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.TH "COREDNS\-IMPORT" "7" "January 2019" "CoreDNS" "CoreDNS plugins"
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.SH "NAME"
\fIimport\fR \- include files or reference snippets from a Corefile\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The \fIimport\fR plugin can be used to incude files into the main configuration\. Another use it to reference predefined snippets\. Both can help to avoid some duplication\.
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.P
This is a unique directive in that \fIimport\fR can appear outside of a server block\. In other words, it can appear at the top of a Corefile where an address would normally be\.
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.SH "SYNTAX"
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.nf

import PATTERN
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.fi
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBPATTERN\fR is the file, glob pattern (\fB*\fR) or snippet to include\. Its contents will replace this line, as if that file\'s contents appeared here to begin with\.
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "FILES"
You can use \fIimport\fR to include a file or files\. This file\'s location is relative to the Corefile\'s location\. It is an error if a specific file cannot be found, but an empty glob pattern is not an error\.
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.SH "SNIPPETS"
You can define snippets to be reused later in your Corefile by defining a block with a single\-token label surrounded by parentheses:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

(mysnippet) {
    \.\.\.
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Then you can invoke the snippet with \fIimport\fR:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

import mysnippet
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
Import a shared configuration:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
   import config/common\.conf
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Where \fBconfig/common\.conf\fR contains:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

prometheus
errors
log
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
This imports files found in the zones directory:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

import \.\./zones/*
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "ALSO SEE"
See corefile(5)\.