Yes, they should be cached. The dnsmasq --log-queries option will tell you when or not a particular answer comes from the cache, which should give you confidence about what's happening in this case.
Cheers, Simon. On 12/03/18 17:53, Michael Tolan wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to ask whether queries for A records matching a --server argument > are expected to be cached. I'm running an instance of dnsmasq with the > following arguments: > > dnsmasq -k --all-servers --cache-size=10000 --log-facility=- > --server=/cluster.local/127.0.0.1#10053 <http://127.0.0.1#10053> > --server=/in-addr.arpa/127.0.0.1#10053 <http://127.0.0.1#10053> > --server=/in6.arpa/127.0.0.1#10053 <http://127.0.0.1#10053> > --dns-forward-max=2048 --log-queries --no-negcache > > I would expect when it receives a query for a domain name matching > .cluster.local, that dnsmasq would forward the request to the specified > nameserver (127.0.0.1#10053) and that it would cache the response for > the duration of the TTL that the 127.0.0.1#10053 nameserver specifies. > > The behavior I'm obsering is that when requests are made for a > cluster.local domain, they are always forwarded to the 127.0.0.1#10053 > nameserver. > > Cache insertion metrics lead me to believe that response records are > being inserted into the cache, however, subsequent requests for the same > cluster.local address aren't actually served from the cache. > > So my question is, am I misunderstanding the behavior of the --server > arugment as it relates to populating the cache? Or is it possible that > dnsmasq is forwarding the query prior to checking whether the requested > value already exists in the cache? > > Thanks very much, > -Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss