Resolve .local Through Nameserver With Netplan
Notes
| 2021-08-13
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 1 min read
#dns
#linux
#netplan
#sysadmin
When using netplan it is easy to force .local DNS requests to go to you nameservers instead of being only resolved locally (the default and standard).
This also works with all other strange .WHATEVER domains you may have lying around in your organization.
Snippet from netplan configuration:
nameservers:
addresses:
- X
- Y
search:
- local
- myotherstupiddomain