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# CLAUDE.md
## Overview
MCNS (Metacircular Networking Service) is an authoritative DNS server for
the Metacircular platform. It serves DNS zones from SQLite, forwards
non-authoritative queries to upstream resolvers, and exposes a gRPC/REST
management API authenticated through MCIAS.
## Build Commands
```bash
make all # vet → lint → test → build
make build # go build ./...
make test # go test ./...
make vet # go vet ./...
make lint # golangci-lint run ./...
make proto # regenerate gRPC code from .proto files
make proto-lint # buf lint + buf breaking
make mcns # build mcns binary with version injection
make docker # build container image
make clean # remove binaries
make devserver # build and run against srv/ config
```
Run a single test: `go test ./internal/dns/ -run TestHandlerA`
## Architecture
Three listeners on one binary:
- **DNS server** (`:53`, UDP+TCP) — serves authoritative zones from SQLite,
forwards everything else to upstream resolvers. No authentication.
- **REST API** (`:8443`) — management API for zones and records. MCIAS auth.
- **gRPC API** (`:9443`) — same management operations. MCIAS auth.
Records stored in SQLite. Changes visible to DNS immediately on commit.
## Project Structure
```
cmd/mcns/ CLI entry point (server, snapshot, status)
internal/
config/ TOML config with DNS-specific sections
db/ SQLite schema, migrations, zone/record queries
dns/ DNS server, handler, forwarder, cache
server/ REST API routes and handlers
grpcserver/ gRPC server, interceptors, service handlers
proto/mcns/v1/ Protobuf definitions
gen/mcns/v1/ Generated Go code (do not edit)
deploy/ Docker, systemd, install scripts, examples
```
## Ignored Directories
- `srv/` — local dev runtime data
- `gen/` — regenerated from proto, not hand-edited
## Shared Library
MCNS uses `mcdsl` (git.wntrmute.dev/mc/mcdsl) for shared platform packages:
auth, db, config, httpserver, grpcserver. These provide MCIAS authentication,
SQLite database helpers, TOML config loading, and TLS-configured HTTP/gRPC
server scaffolding.
## Testing Patterns
- Use stdlib `testing` only. No third-party test frameworks.
- Tests use real SQLite databases in `t.TempDir()`. No mocks for databases.
## Key Invariants
- **SOA serial format**: YYYYMMDDNN, auto-incremented on every record mutation.
If the date prefix matches today, NN is incremented. Otherwise the serial
resets to today with NN=01.
- **CNAME exclusivity**: Enforced at the DB layer within transactions. A name
cannot have both CNAME and A/AAAA records. Attempts to violate this return
`ErrConflict`.
## Critical Rules
1. **REST/gRPC sync**: Every REST endpoint must have a corresponding gRPC
RPC, updated in the same change.
2. **gRPC interceptor maps**: New RPCs must be added to the correct
interceptor map (Public, AuthRequired, AdminRequired). Forgetting this
is a security defect.
3. **CNAME exclusivity**: A name cannot have both CNAME and A/AAAA records.
Enforced in the database layer within a transaction.
4. **SOA serial**: Auto-incremented on every record mutation. Never manually
set or decremented.
5. **DNS has no auth**: Port 53 serves records to any client. All mutations
go through the authenticated management API.