keep the number if packages being exchanged seems like a good idea to keep the number of packages being exchanged
between node and gateway as small as possible. In order to do this, a between node and gateway as small as possible. In order to do this, a
dns-cache may be used on a node. The dnsmasq instance listening on port dns-cache may be used on a node. The dnsmasq instance listening on port
53 in the node will be re-configured to answer requests, use a list of 53 on the node will be reconfigured to answer requests, use a list of
upstream servers and a specific cache size if the below options are upstream servers and a specific cache size if the options listed below are
added to site.conf All settings are optional, though if no dns server is added to site.conf. All settings are optional, though if no dns server is
set, the configuration will not be altered by gluon-core. set, the configuration will not be altered by gluon-core.
Besides caching dns requests from clients, the next_node-addresses are set to Besides caching dns requests from clients, the next_node-addresses are set to
...@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ resolve to a configurable name that may optionally be placed in next_node.name. ...@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ resolve to a configurable name that may optionally be placed in next_node.name.
} }
The cache will be initialized during startup. Each cache entry will use roughly The cache will be initialized during startup.
90 Bytes of main memory. Each cache entry will occupy about 90 bytes of RAM.
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