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openclaw dns

DNS helpers for wide-area discovery (Tailscale + CoreDNS). Currently focused on macOS + Homebrew CoreDNS.

Related:

• Gateway discovery: Discovery
• Wide-area discovery config: Configuration

Setup

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openclaw dns setup
openclaw dns setup --domain openclaw.internal
openclaw dns setup --apply

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dns setup

Plan or apply CoreDNS setup for unicast DNS-SD discovery.

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  --domain <domain>
  : wide-area discovery domain (for example
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  openclaw.internal
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  --apply
  : install or update CoreDNS config and restart the service (requires sudo; macOS only)

What it shows:

• resolved discovery domain
• zone file path
• current tailnet IPs
• recommended
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  openclaw.json
  discovery config
• the Tailscale Split DNS nameserver/domain values to set

Notes:

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  --apply
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  --domain
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  discovery.wideArea.domain
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  --apply
  currently supports macOS only and expects Homebrew CoreDNS.
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  --apply
  bootstraps the zone file if needed, ensures the CoreDNS import stanza exists, and restarts the
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  coredns
  brew service.

Related

• CLI reference
• Discovery