Use local dns in "forwarding-rules"

[CaledoniaProject]

I have specific domains that would like to resolve use locally configured DNS, instead of going through dnscrypt-proxy.
How should I configure it in "forwarding-rules"?

[ianbashford]

Hi @CaledoniaProject

The examples in the file: example-forwarding-rules.txt are hopefully pretty clear - each line has the format
<domain> <server address>[:port]

My hosts are assigned to the domain '.local' , so I use the line

local          192.168.0.1

The IP address needs to be the address of your router or your locally configured DNS - they'll receive the cleartext DNS Query.

[CaledoniaProject]

I meant to use whatever DNS server returned from DHCP, instead of going through DoH.
I need to use the intranet DNS servers when I'm in the office, and another preconfigured DNS server when I'm at home.

Preferred config is like:

google.com auto;

[ianbashford]

If you're trying to avoid passing local domains through dnscrypt-proxy, then the forwarding rules won't help -- that's a convenience that allows you to configure as many specific resolvers by domain as as you might need and to use an external resolver in all other cases. It's a powerful feature and it has the advantage of working across any platform - windows/macos/linux etc.

It sounds like you're trying to address this at the operating system level instead - there's something on the link below about REHL being able to do that -- I assume any systemd based linux could do the same.
Someone else on here may know how to do this on other systems...

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/configuring_and_managing_networking/using-different-dns-servers-for-different-domains_configuring-and-managing-networking