$ sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
- search for "dns=dnsmasq"
- replace with "#dns=dnsmasq"
$ sudo apt-get install dnsmasq
$ sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf
- append line: "listen-address=127.0.0.1"
- append line: "bind-interfaces"
- append line: "address=/dev/127.0.0.1"
$ sudo netstat -plant | grep :53
- look for "NUMBER/dnsmasq"
$ sudo kill -9 NUMBER
- fill in the number you found for "NUMBER"
$ sudo service dnsmasq restart
$ sudo nano /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
- append line: "prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;"
$ sudo service network-manager restart
and to add a wildcard subdomain add to the virtual host directive
ServerAlias *.vhostdomain.com
On the courtesy of: http://www.leaseweblabs.com/2013/08/wildcard-dns-ubuntu-hosts-file-using-dnsmasq/
