On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:26:44AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 2:55 AM <wkitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 5/16/22 5:46 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > > > I know of a few ways of doing this, but they all involve generating 10 > > > lines of .conf file. I have no problem creating a little csv and > > > writing about 10 lines of python to generate the file. But anything > > > that involves "generate" seems clunky. I am hoping dnsmasq has a > > > provision for what I am doing. > > > > can't you create the .conf one time and leave it be for inclusion with the > > other > > dnsmasq conf files? maybe i'm not understanding? is there some sort of > > dynamic > > nature you've not mentioned? > > > > Yes I could, this is what I mean by generate the file. I am trying to > avoid that. > If I have to swap out a machine, then I get a new mac, and I have to > update the file. > And this pattern comes up fairly often: I want a machine to have a > defined IP, and I would like the dhcp server to be the source of truth > defining what machines get what IPs. > > I generally maintain a list of mac/IP/hostname, likely in a > spreadsheet.
It is 2020 there are tools like Ansible. I'm suggesting to maintain the mac/IP/hostname combos in YAML. > or maybe a text file checked into version control. If > dnsmasq could read this file, it would save steps and less chance of > my file and the server's file being out of sync. > > I am creating a little cluster thing and documenting how to build it. > If dnsmasq has a simple way of doing something, it will make my docs > of the process easier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible_(software) > Carl K Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
