How to Resolve hostname between Azure vm to On-premises vm vice versa?

Question

There is 2 server one azure vm and another on-premises vm. i have created site to site vpn and it is working fine..i am able to rdp to azure vm via private ip, but i am not able to resolve hostname vice versa. i have added hostname of both the server to etc/hosts on both servers similarly i have even open port 53 but unable to resolve hostname....is there is any solution to the problem ??

Note: there is no dns server.

Answer 1

Hi @kedar giri

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform.

If there is no DNS server available, the solution is adding the IP address and hostname of each server to the hosts file on both servers.

On the Azure VM, you need edit the hosts file located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts. Add the IP address and hostname of the on-premises VM to the file, using the following format:

Did you add it in the below format? If possible share a screenshot of hosts file masking IP addresses.

For example:
192.168.1.2 onpremisesvm

Let me know if you want to discuss further, I will be more than happy to help

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