coredns/Corefile
Ryan Malloy 48cddc91cf Phase 0 scaffolding: RFC 2136 plugin groundwork (inactive)
Lays the groundwork for a future CoreDNS rfc2136 plugin that will accept
TSIG-authenticated dynamic DNS updates from Caddy (via caddy-dns/rfc2136),
enabling self-hosted ACME DNS-01 cert automation without depending on
registrar APIs.

Nothing in this commit is active at runtime:
- Corefile additions are commented out
- coredns/Dockerfile references a plugin repo that doesn't exist yet
- scripts/acme-add-domain.sh just appends CNAME glue but has nothing
  to talk to until the plugin is built

Architecture and implementation plan:
  ~/.claude/plans/dood-does-coredns-offer-enumerated-piglet.md

Secret management: TSIG key generated and stored in .env.local
(gitignored). .env.local.example documents the expected shape.
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# Shared zone-loading + recursive-forwarding config.
(common) {
auto {
directory /zones (.*)\.zone {1}
reload 30s
}
# AXFR is open to everyone here. The FortiWiFi firewall does the
# real source-IP filtering (only 216.218.133.2 / slave.dns.he.net
# can reach our public :53/tcp).
#
# Why not narrow the `to` list to HE's IPs? CoreDNS's transfer
# plugin has a confirmed bug: any `to` with more than one specific
# IPv4 address silently breaks listener startup (no error logged,
# zones load, but .:53 / tls://.:853 / https://.:443 never bind).
# Reproduced in 1.11.3 and 1.12.2, even in a minimal fresh
# `docker run` — not a compose state issue. Single-IP works, but
# we need asymmetric config (AXFR from .133.2, NOTIFY to .130.2)
# which the single-line `to` directive can't express.
#
# NOTIFY is sent externally by scripts/notify-he.py (invoked from
# `make prep`) so we can target ns1.he.net specifically.
transfer {
to *
}
forward . 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 9.9.9.9 {
max_concurrent 1000
}
# Use default cap (3600). Earlier `cache 30` clamped authoritative
# TTLs too aggressively — every record HE pulled showed TTL≈5 because
# the cache plugin sits in the (common) plugin chain and clamps any
# response passing through, not just forwarded-resolver answers.
cache
errors
log
loop
reload 10s
}
# Plain DNS — UDP/TCP :53. Health + metrics live here only (one binding).
. {
import common
health :8080
prometheus :9153
}
# DNS-over-TLS — RFC 7858. Port 853 is the IANA-assigned DoT port.
tls://.:853 {
tls /etc/coredns/certs/cert.pem /etc/coredns/certs/key.pem
import common
}
# DNS-over-HTTPS — RFC 8484. Default path is /dns-query.
# Clients: curl -H 'accept: application/dns-message' https://host:8443/dns-query?dns=...
https://.:443 {
tls /etc/coredns/certs/cert.pem /etc/coredns/certs/key.pem
import common
}
# ─── PHASE 0 SCAFFOLDING — NOT YET ACTIVE ──────────────────────────
# Dynamic-update server for ACME DNS-01 challenges (RFC 2136 + TSIG).
# Caddy uses caddy-dns/rfc2136 to push TSIG-signed UPDATE messages here;
# the plugin stores TXT records in memory and serves them for Let's
# Encrypt's validation queries.
#
# Activation requires:
# 1. The coredns-rfc2136 plugin built into a custom CoreDNS image
# (see coredns/Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml build directive).
# 2. ACME_TSIG_SECRET set in .env.local (already generated).
# 3. zones/supported.systems.zone delegating `auth` sub-zone to dell01:
# auth 300 IN NS dns.supported.systems.
# 4. FortiWiFi firewall opening UDP/53 to dell01 from 0.0.0.0/0.
#
# Until those land, this block is a comment. The plan lives at
# ~/.claude/plans/dood-does-coredns-offer-enumerated-piglet.md
#
# .:53 auth.supported.systems {
# rfc2136 auth.supported.systems {
# tsig-key acme-update-key. hmac-sha256 {$ACME_TSIG_SECRET}
# ttl 60
# }
# errors
# log
# }