{ lib, pkgs, config, ... }:
let
  cfg = config.skynet_dns;
in {
  options = {
    skynet_dns = {
      enable = lib.mkEnableOption {
        default = false;
        example = true;
        description = "Skynet DNS";
        type = lib.types.bool;
      };

      own = {
        nameserver = lib.mkOption {
          default = "ns1";
          type = lib.types.str;
          description = ''
            the hostname of this nameserver, eg ns1, ns2
          '';
        };

        external = lib.mkOption {
          default = [ ];
          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
          description = ''
            External records like: agentjones      A       193.1.99.72
          '';
        };

        cname = lib.mkOption {
          default = [ ];
          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
          description = ''
            External records like: ns1             CNAME   ns1
          '';
        };
      };


      records = {
        external = lib.mkOption {
          default = [ ];
          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
          description = ''
            External records like: agentjones      A       193.1.99.72
          '';
        };

        cname = lib.mkOption {
          default = [ ];
          type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
          description = ''
            External records like: ns1             CNAME   ns1
          '';
        };
      };

    };
  };


  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
    services.bind = {
        enable = true;

        ipv4Only = true;

        forwarders = [
          # these were in old config file
          #"193.1.100.130"
          #"193.1.100.131"
        ];

        zones = {
          /*
          put any other zones above skynet and link to their files like so:

            example.ie = {
              extraConfig = "";
              file = ./dns/example;
              master = true;
              masters = [];
              slaves = [ ];
            };

          Skynet is handled a bit more dynamically since it is the key one we should focus on
          */

          "skynet.ie" = {
            extraConfig = "";
            # really wish teh nixos config didnt use master/slave
            master = true;
            slaves = [ ];
            # need to write this to a file
            file = pkgs.writeText "dns_zone_skynet"
            # no leading whitespace for first line
            ''
            $TTL 60  ; 1 minute
            ; hostmaster@skynet.ie is an email address that recieves stuff related to dns
            @   IN SOA  ${cfg.own.nameserver}.skynet.ie. hostmaster.skynet.ie. (
                  2023011701 ; Serial (YYYYMMDDCC)
                  600        ; Refresh (10 minutes)
                  300        ; Retry (5 minutes)
                  2419200    ; Expire (4 weeks)
                  3600       ; Minimum (1 hour)
                )
                NS  ns1.skynet.ie.
                NS  ns2.skynet.ie.
                ; @ stands for teh root domain so teh A record below is where skynet.ie points to
                A   193.1.99.76
                MX  5 mail.skynet.ie.

                ; can have multiple mailserves
                ;MX  20 mail2.skynet.ie.


            ; ------------------------------------------
            ; Server Names
            ; ------------------------------------------

            ; External addresses
            ; ------------------------------------------
            ${lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: x + "\n") cfg.records.external}


            ; this is fixed for now
            wintermute      A       193.1.101.148


            ; internal addresses
            ; ------------------------------------------
            ; May come back to this idea in teh future
            ; agentjones.int  A       172.20.20.1


            ; cname's
            ; ------------------------------------------
            ${lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: x + "\n") cfg.records.cname}

            '';
          };
        };
      };

    };



}