openwisp / openwisp/netjsonconfig

[openwrt] Allow configure DNS resolvers without the need of defining interfaces

Open
#117 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

enhancement
Dominant language
Python
Stars
388
Forks
87
Avg merge
1h 26m
Merged PRs (30d)
4

Description

In OpenWRT, dns settings are configured at interface level, you need to define some interfaces to make this config effective on OpenWRT.

Eg:

{
    "interfaces": [
       { ...something here... }
    ]
    "dns_servers": [
        "8.8.8.8",
        "8.8.4.4"
    ]
}

But this is not very good. There should be a way to make the DNS configuration work also when interfaces are not defined.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how the library turns interfaces and dns_servers into OpenWrt configuration. Verify the behavior when interfaces is omitted, then add coverage showing that the DNS resolver settings still take effect without interface definitions.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.