dnsclient

Table of Contents

  1. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful

  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with dnsclient

  3. What dnsclient affects

  4. Setup requirements

  5. Beginning with dnsclient

  6. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality

  7. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

  8. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Module description

This module manages /etc/resolv.conf and its various options. It is feature complete for the supported platforms.

Documented with puppet-strings

Setup

What dnsclient affects

Manages the system resolver, /etc/resolv.conf.

Setup requirements

This module requires stdlib.

Beginning with dnsclient

Include the dnsclient class and it will configure the resolver to use Google’s public name servers.

Usage

Minimal and normal usage. See the examples directory for more usage examples.

include dnsclient

Limitations

This module officially supports the platforms listed in the metadata.json. It does not fail on unsupported platforms and has been known to work on many, many platforms since its creation in 2010 and should work with any unix based platform that uses /etc/resolv.conf.

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md

License

See LICENSE file.