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Run DNSMasq locally (as in, same datacenter as the computers that will be using it) and tell it to cache. It's dead-simple to set up. Then point your computers
by koko775 14y ago
Run DNSMasq locally (as in, same datacenter as the computers that will be using it) and tell it to cache. It's dead-simple to set up. Then point your computers to resolve using it.
You can even add to /etc/hosts and the computers using it as their DNS will resolve it. Depending on how much control you have, DNSMasq will also function as a DHCP server and TFTP server from which you can netboot other servers and do such nifty thing as automatic reinstalls. Useful if you have a separate, internal network and want to set internal IPs, too.
- gizzlon 14y agoDNSMasq is nice, it's so easy to make up your own, local, dns names. Do you run several to avoid a single point of failure, or do you just fall back to the "real" dns? Even with a local DNS server, there has to be some overhead though.. OTOH, avoid premature optimization etc..