How can I force PDQ Deploy to use the IP in hosts file?

BAHADIR Ozkurt

May 25, 2023 14:35

Due to various external reasons I have some wrong IP addresses in the DNS. If I can keep an up to date hosts file where PDQ deploy server is installed, how can I force PDQ to use the IPs from hosts file?

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Colby Bouma
May 25, 2023 19:07
The hosts file is always first in DNS resolution. Is Deploy failing to use the IP address you recorded in the hosts file?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/microsoft-tcp-ip-host-name-resolution-order-dae00cc9-7e9c-c0cc-8360-477b99cb978a

You might need to flush the DNS cache, but I don't think that should be necessary.
```
ipconfig /flushdns
```
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BAHADIR Ozkurt
May 25, 2023 21:22 (Edited May 25, 2023 21:24)

Hi Colby Bouma, thanks for the answer. I honestly totally forgot to try flushdns.

how I tried it was to save hosts file and close down and reopen PDQ and try to check heartbeat. it timed out (was showing old IP on the collection view, so I thought it didn't use the hosts file somehow)

Now I can't try it due to it being midnight :), but I will try and let you know.

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