Manage DNS and DoH servers from netwatch ======================================== [◀ Go back to main README](../README.md) > ℹ️ **Info**: This script can not be used on its own but requires the base > installation. See [main README](../README.md) for details. Description ----------- This script reads server state from netwatch and manages used DNS and DoH (DNS over HTTPS) servers. Requirements and installation ----------------------------- Just install the script: $ScriptInstallUpdate netwatch-dns; Then add a scheduler to run it periodically: /system/scheduler/add interval=1m name=netwatch-dns on-event="/system/script/run netwatch-dns;" start-time=startup; Configuration ------------- The DNS and DoH servers to be checked have to be added to netwatch with specific comment: /tool/netwatch/add comment="doh" host=1.1.1.1; /tool/netwatch/add comment="dns" host=8.8.8.8; /tool/netwatch/add comment="doh, dns" host=9.9.9.9; This will configure *cloudflare-dns* for DoH (`https://1.1.1.1/dnsquery`), and *google-dns* and *quad-nine* for regular DNS (`8.8.8.8,9.9.9.9`) if up. If *cloudflare-dns* is down the script will fall back to *quad-nine* for DoH. Giving a specific query url for DoH is possible: /tool/netwatch/add comment="doh, ame=nextdns, doh-url=https://dns.nextdns.io/dns-query" host=199.247.16.158; Note that using a name in DoH url may introduce a chicken-and-egg issue! Sometimes using just one specific (possibly internal) DNS server may be desired, with fallback in case it fails. This is possible as well: /tool/netwatch/add comment="dns" host=10.0.0.10; /tool/netwatch/add comment="dns-fallback" host=1.1.1.1; Tips & Tricks ------------- ### Use in combination with notifications Netwatch entries can be created to work with both - this script and [netwatch-notify](netwatch-notify.md). Just give options for both: /tool/netwatch/add comment="doh, notify, name=cloudflare-dns" host=1.1.1.1; Also this allows to update host address, see option `resolve`. See also -------- * [Notify on host up and down](netwatch-notify.md) --- [◀ Go back to main README](../README.md) [▲ Go back to top](#top)