https://coredns.io/tags/multisocket/ Recent content in multisocket on CoreDNS: DNS and Service Discovery Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us CoreDNS - All Rights Reserved Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:36:33 +0000 https://coredns.io/plugins/multisocket/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:36:33 +0000 https://coredns.io/plugins/multisocket/ Description With multisocket, you can define the number of servers that will listen on the same port. The SO_REUSEPORT socket option allows to open multiple listening sockets at the same address and port. In this case, kernel distributes incoming connections between sockets. Enabling this option allows to start multiple servers, which increases the throughput of CoreDNS in environments with a large number of CPU cores. Syntax multisocket [NUM_SOCKETS] NUM_SOCKETS - the number of servers that will listen on one port.