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.TH "COREDNS\-ROOT" "7" "March 2019" "CoreDNS" "CoreDNS plugins"
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.SH "NAME"
\fIroot\fR \- simply specifies the root of where to find (zone) files\.
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The default root is the current working directory of CoreDNS\. The \fIroot\fR plugin allows you to change this\. A relative root path is relative to the current working directory\.
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.P
This plugin can only be used once per Server Block\.
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.SH "SYNTAX"
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.nf

root PATH
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.fi
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.P
\fBPATH\fR is the directory to set as CoreDNS\' root\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
Serve zone data (when the \fIfile\fR plugin is used) from \fB/etc/coredns/zones\fR:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

\&\. {
    root /etc/coredns/zones
}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0