Using dnsmasq

Install dnsmasq

Example

For Debian / UbuntuCentOS / RHEL / RockyLinux / AlmaLinuxFor Mac OS X

sudo apt-get update && apt-get install dnsmasq

sudo yum install dnsmasq

brew install dnsmasq

Create resolver directory

sudo mkdir /etc/resolver

sudo chown $USER:$USER /etc/resolver

Enable resolver configuration for *.dev TLD

echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolver/dev

Map all *.dev sub-domains to resolve 127.0.0.1

echo "address=/.dev/127.0.0.1" >> /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf

References and further reading

• dnsmasq official documentation
• Wikipedia
• Man pages
• Debian Wiki

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Last update: July 13, 2022
Created: July 13, 2022