Ubuntu
libvirt package

  1. Bug #1163147
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 1163147

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote : Re: can't resolve lan hosts (regression)

Thanks Thomas,

> You need to configure things such that each nameserver listed in resolv.conf can resolve
> all names you want resolved.

This requirement feels impossible to meet; the dnsmasq spawned by libvirt on my laptop knows only the VMs running on my laptop. It is not possible for this dnsmasq to know the hosts on my LAN -- I have a standard consumer router on my network to provide DHCP and dynamic DNS services. I do not want to require my laptop to be on and connected to my LAN for other hosts to continue using the LAN.

The DNS server on my router does not know about the VMs I host on my laptop. They are "behind" the libvirt-default NAT configuration, so they aren't even routable addresses on the LAN. Sometimes my laptop leans the LAN, and I still want to resolve my VM names.

I do not know how to configure my router to serve hostnames with a fake TLD. (I haven't used a fake TLD since about 2002, I didn't know anyone still did that..) If you really think this is a solution, I can look into it, but this all worked flawlessly with 12.04 LTS. :(