OpenVPN DNS data not being sent over

[drivera]

Hi!

I've configured an OpenVPN endpoint to be able to VPN into my home, but have hit a snag: it appears the OpenVPN configuration doesn't send the DNS server IPs that one configures over the wire for the client to consume. The domain setting has the same issue.

I had to manually add the push rules for dhcp-option DNS and dhcp-option DOMAIN to get it working.

Looking through /var/etc/openvpn I can see that the server configuration doesn't include those directives (unless I add them manually, of course).

I'll have a look at the plugin code to see if something jumps out at me as wholly amiss - maybe this can be my first contribution? :D

Cheers!

[tl5k5]

I'm having the same problem, but adding the dhcp-option DNS and dhcp-option DOMAIN did not resolve the issue.
Any ideas on how to get DNS to my VPN clients?
Seems like it shouldn't be this hard.

Thanks!

[drivera]

Read the original post fully. A workaround is described.

Cheers!

[tl5k5]

I read and applied the rules to the OpenVPN service and it still doesn't work.
What am I missing?

[drivera]

I had to manually add the push rules for dhcp-option DNS and dhcp-option DOMAIN to get it working.

You'll have to look into the OpenVPN manual to see what those mean ;)

But this can be worked around.

[miruoy]

I've tested this with the default GUI config and can confirm that DNS options are being sent over fine when configured via the server configuration.



Note that I had to add the oVPN subnet to an ACL in the unbound DNS to be able to receive lookups.

[fabio]

To force my windows clients to use the DNS I added 

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push "block-outside-dns"

to the Advanced field

[tl5k5]

I put in the

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push "block-outside-dns" command and all DNS stopped.
Could the floating rule in the attached picture be my issue?