Redesigning Kubernetes DNS Architecture with q-dnsmasq for Improved Reliability and Performance
This article details the motivation, design, implementation, testing, and rollout of a refactored Kubernetes DNS solution that replaces the default kube-dns → CoreDNS chain with a node‑local q‑dnsmasq cache and parallel upstream queries to achieve higher availability, faster resolution, and better cache hit rates in large‑scale clusters.
