Management of domain name services across multiple device and software configurations

Abstract

The technology described herein manages nameserver rules for domain name system (DNS) requests across multiple hardware and/or software configurations. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a domain name system (DNS) configuration from a coordination service at a computing element. The DNS configuration comprises rules associating at least one domain name with a nameserver of a plurality of nameservers. The method further includes dividing the rules into operating system rules and DNS application rules depending on one or more characteristics of the computing element. The method also includes configuring an operating system of the computing element to implement the operating system rules and configuring a DNS application executing on the computing element to implement the DNS application rules. Additionally, the method includes applying the operating system rules in the operating system and the DNS application rules in the DNS application.