dnsmasq to local virtual host with OpenVPN config

[tristanlee85]

I am trying to route a specific host to a local IP using a jffs config script, but don't seem to be able to get the lookup to work correctly.

In dnsmasq.conf.add:

address=/mlocal.www.mydomain.com/192.168.1.120

In hosts.add:

192 168.1.120 mlocal.www.mydomain.com

When I do a nslookup from a device on my LAN, nothing resolves. Yes, dnsmasq service has been restarted. I have confirmed the config is loading correctly via the logs and verified the main hosts file gets appended to properly.

I also have OpenVPN configured for PIA which I am wondering if it is managing DNS and not performing the correct lookup for my defined hosts. Or perhaps I just have the above files wrong.

Any ideas?

 

[john9527]

Any ideas?

You can't use Accept DNS 'Exclusive' and also have local name resolution since that option bypasses dnsmasq.

 

[tristanlee85]

That is what I figured would be the cause here. I hadn't tried changing that value since I wasn't sure what the other options would affect. Based on this post here (https://www.snbforums.com/threads/openvpn-dns-selective-routing-questions.28191/#post-217362), I changed it to Strict thinking that it would use VPN first and then dnsmasq as the final, still preserving my security. Everything appears to be resolving correctly now.