DPS is a lightweight end user (Developers, Server Administrators) DNS server tool which make it easy to develop in systems where one hostname can solve to different IPs based on the configured environment, so you can:
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hostnameCheckout the full list of features with examples
You can run DPS as native binary downloading the latest binaries releases or via docker looking at Dockerhub images. See complete running it documentation for running on Mac, Windows, Docker, etc.
Basic running it on Linux or Mac
sudo ./dns-proxy-server --server-port 5555 --register-container-names
Solving docker container from container name
$ docker run --rm --name nginx-app nginx
$ nslookup -po=5555 nginx-app.docker 127.0.0.1
172.17.0.3
Solving docker container from hostname
$ docker run --rm --hostname nginx.dev nginx
$ nslookup -po=5555 nginx.dev 127.0.0.1
172.17.0.3
Solving from pre-configured entries (conf/config.json):
$ nslookup -po=5555 dps-sample.dev 127.0.0.1
192.168.0.254
Solving from Internet
$ nslookup -po=5555 google.com 127.0.0.1
142.250.79.174
Solving stub hostnames like nip.io or sslip.io
$ nslookup -po=5555 machine-1.192.168.0.1.stub 127.0.0.1
192.168.0.1
Solving host machine IP
$ nslookup -po=5555 host.docker 127.0.0.1
172.22.230.67
Solving all subdomains to a specific docker container
$ docker run --rm --hostname .nginx.dev nginx
$ nslookup -po=5555 site1.nginx.dev 127.0.0.1
172.17.0.3
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