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how to change DNS settings of my server ?

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    cylon
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    is it something I can do from cloudron or must I ssh into the server ?

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      cylon
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      I tried to shh and edit the /etc/resolv/conf file but the file does not exists and if I try to create one with sudo vim /etc/resolv/conf I have a error: E212: Can't open file for writing

      When I ssh I see this, so I wonder if it is somehow cloudron also managing the resolv/conf file ?

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        murgero
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        I guess it depends on how your server is setup, docs suggest something different than what I did though so try this too: https://docs.cloudron.io/networking/#dns

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          cylon
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          This doc seems to be for internal name resolution of my servers apps, like (app1.my-cloudron.com)
          What I want is changing the DNS for external name resolution. For instance, instead of using google DNS 8.8.8.8 I want to use 9.9.9.9

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          • C cylon

            This doc seems to be for internal name resolution of my servers apps, like (app1.my-cloudron.com)
            What I want is changing the DNS for external name resolution. For instance, instead of using google DNS 8.8.8.8 I want to use 9.9.9.9

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            murgero
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            @cylon the doc I sent tells you how to setup an upstream dns server which should resolve your issue.

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              joseph
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              @cylon I guess you are using netcup ? netcup makes /etc/resolv.conf as readonly using chattr

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                cylon
                wrote on last edited by cylon
                #9

                no I'm using time4vps.

                I tried edit the file /etc/systemd/resolve.conf with this:

                [Resolve] 
                DNS=9.9.9.9 9.9.9.10
                

                but it doesn't seem to work.

                Is there something else I should do? I don't really understand the unbound DNS configuration in this doc: https://docs.cloudron.io/networking/#dns

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                  no I'm using time4vps.

                  I tried edit the file /etc/systemd/resolve.conf with this:

                  [Resolve] 
                  DNS=9.9.9.9 9.9.9.10
                  

                  but it doesn't seem to work.

                  Is there something else I should do? I don't really understand the unbound DNS configuration in this doc: https://docs.cloudron.io/networking/#dns

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                  murgero
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                  @cylon You might need to restart the systemd service that handles your DNS if it's not the one documented by cloudron

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                    cylon
                    wrote on last edited by cylon
                    #11

                    I did restart systemd-resolved service but doesn't seem to work.
                    After doing so the content of /etc/resolv.conf is :

                    # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)      
                    #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN             
                    # 127.0.0.53 is the systemd-resolved stub resolver.                                 
                                                                                                        
                    nameserver 212.24.109.143                                                           
                    nameserver 80.208.225.143 
                    

                    Shouldn't it be 9.9.9.9 as specified in the /etc/systemd/resolve.conf file ?

                    #  This file is part of systemd.                                                    
                    #                                                                                   
                    #  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the     
                    #  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free          
                    #  Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)      
                    #  any later version.                                                               
                    #                                                                                   
                    # Entries in this file show the compile time defaults. Local configuration          
                    # should be created by either modifying this file, or by creating "drop-ins" in     
                    # the resolved.conf.d/ subdirectory. The latter is generally recommended.           
                    # Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file and all drop-ins.           
                    #                                                                                   
                    # Use 'systemd-analyze cat-config systemd/resolved.conf' to display the full config.
                    #                                                                                   
                    # See resolved.conf(5) for details.                                                 
                                                                                                        
                    [Resolve]                                                                                                                           
                    DNS=9.9.9.9 9.9.9.10                                                                
                    

                    Cloudron doc says All apps and services use systemd-resolved for name resolution. You can configure systemctl-resolved as required by your network
                    So the above should have work isn't it ?

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                      joseph
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                      @cylon systemd-resolved run on 127.0.0.53 . So, you have to also change /etc/resolv.conf to be nameserver 127.0.0.53 .

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                        cylon
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                        How do I do that ? If I change the file /etc/resolv.conf to add the line

                        nameserver 127.0.0.53
                        

                        It get overwritten at reboot and the line is deleted

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                          cylon
                          wrote on last edited by cylon
                          #14

                          I tried to changed the /etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/cloudron-network.conf adding this:

                          # Forward all DNS queries to Quad9 DNS                                              
                          forward-zone:                                                                       
                                  name: "."                                                                   
                                  forward-addr: 9.9.9.9                                                       
                                  forward-addr: 149.112.112.112 
                          

                          but request are still going to 212.24.109.143 and not 9.9.9.9

                          what service is managing the /etc/resolve.conf file ?

                          here are all my files:
                          /etc/systemd/resolved.conf:

                          #  This file is part of systemd.                                                    
                          #                                                                                   
                          #  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the     
                          #  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free          
                          #  Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)      
                          #  any later version.                                                               
                          #                                                                                   
                          # Entries in this file show the compile time defaults. Local configuration          
                          # should be created by either modifying this file, or by creating "drop-ins" in     
                          # the resolved.conf.d/ subdirectory. The latter is generally recommended.           
                          # Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file and all drop-ins.           
                          #                                                                                   
                          # Use 'systemd-analyze cat-config systemd/resolved.conf' to display the full config.
                          #                                                                                   
                          # See resolved.conf(5) for details.                                                 
                                                                                                              
                          [Resolve]                                                                                       
                          DNS=9.9.9.9 9.9.9.10
                          

                          /etc/resolv.conf:

                          # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)      
                          #     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN             
                          # 127.0.0.53 is the systemd-resolved stub resolver.                                 
                                                                                                              
                          nameserver 212.24.109.143                                                           
                          nameserver 80.208.225.143
                          

                          /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf:

                          # This is /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf managed by man:systemd-resolved(8).      
                          # Do not edit.                                                                      
                          #                                                                                   
                          # This file might be symlinked as /etc/resolv.conf. If you're looking at            
                          # /etc/resolv.conf and seeing this text, you have followed the symlink.             
                          #                                                                                   
                          # This is a dynamic resolv.conf file for connecting local clients directly to       
                          # all known uplink DNS servers. This file lists all configured search domains.      
                          #                                                                                   
                          # Third party programs should typically not access this file directly, but only     
                          # through the symlink at /etc/resolv.conf. To manage man:resolv.conf(5) in a        
                          # different way, replace this symlink by a static file or a different symlink.      
                          #                                                                                   
                          # See man:systemd-resolved.service(8) for details about the supported modes of      
                          # operation for /etc/resolv.conf.                                                   
                                                                                                              
                          nameserver 9.9.9.9                                                                  
                          nameserver 9.9.9.10                                                                 
                          search . 
                          

                          Running resolvectl status yield:

                          Global                                                                              
                                 Protocols: -LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported                    
                          resolv.conf mode: foreign                                                           
                               DNS Servers: 9.9.9.9 9.9.9.10                                                  
                                                                                                              
                          Link 2 (ens3)                                                                       
                          Current Scopes: none                                                                
                               Protocols: -DefaultRoute +LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported        
                                                                                                              
                          Link 3 (docker0)                                                                    
                          Current Scopes: none                                                                
                               Protocols: -DefaultRoute +LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported        
                                                                                                              
                          Link 4 (br-e8030366a286)                                                            
                          Current Scopes: none                                                                
                               Protocols: -DefaultRoute +LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported        
                                                                                                              
                          Link 6 (veth13a1cdd)                                                                
                          Current Scopes: none                                                                
                               Protocols: -DefaultRoute +LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported        
                                                                                                              
                          Link 8 (vethf77db43)                                                                
                          Current Scopes: none                                                                
                               Protocols: -DefaultRoute +LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverT
                          

                          showing that resolv.conf is in mode: foreign

                          what service manage resolv.conf in cloudron ?

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                            girish
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                            wrote on last edited by
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                            @cylon there's much to unwrap. Unfortunately, the way all these things interact is quite complicated.

                            Before I say anything, are you on Cloudron 8? I am wonder why you have your /etc/resolv.conf handled by resolvconf ? Cloudron 8 has removed this package. If you are still on some < v8, I recommend upgrading first because the instructions to change the DNS are different.

                            For Cloudron 8, here is a checklist:

                            • Make sure resolvconf package is not there . We don't install this anymore intentionally. apt remove resolvconf
                            • /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink to ../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf
                            • systemctl status systemd-resolved must be enabled
                            • Finally, /etc/systemd/resolved.conf has your preferred DNS servers (quad9 in your case).

                            That should be it. After that, host www.cloudron.io should work out of the box.

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                              scooke
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                              I used to use Time4VPS and thoroughly enjoyed it. Did you check these out?:
                              https://www.time4vps.com/knowledgebase/working-with-dns-manager/
                              https://www.time4vps.com/knowledgebase/create-nameserver-with-your-domain/

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                                cylon
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                                #17

                                I'm still indeed on v7, but I can't update to v8 😞
                                https://forum.cloudron.io/post/93010

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                                  girish
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                                  @cylon for v7, cloudron uses unbound. For Cloudron 7, please check this:

                                  • /etc/resolv.conf should have nameserver 127.0.0.1
                                  • systemctl status unbound should say running
                                  • host www.cloudron.io 127.0.0.1 should work

                                  systemd-resolved is not used at all. So, you can ignore all those related threads and configs. I would like to understand how it got to this state though? Do you think it tried to upgrade to v8 and end it up in this state?

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                                    cylon
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                                    thanks for the help, but this is not urgent, I can wait for the update to the v8 so I won't have to do this change twice 🙂

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                                      @cylon for v7, cloudron uses unbound. For Cloudron 7, please check this:

                                      • /etc/resolv.conf should have nameserver 127.0.0.1
                                      • systemctl status unbound should say running
                                      • host www.cloudron.io 127.0.0.1 should work

                                      systemd-resolved is not used at all. So, you can ignore all those related threads and configs. I would like to understand how it got to this state though? Do you think it tried to upgrade to v8 and end it up in this state?

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                                      cylon
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                                      @girish said in how to change DNS settings of my server ?:

                                      systemd-resolved is not used at all. So, you can ignore all those related threads and configs. I would like to understand how it got to this state though? Do you think it tried to upgrade to v8 and end it up in this state?

                                      That's possible, I don't remember if I first tried to upgrade to v8 or to change the DNS

                                      I updated the /etc/systemd/resolve.conf and only after did I check the /etc/resolv/conf file, I don't know what state it was before I updated /etc/systemd/resolve.conf

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                                        Fixed in support as outlined in https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/12300/how-to-change-dns-settings-of-my-server/18

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