CONSUL DNSMASQ issue

Question

I am testing DNS using Consul on RedHat Linux. I have a problem that when I try to "dig {service name}" it does not work.

I have a local Consul agent running and listening on 8600 for DNS. I also have configured DNSMASQ to forward the .consul domain dns queries to the local consul agent.

The below works without any problem

dig @x.x.x.x -p 8600 consul.service.consul

dig @x.x.x.x -p 53 consul.service.consul

But when i do "dig consul.service.consul" it does not work. But this exact query works on my dev machine which is MAC.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Here is my dnsmasq conf located at /etc/dnsmasq.d/10-consul

server=/consul/x.x.x.x#8600

Answer 1

Was able to fix the issue by adding the below entry onto /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 127.0.0.1