Dnsmasq configuration

dnsmasq is configured in /etc/dnsmasq.conf or /etc/dnsmasq.d/*.conf.
All cli-params beginning with --* can be used within the configuration files (omitting the --)

Documentation

man dnsmasq

https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.8.en

Locations

/etc/dnsmasq.conf

/etc/dnsmasq.conf.d/*.conf

Example

# /etc/dnsmasq.conf

log-queries
cache-size 1000  # LRU-cache keeps 1000 domain-names
no-hosts         # don't read hostnames in /etc/hosts
no-resolv        # only use dnsmasq-configured nameservers (ignore resolv.conf)
bogus-priv       # ignore reverse-lookups for private ip ranges
domain-needed    # don't forward A/AAAA records for non FQDNs (ex: 'localhost' vs 'foo.com')

# use googleDNS
server=8.8.8.8
server=8.8.4.4
server=2001:4860:4860:8888
server=2001:4860:4860:8844