Overriding Included Zone File Entries

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.1607.1362510489.11945.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
 Pat Suwalski <pat at suwalski.net> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a question about using the $INCLUDE directive in my zone files.
> 
> We run DNS for a moderately large number of domains, largely pointing at 
> the same servers. So, I'd really like to have the following setup:
> 
> db.common.inc:
> 
>      mail IN A n.n.n.n
>      mail2 IN A n.n.n.n
>      www IN A n.n.n.n
>      @ IN TXT "v=spf1..."
> 
> And then have individual zone files be able to override the various values:
> 
> db.special.domain.com:
> 
>      $INCLUDE db.common.inc
>      www IN A x.x.x.x
> 
> Of course, this just round-robins the A record for the www entry.
> 
> Does anyone know if it is possible to make the new entry override the 
> previously included one rather than add to it?
> 
> If not, is there a typical config structure that has worked for someone 
> trying to do a similar setup?

Instead of one include file for everything, use separate include files:

$INCLUDE db.common.mail.inc
$INCLUDE db.common.www.inc
$INCLUDE db.common.spf.inc

Then you can omit some $INCLUDE directives in the zones that have more 
specific records.

-- 
Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA