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1. Setup

  • I use the PROXMOX 6 (proxmox-ve: 6.1-2)
  • I set up a DNS server with dnsmasq
  • dnsmasq is configured to send search-domains
  • The VM is running Arch Linux
  • Within the VM systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved are used
  • I use "cloud-init" 19.3 with netplan 0.98-1

2. Problem

There are no search domains configured in "/etc/resolv.conf" although "dnsmasq" sends them to the VM.

Code:
# [...]
nameserver 10.0.0.2

3. Logs

Extract from dnsmasq logs: This shows the options transferred from dnsmasq to the dhcp client (VM). I replaced all "internal" IP-addresses.

Code:
option: 53 message-type  5
option: 54 server-identifier  10.0.0.3
option: 51 lease-time  12h
option: 58 T1  6h
option: 59 T2  10h30m
option:  1 netmask  255.255.255.0
option: 28 broadcast  10.0.0.255
option: 12 hostname  server1
option: 42 ntp-server  213.239.239.166
option: 15 domain-name  in.exmple.com
option:119 domain-search  xxxxx
option:  6 dns-server  10.0.0.2
option:  3 router  10.0.0.1

4. Configs

The configuration of resolved looks like this:

Code:
resolvectl status

Code:
Link 2 (eth0)
      Current Scopes: DNS LLMNR/IPv4 LLMNR/IPv6
DefaultRoute setting: yes
       LLMNR setting: yes
MulticastDNS setting: no
  DNSOverTLS setting: no
      DNSSEC setting: allow-downgrade
    DNSSEC supported: yes
  Current DNS Server: 10.0.0.2
         DNS Servers: 10.0.0.2

The network cloud-init configuration for the vm contains this:

Code:
$ sudo qm cloudinit dump 1 network

Code:
version: 1
config:
    - type: physical
      name: eth0
      mac_address: 'xxxxx'
      subnets:
      - type: dhcp4
      - type: dhcp6
    - type: nameserver
      address:
      - '10.0.0.2'
      search:
      - 'in.example.com'

This is the data netplan got via DHCP:

Code:
% sudo netplan ip leases eth0

Code:
# This is private data. Do not parse.
ADDRESS=10.0.0.3
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ROUTER=10.0.0.1
SERVER_ADDRESS=10.0.0.2
NEXT_SERVER=10.0.0.2
BROADCAST=10.0.0.255
T1=21600
T2=37800
LIFETIME=43200
DNS=10.0.0.2
NTP=213.239.239.166
DOMAINNAME=in.example.com
DOMAIN_SEARCH_LIST=in.example.com
HOSTNAME=server1
CLIENTID=xxxxxx


The generated .network-file for networkd looks like this:

Code:
% cat /run/systemd/network/10-netplan-*.network

Code:
[Match]
MACAddress=xxxxxxx
Name=eth0

[Network]
DHCP=yes
LinkLocalAddressing=ipv6

[DHCP]
RouteMetric=100
UseMTU=true

5. Findings

If I modify the .network file manually and restart networkd + resolved, the /etc/resolv.conf contains the configured domains.

Code:
% cat /run/systemd/network/10-netplan-*.network

Code:
[Match]
MACAddress=xxxxxxx
Name=eth0

[Network]
##### MODIFICATION: BEGIN #########
UseDomains=yes
##### MODIFICATION: END #########
DHCP=yes
LinkLocalAddressing=ipv6

[DHCP]
RouteMetric=100
UseMTU=true

6. Question

What do I need to do to make proxmox/cloud-init/netplan generate the "correct" .network file?
 
option: 15 domain-name in.exmple.com
I assume this is a typo.

The network cloud-init configuration for the vm contains this:
There is no need to configure a cloud-init network, if a DHCP server pushes those to the VM anyway.

UseDomains=yes
Sadly this is the only thing that needs to be set beforehand. This doesn't seem to be done by cloud-init. Maybe you can use the runcmd [0] for this. You will need to try with a custom could-init config [1].

Another thing, might be that LLMNR [2] gets in the way.

[0] https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/modules.html#runcmd
[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#_deploying_cloud_init_templates
[2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-networkd#systemd-resolve_not_searching_the_local_domain
 

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