September 4, 2024 Relay v1.1.0 Release

A new version of the

DNSFilter Relay

, v1.1.0 is now available! Updated binaries can be downloaded from the Dashboard (

Deployments → Relay → Install

) and our Help Docs.

Current VM docker images in the wild will be updated with 1.1.0 in the coming weeks - *certain older Ubuntu distributions may need to be manually updated, instructions here.*

New Features 🎉

Relay Configurator:

Users now have the ability to custom craft their own relay.conf file directly in the UI.

Generated Mode
allows the user to select the appropriate site to associate the relay with, select the logging level, specify a hostname for the specific relay, and define their local domains and resolvers. This will generate a relay.conf file that will be ready to use.
Manual Mode
allows the user to craft their own relay.conf using a sample file. This is enhanced from the original experience, as specific instructions with tool tips are now presented.

Custom Logging Option:

with this option enabled, the relay is able to automatically rotate up to 10 log files, with a maximum of 100MB total space utilization.

To enable custom logging, append the
[log]
section of
relay.conf
with
file="relay.log"
, start/restart the relay to enable.

Improvements 🛠️

Support for custom hostnames, allowing the user to specify the hostname of a relay in the relay.conf file. This will come in handy for deployments where multiple instances of the relay exist, and unique names must be used to identify them.
Compression of DNS Packets - this solves an issue where certain network connected devices were unable to connect reliably to the DNSFilter network through the relay.
Detailed logging (
verbose = true
) is enabled by default in
relay.conf
, allowing for more efficient debugging. With aforementioned Custom Logging enabled, logs can now rotate up to 10 files, with a maximum total size of 100MB.