RubyDNS is a high-performance DNS server which can be easily integrated into other projects or used as a stand-alone daemon. By default it uses rule-based pattern matching. Results can be hard-coded, computed, fetched from a remote DNS server or fetched from a local cache, depending on requirements.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'rubydns'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install rubydns
Usage
There are lots of examples available in the
examples/
directory.Basic DNS Server
Here is the code from
examples/basic-dns.rb
:#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubydns'
INTERFACES = [
[:udp, "0.0.0.0", 5300],
[:tcp, "0.0.0.0", 5300],
]
IN = Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN
# Use upstream DNS for name resolution.
UPSTREAM = RubyDNS::Resolver.new([[:udp, "8.8.8.8", 53], [:tcp, "8.8.8.8", 53]])
# Start the RubyDNS server
RubyDNS::run_server(INTERFACES) do
match(%r{test.local}, IN::A) do |transaction|
transaction.respond!("10.0.0.80")
end
# Default DNS handler
otherwise do |transaction|
transaction.passthrough!(UPSTREAM)
end
end
Start the server using
RUBYOPT=-w ./examples/basic-dns.rb
. You can then test it using dig:$ dig @localhost -p 5300 test.local
$ dig @localhost -p 5300 google.com
File Handle Limitations
On some platforms (e.g. Mac OS X) the number of file descriptors is relatively low by default and should be increased by calling
ulimit -n 10000
before running tests or even before starting a server which expects a large number of concurrent incoming connections.Custom Servers
It is possible to create and integrate your own custom servers, however this functionality has now moved to
Async::DNS::Server
.class MyServer < Async::DNS::Server
def process(name, resource_class, transaction)
transaction.fail!(:NXDomain)
end
end
Async::Reactor.run do
task = MyServer.new.run
# ... do other things, e.g. run specs/tests
# Shut down the server manually if required, otherwise it will run indefinitely.
# task.stop
end
This is the best way to integrate with other projects.
Performance
Due to changes in the underlying code, there have been some very minor performance regressions. The numbers below will be updated in due course.
We welcome additional benchmarks and feedback regarding RubyDNS performance. To check the current performance results, consult the travis build job output.
Server
The performance is on the same magnitude as
bind9
. Some basic benchmarks resolving 1000 names concurrently, repeated 5 times, using RubyDNS::Resolver
gives the following: user system total real
RubyDNS::Server 4.280000 0.450000 4.730000 ( 4.854862)
Bind9 4.970000 0.520000 5.490000 ( 5.541213)
These benchmarks are included in the unit tests. To test bind9 performance, it must be installed and
which named
must return the executable.Resolver
The
RubyDNS::Resolver
is highly concurrent and can resolve individual names as fast as the built in Resolv::DNS
resolver. Because the resolver is asynchronous, when dealing with multiple names, it can work more efficiently: user system total real
RubyDNS::Resolver 0.020000 0.010000 0.030000 ( 0.030507)
Resolv::DNS 0.070000 0.010000 0.080000 ( 1.465975)
These benchmarks are included in the unit tests.
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