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how to change DNS settings of my server ?

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    cylon
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    #6

    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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            #10

            @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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                  #13

                  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
                      #15

                      @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/

                        A life lived in fear is a life half-lived

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                          cylon
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                          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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                                  wrote on last edited by
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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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