generic .dev or .test address for localhost in linux mint with DNS masq
Door FlorisVedder op za, 03/17/2018 - 23:15

I was looking up instructions on the web how to configure my DNS Masq so that I have a generic .test domain but was struggling to find the correct configuration file.
First some info about DNS Masq on linux mint 18.3
- DNS Masq is preinstalled.
- It's a dependency of the network-manager.
- I found the configuration location with the command
ps ax | grep dnsmasq
- That appeared to be:
/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/
- So it's not a configuration file (as told in most instructioins I found) but a configuration directory.
- You just need one line in the configuration file and no separate resolver file.
So how does it work?
- In
/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/
create a new file. - The name of this file should be the name of your extension, so in my case: test.
sudo touch test
- In that file you only need one line of configuration
address=/test/127.0.0.1
- Restart:
sudo service network-manager restart
- Test:
ping somethingrandom.test