I want to check if I understood this correctly. If an instance has the line
`nameserver 172.20.255.1` in /etc/resolv.conf, it's all good?

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On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 14:57, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <
aborr...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> We recently did some DNS maintenance operations [0]. As part of the
> maintenance,
> we moved the DNS recursor server IP address to be 172.20.255.1.
>
> However, we have detected a number of virtual machines with broken puppet,
> that
> did not pick up the change.
>
> This is traditionally done via the file /etc/resolv.conf with a line like:
>
> === 8< ===
> nameserver 172.20.255.1
> === 8< ===
>
> Please fix the virtual machines to use the new resolver, or if the machine
> is
> not in use, consider shutdown (or delete) it. Feel free to ask for
> assistance if
> required [1].
>
> After some period of time, the old resolver addresses will stop working
> and
> unmaintained virtual machines will become even more broken.
>
> thanks, regards.
>
> [0]
>
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/cloud-annou...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/VMLED6L7XCIF3IJJB2K2SSCHCN2UTIX4/
> [1]
>
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Cloud_Services_introduction#Communication_and_support
> --
> Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
> Senior SRE / Wikimedia Cloud Services
> Wikimedia Foundation
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