[Dnsmasq-discuss] multiple instances

William Edwards wedwards at cyberfusion.nl
Sun Jul 24 13:45:30 UTC 2022


> Op 24 jul. 2022 om 15:19 heeft AWL bvba <info at adrias.biz> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> 
> Hello ,
> 
> First post to this list : I've been looking everywhere for some cook book recipe or pointers to a solution for the problem at hand.
> 
> Problem :
> - dnsmasq manages different vlan's
> - some vlan(s) should be isolated from the others (guest functionality)
> Solution (what I found until now) :
> - use different instances

For running multiple instances efficiently, you could use systemd targets / template units with several config files.

> - combinations of interface and/or except-interface parameters per instance
> - use of bind-interface etc.
> 
> Question : what's the preferred way to start this automatically (at boot) ?
> - can't pass parameters to openrc service (Alpine Linux) ?
> - change openrc dnsmasq script ?
> - launch a shell script including needed dnsmasq commands ?
> - something else ?
> 
> I am still a bit new at this (level of) "tinkering" and would prefer to do things (the one and true ? :-) "proper way"
> 
> Any pointers appreciated.
> 
> Cheers ,
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