====== Networking - DNS - Unbound - Local Data ======

Local data, which can override  A / AAAA addresses, can be configured to reply to DNS queries.

The format for local-data is:

<code bash>
local-data: "<resource record string>"
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  

  * The query has to match exactly unless you configure a local-zone as **redirect**.
  * If  not matched exactly, the local-zone type determines further processing.
  * If local-data is configured that is not a subdomain of a local-zone, a transparent local-zone is configured.
  * For record types such as **TXT**, use  single quotes, as in <code bash>
local-data: 'example. TXT "text"'.
</code>

</WRAP>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  local-data is often associated with a [[Networking:DNS:Unbound:Local Zones|local-zone]]

<code>
local-zone: <zone> <type>
local-data: "<resource record string>"
</code>

If you configure **local-data** without specifying **local-zone**, by default a transparent local-zone is created for the data.
</WRAP>

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You can add locally served data with:

<code>
local-zone: "local." static
local-data: "mycomputer.local. IN A 192.0.2.51"
local-data: 'mytext.local TXT "content of text record"'
</code>

You can override certain queries with:

<code>
local-data: "adserver.example.com A 127.0.0.1"
</code>

You can redirect a domain to a fixed address with:

<code>
# This makes example.com, www.example.com, etc, all go to 192.0.2.3.
local-zone: "example.com" redirect
local-data: "example.com A 192.0.2.3"
</code>

You can also add PTR records using local-data directly ("ipv4 name" or "ipv6 name"), but then you need to do the reverse notation yourself:

<code>
local-data-ptr: "192.0.2.3 www.example.com"
</code>

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===== Examples =====

^Type^Example^Comment^
|CNAME|local-data: "alias 3600 IN CNAME host.example.org."|Only 1 CNAME per name, otherwise the client will not be able to resolve it (does not allow multiple entries like an A)|
|MX|local-data: "my.localdomain. MX 10 mail.example.org."|"@" Is not acceptable for unbound - replace the domain's FQDN instead. Unbound does not use the default domain in this specific case.|
|SRV|local-data: "_sip._tcp 60 IN SRV 0 5 5060 pbx.example.org."| |

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===== References =====

https://nlnetlabs.nl/documentation/unbound/unbound.conf/

https://fossies.org/linux/unbound/doc/example.conf.in