Can't resolve internal/private DNS entries over VPN connection
I have a basic VPN setup that allows me to connect to my AWS VPC via an OpenVPN client (tunnelblick 3.5). There is an OpenVPN sever (Ubuntu 12.4) that is running in the VPC which creates the connection. The VPN works fine as i am able to ping any private IP address in my VPC. My problem is that I cannot ping any of my private/internal DNS entires that point to private IP addresses.
For example, I can ping the the private IP 10.10.10.10, but I can't ping the private DNS entry server.pvt.company.com, which points to 10.10.10.10.
If I SSH onto any instance in the VPC I can ping server.pvt.company.com, and it resolves to 10.10.10.10, but this fails to work on my local when the VPN connection is up.
Here is my OpenVPN server.conf:
port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert blah.crt
key blah.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
Here is my OpenVPN client.conf:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote blah.company.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert me.crt
key me.key
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3
Any suggestions for figuring out how to resolve or push private/internal DNS entires over an OpenVPN connection?
networking vpn dns openvpn
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
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I have a basic VPN setup that allows me to connect to my AWS VPC via an OpenVPN client (tunnelblick 3.5). There is an OpenVPN sever (Ubuntu 12.4) that is running in the VPC which creates the connection. The VPN works fine as i am able to ping any private IP address in my VPC. My problem is that I cannot ping any of my private/internal DNS entires that point to private IP addresses.
For example, I can ping the the private IP 10.10.10.10, but I can't ping the private DNS entry server.pvt.company.com, which points to 10.10.10.10.
If I SSH onto any instance in the VPC I can ping server.pvt.company.com, and it resolves to 10.10.10.10, but this fails to work on my local when the VPN connection is up.
Here is my OpenVPN server.conf:
port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert blah.crt
key blah.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
Here is my OpenVPN client.conf:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote blah.company.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert me.crt
key me.key
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3
Any suggestions for figuring out how to resolve or push private/internal DNS entires over an OpenVPN connection?
networking vpn dns openvpn
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
add a comment |
I have a basic VPN setup that allows me to connect to my AWS VPC via an OpenVPN client (tunnelblick 3.5). There is an OpenVPN sever (Ubuntu 12.4) that is running in the VPC which creates the connection. The VPN works fine as i am able to ping any private IP address in my VPC. My problem is that I cannot ping any of my private/internal DNS entires that point to private IP addresses.
For example, I can ping the the private IP 10.10.10.10, but I can't ping the private DNS entry server.pvt.company.com, which points to 10.10.10.10.
If I SSH onto any instance in the VPC I can ping server.pvt.company.com, and it resolves to 10.10.10.10, but this fails to work on my local when the VPN connection is up.
Here is my OpenVPN server.conf:
port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert blah.crt
key blah.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
Here is my OpenVPN client.conf:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote blah.company.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert me.crt
key me.key
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3
Any suggestions for figuring out how to resolve or push private/internal DNS entires over an OpenVPN connection?
networking vpn dns openvpn
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
I have a basic VPN setup that allows me to connect to my AWS VPC via an OpenVPN client (tunnelblick 3.5). There is an OpenVPN sever (Ubuntu 12.4) that is running in the VPC which creates the connection. The VPN works fine as i am able to ping any private IP address in my VPC. My problem is that I cannot ping any of my private/internal DNS entires that point to private IP addresses.
For example, I can ping the the private IP 10.10.10.10, but I can't ping the private DNS entry server.pvt.company.com, which points to 10.10.10.10.
If I SSH onto any instance in the VPC I can ping server.pvt.company.com, and it resolves to 10.10.10.10, but this fails to work on my local when the VPN connection is up.
Here is my OpenVPN server.conf:
port 1194
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
cert blah.crt
key blah.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 10.10.0.0 255.255.0.0"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status openvpn-status.log
Here is my OpenVPN client.conf:
client
dev tun
proto udp
remote blah.company.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert me.crt
key me.key
ns-cert-type server
comp-lzo
verb 3
Any suggestions for figuring out how to resolve or push private/internal DNS entires over an OpenVPN connection?
networking vpn dns openvpn
networking vpn dns openvpn
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
edited Jan 28 '15 at 15:48
heavyd
50.5k12123156
50.5k12123156
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
asked Jan 28 '15 at 15:34
bwoodr01bwoodr01
8113
8113
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Your server is pushing the Google DNS servers to the client:
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
You'll want to push a local DNS server that knows how to resolve your local hostnames instead.
answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
heavydheavyd
50.5k12123156
1
thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
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Your server is pushing the Google DNS servers to the client:
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
You'll want to push a local DNS server that knows how to resolve your local hostnames instead.
answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
heavydheavyd
50.5k12123156
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thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
– bwoodr01
Feb 2 '15 at 16:12
add a comment |
Your server is pushing the Google DNS servers to the client:
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
You'll want to push a local DNS server that knows how to resolve your local hostnames instead.
answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
heavydheavyd
50.5k12123156
1
thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
– bwoodr01
Feb 2 '15 at 16:12
add a comment |
Your server is pushing the Google DNS servers to the client:
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
You'll want to push a local DNS server that knows how to resolve your local hostnames instead.
answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
heavydheavyd
50.5k12123156
Your server is pushing the Google DNS servers to the client:
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
You'll want to push a local DNS server that knows how to resolve your local hostnames instead.
answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
heavydheavyd
50.5k12123156
answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
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heavydheavyd
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answered Jan 28 '15 at 15:49
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thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
– bwoodr01
Feb 2 '15 at 16:12
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thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
– bwoodr01
Feb 2 '15 at 16:12
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thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
– bwoodr01
Feb 2 '15 at 16:12
thanks @heavyd! I added push "route 169.254.169.253" and push "dhcp-option DNS 169.254.169.253" to my openvpn server.conf and i can now resolve private dns entries over vpn. I used 169.254.169.253 as my local dns servers b/c according to aws documentation that is the ip for aws dns server docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/…
– bwoodr01
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