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Looking for simple set up DNS server suggestions (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I only want it do one thing, gives the locally configured IP address when it has the records. Otherwise go talk to 8.8.8.8.

Any suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I just use pihole as a local dns. Ad blocking is nice, but you can disable that part if you'd like and just use it to server local DNS records.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Have a look at CoreDNS.

Personally I avoid running a local DNS server, as most of the gateway, router, firewalls allow you to configure static host entries which are then automatically resolved.