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resolvectl — Resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and services. Introspect and re

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Problem

How to use the resolvectl command: Resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and services. Introspect and reconfigure the DNS resolver. See also: dig, nslookup, host. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/resolvectl.html>.

Solution

resolvectl — Resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS resource records, and services. Introspect and reconfigure the DNS resolver. See also: dig, nslookup, host. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/resolvectl.html>.

Show DNS settings:

resolvectl status

Resolve the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for one or more domains:

resolvectl query {{domain1 domain2 ...}}

Retrieve the domain of a specified IP address:

resolvectl query {{ip_address}}

Flush all local DNS caches:

resolvectl flush-caches

Display DNS statistics (transactions, cache, and DNSSEC verdicts):

resolvectl statistics

Retrieve an MX record of a domain:

resolvectl --legend {{no}} {{[-t|--type]}} {{MX}} query {{domain}}

Resolve an SRV record, for example _xmpp-server._tcp gmail.com:

resolvectl service _{{service}}._{{protocol}} {{name}}

Retrieve a TLS key:

resolvectl tlsa tcp {{domain}}:443

Code Snippets

Show DNS settings

resolvectl status

Resolve the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for one or more domains

resolvectl query {{domain1 domain2 ...}}

Retrieve the domain of a specified IP address

resolvectl query {{ip_address}}

Flush all local DNS caches

resolvectl flush-caches

Display DNS statistics (transactions, cache, and DNSSEC verdicts)

resolvectl statistics

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