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Sometimes when I run the commands:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Over Alpine linux fails to update the packages even if connected to internet. But if I do sudo su "echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' > /etc/resolv.conf" I manage to dowload them. But this solution:

• Causes me frustration I need to set dns all over the time.


• Sometimes /etc/resolv.conf gets overriden by itself.

How I can have a more permanent solution.

You can solve the problem by installing the dhclient package. For the last time enable Google's DNS servers by runing for the last time:

sudo su "echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' > /etc/resolv.conf"

Then run this cocktail of commands:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade && sudo apk add dhclient

In order to get the fresh packages and install the dhclient. Then configure the /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf and put the following:

option rfc3442-classless-static-routes code 121 = array of unsigned integer 8;

send host-name = gethostname();
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
 domain-name, domain-name-servers, domain-search, host-name,
 dhcp6.name-servers, dhcp6.domain-search, dhcp6.fqdn, dhcp6.sntp-servers,
 netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu,
 rfc3442-classless-static-routes, ntp-servers;

prepend domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4;

And restart the networking:

sudo rc-service networking restart

Optionally you can confirm that works if you run:

sudo reboot

In either case you can confirm that dins is resolved by pinging the google.

ping google.com