Why is resolvectl no longer included in Bionic and what's the alternative

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resolvectl is no longer part of the bionic systemd package:

I'm curious why it was removed and what we should be using as an alternative?

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 16 '23 at 16:23

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resolvectl was never part of the systemd package in Bionic. Per the systemd changelog, systemd-resolve was renamed to resolvectl in systemd 239, but Bionic has systemd 237. Thus in Bionic it is systemd-resolve.

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I was confused about the release names. cosmic is actually after bionic... [sigh] – ericx Jun 07 '19 at 16:04

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 20 '22 at 16:29

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The syntax is a bit different from systemd-resolve (please check man resolvectl)

# Reset interface dns settings
sudo resolvectl revert your_interface
Sets your_dns_ip on a your_interface
sudo resolvectl dns your_interface your_dns_ip
Sets your_domain_name on a your_interface
sudo resolvectl domain your_interface your_domain_name
Check
sudo resolvectl dns
sudo resolvectl domain

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Why is resolvectl no longer included in Bionic and what's the alternative

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Sets your_dns_ip on a your_interface

Sets your_domain_name on a your_interface

Check

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