X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org/dns.git/blobdiff_plain/8e54ad1546fafa912aec8a09f3820a06ffee8472..90c30fb2c245806b13f16151dabe1e5949263d94:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ec22fbc..05142fe 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ OpenStreetMap DNS ====================================== -This repository contains the DNS zonefiles and related code for managing OpenStreetMap.org and other domains. A full list of the managed domains available in [Makefile](Makefile). +This repository contains the DNS zone file templates and related code for managing OpenStreetMap.org and other domain names DNS. The full list of domains are in the [Makefile](Makefile). The authoritative DNS nameservers we use are kindly run by [Bytemark](https://docs.bytemark.co.uk/article/content-dns/). We would like to thank [Bytemark](https://www.bytemark.co.uk/) for their many years of support. ## Standard DNS Zone Files -The [zone files](src/) are templated [tinydns-data](http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html) syntax and are written out by the [Makefile](Makefile). +The [zone files templates](src/) are in [tinydns-data](http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html) syntax and are written out by the [Makefile](Makefile). -On commit of a DNS update, a git [post-receive](https://github.com/openstreetmap/chef/blob/master/cookbooks/dns/files/default/post-receive) runs `make update` via a [script](https://github.com/openstreetmap/chef/blob/master/cookbooks/dns/templates/default/dns-update.erb`) which then pushes the updated zonefiles to the authoritative DNS nameservers. +On a repo commit, a git [post-receive](https://github.com/openstreetmap/chef/blob/master/cookbooks/dns/files/default/post-receive) runs `make update` via a [script](https://github.com/openstreetmap/chef/blob/master/cookbooks/dns/templates/default/dns-update.erb) which then pushes the updated zone files to the authoritative DNS nameservers. ## GeoDNS Zones @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The GeoDNS zones are handled differently. ### tile.openstreetmap.org (mkgeo Generated) -The `tile.openstreetmap.org` and `[a|b|c].tile.openstreetmap.org` are CNAME'ed to `tile.geo.openstreetmap.org` zone. +The `tile.openstreetmap.org` and `[a|b|c].tile.openstreetmap.org` are CNAME'ed to the `tile.geo.openstreetmap.org` zone. The `tile.openstreetmap.org` zone file is written by [mkgeo](bin/mkgeo) which attempts to match the [estimated country bandwidth requirements](bandwidth/tile.openstreetmap.yml) to the nearest [running](https://uptime.openstreetmap.org/) [tile cache server](src/tile.openstreetmap) with available capacity.