To setup your computer to work with *.dev domains, e.g. project.dev, awesome.dev and so on, without having to add to your hosts file each time.
Requirements
- Homebrew
- Mountain Lion
Install
brew install dnsmasq
Setup
Create config directory
mkdir -pv $(brew --prefix)/etc/
Setup *.dev
echo 'address=/.dev/127.0.0.1' > $(brew --prefix)/etc/dnsmasq.conf
You should probably add strict-order to dnsmasq.conf to keep nameserver order of resolv.conf (see here).
Autostart
Work after reboot
sudo cp -v $(brew --prefix dnsmasq)/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons
Get it going right now
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
Add to resolvers
Create resolver directory
sudo mkdir -v /etc/resolver
Add your nameserver to resolvers
sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolver/dev'
Add local DNS to search order in System Preferences
System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi (or whatever you use) > Advanced... > DNS > add 127.0.0.1 to top of the list.
Finished
That's it! You can run scutil --dns to show all of your current resolvers, and you should see that all requests for a domain ending in .dev will go to the DNS server at 127.0.0.1
