The plain zone file format is pretty limited. There are not even variables, so
in many cases IP addresses and other data has to be repeated several times.
zonemaker is an attempt to provide more flexibility, by allowing you to write
-your zones in Python. Hence all the usuel fatures, like variables, macros (aka
-functions) and loops, are available to generate DNS zone data. At the same time,
-zonemaker is reasonably simple and close to the actual structure of a DNS
-zonefile, so it is suited for small setups. The output of zonemaker is a
-standard zonefile, so it can be used with any DNS server supporting those.
+your zones in Python. Hence all the usuel fatures, like variables, macros (also
+known as functions) and loops, are available to generate DNS zone data. At the
+same time, zonemaker is reasonably simple and close to the actual structure of a
+DNS zonefile, so it is suited for small setups. The output of zonemaker is a
+standard zonefile, it can be used with any DNS server supporting those.
.. _zonemaker: https://www.ralfj.de/projects/zonemaker
Simply call ``zonemaker`` with the zone python file as argument. The result will
be printed to stdout. See ``db.example.com.py`` for a sample file demonstrating
the use of the interface. ``Makefile.sample`` shows how a makefile which first
-updates the zone, and then tells BIND to reload, could look like.
+updates the zone(s), and then tells BIND to reload, could look like.
Source, License
---------------
-You can find the sources in the `git repository`_. They are provided under a
-2-clause BSD license.
+You can find the sources in the `git repository`_ and `on GitHub`_. They are
+provided under a `2-clause BSD license`_. See the file ``LICENSE-BSD`` for more
+details.
.. _git repository: http://www.ralfj.de/git/zonemaker.git
+.. _on GitHub: https://github.com/RalfJung/zonemaker
+.. _2-clause BSD license: http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
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