COREDNS-MINIMAL(7)

🌸 NAME 🌸

minimal — minimizes size of the DNS response message whenever possible. This is the coredns-minimal(7) page, straight out of the CoreDNS Plugins manual, and we're keeping it cute and concise 💖.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so the minimal plugin is literally on a mission to minimize the size of the response. Depending on the response type, it removes resource records from the AUTHORITY and ADDITIONAL sections 💅.

Specifically, it looks at successful responses — and bestie, that excludes negative responses, i.e. nodata or name error. If the successful response isn't a delegation, only the RRs in the answer section are written to the client. Periodt. ✨

✨ SYNTAX ✨

The whole syntax is just this:

minimal

No flags, no drama, just minimal 🎀.

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

Want minimal responses? Say less:

example.org {
    whoami
    forward . 8.8.8.8
    minimal
}

That's the whole example, and yes it ate 💅.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• BIND 9 Configuration Reference
• ⟨https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#boolean-options⟩

This one's for the BIND girlies 🫶.

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okay that's the page, mwah 💖 — with love from the CoreDNS manual, March 2026, coredns-minimal(7) edition 🎀.