Setting the DNS
Configuration with ESXCLILast Updated December 16, 2024
The
esxcli network ip
dns
command lists and specifies the DNS configuration of your
ESXi
host.
If you
try to change the host or domain name or the DNS server on hosts that use DHCP,
an error results.
In network environments where a
DHCP server and a DNS server are available,
ESXi
hosts are
automatically assigned DNS names.
In network environments where
automatic DNS is not available or you do not want to use automatic DNS, you can
configure static DNS information, including a host name, primary name server,
secondary name server, and DNS suffixes.
The
esxcli network ip
dns
namespace includes two namespaces.
- esxcli network ip dns searchincludes commands for DNS search domain configuration.
- esxcli network ip dns serverincludes commands for DNS server configuration.