[squid-users] Proxy does not send response for internal host

[Amos Jeffries]

On 15/11/17 04:19, tappdint wrote:
> Amos Jeffries wrote
>> You need to either;
>>
>>    * configure the VM running Squid to use a DNS resolver that knows what
>> the internal domains are, or
>>
>>    * configure the DNS resolver it is using to know those internal
>> hostnames, or
>>
>>    * configure your network using the standardized .local namespace
>> intended for local hostnames and all the VMs to use m-DNS.
> 
> Just wanted to clarify/confirm. My squid and host app containers are running
> locally on my mac (no VM) and the application that requests said host is the
> one running in the VM. Are the 3 options you provided still valid?

Yes. Though there may be complications depending on whether the 
containers have their own DNS server settings or use the hosts.


> 
> For the first option I was thinking of figuring out what DNS Resolvers my
> Mac uses to resolve hosts and add those to my squid.conf using the
> *dns_nameservers* config (along with the existing ones already in Squid's
> resolv.conf). Would that be the correct approach?
> 

Squid should be loading the /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf settings by 
default. You only need the dns_nameservers if you want to override the 
machines normal ones.

Amos