Announcing a DNSMasq module

[jimr1]

bit of a bug I think at this location

I guess I don’t have any script files

[klugerama]

@jimr1 Good catch - fixed in v0.6.1.

[jimr1]

next one is this what you expect to see ?

[klugerama]

Yes. Those are all values that correspond to lines in the default configuration file. You’ll notice that only the last one - with the domain “google” - is enabled; all others are disabled by default.

If you manually edit the configuration file, you will find each entry in this table as a line beginning with # server=<domain and/or ip address>

*Edit: …or local=<domain and/or ip address>

[klugerama]

so next stage is (perhaps) how to alert the user that the module has been updated if you are distributing the module from github

@jimr1 This was an interesting idea, so I implemented something like this. See the latest version. There’s now a config setting to automatically check github for an update whenever you open the “Service Control” page; there is now also a button under that option to manually check for an update.

[justanotheraccount]

I was very happy to see this announcement for a dnsmasq module for webmin!
So I tried it immediately. I followed the installation instructions on github.
I am running Ubuntu server 22.04.3 (with latest patches) and Webmin 2.102

When I click on the “Install module”, I get this error message:
“Failed to install module from /tmp/webmin-dnsmasq_0.6.6_all.deb : Not a valid module file : tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors”

[klugerama]

@justanotheraccount Well it looks like Webmin may not actually support installing from .deb in the module page. Bummer! Sorry about that.

Alternatives for you would be to either:

1. copy the link to the dnsmasq.wbm.gz file (instead of webmin-dnsmasq_0.6.6_all.deb) and paste that into the From HTTP or FTP URL box
2. download the webmin-dnsmasq_0.6.6_all.deb file separately and install it in a terminal using dpkg -i webmin-dnsmasq_0.6.6_all.deb or in the UI with Qapt Package Installer

I will update the instructions to reflect this.

[justanotheraccount]

Thank you for your advice.
When I try 2., the installation runs fine

root@de-s-l-043:/home/administrator# dpkg -i webmin-dnsmasq_0.6.7_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package webmin-dnsmasq.
(Reading database … 142635 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack webmin-dnsmasq_0.6.7_all.deb …
Unpacking webmin-dnsmasq (0.6.7) …
Setting up webmin-dnsmasq (0.6.7) …
dnsmasq

Then I reboot the sever and log into webmin UI. Under “Servers” I can see the “DNSMasq DNS & DHCP server”.
But when I click on it, I get this error message:

[klugerama]

Well…that’s just sloppy coding on my part - it doesn’t even actually use that Perl module! I’ll have a fixed version shortly.

[justanotheraccount]

Thank you. Appreciate your effort. Will be happy to test end give feedback.