So where can I go next to get the NextDNS profile?
R_P_M
1 yr ago
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@Jeff Cole Looks like NextDNS CLI is handling things.
Next check the configuration for the CLI with:
nextdns config
look for the lines starting with either profile or config.
Jeff_Cole
1 yr ago
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R P M yes you're right - I got confused because I kept trying things - and it's similar on another Ubuntu machine - and now I have stopped the NextDNS service with
It had seemed that if I completely uninstalled NextDNS then it would go back to the first curl test above, but I've found that if it is installed and running but deactivated then that's the way to stop the DNS server working.
That didn't appear to be clear to me from the instructions.
The reason I was wanting to stop it from working was when I am using a VPN and don't want any possibility of leaks.
So now I've disabled Tailscale and if I install NextDNS and activate NextDNS i now get a test result that doesn't include the correct profile - a much longer string. The command
nextdns config
shows the correct profile but the test result doesn't, which is very confusing.
How do I get NextDNS to use the correct profile?
R_P_M
1 yr ago
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The profile string from test.nextdns.io will not match the profile ID set in the NextDNS config file. They are not the same thing so can’t really compare. The only way is to visit my.nextdns.io to confirm things are on the right configuration profile.