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.TH "COREDNS\-BIND" "7" "January 2018" "CoreDNS" "CoreDNS plugins"
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.SH "NAME"
\fIbind\fR \- overrides the host to which the server should bind\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Normally, the listener binds to the wildcard host\. However, you may force the listener to bind to another IP instead\. This directive accepts only an address, not a port\.
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.SH "SYNTAX"
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.nf

bind ADDRESS
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.fi
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.P
\fBADDRESS\fR is the IP address to bind to\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
To make your socket accessible only to that machine, bind to IP 127\.0\.0\.1 (localhost):
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    bind 127\.0\.0\.1
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0