i change the default

ndots: 5

to

ndots: 2

for the longhorn-manager to avoid unneeded queries for CoreDNS (i.e. backuptarget). i currently patch it in myself (with kustomize), but would rather see it in configurable form in the chart itself to not have to care for additional customizations. any objections that i add add a setting to values.yaml for ndots, directly to the

longhornManager

stanza? or are there other places this would be nice as well? would create a PR if this is ok for you.

Longhorn also have other pods in the system. Would we have to support all of them? Also, could you elaborate the benefit?

• as far as i've seen it's mainly origination from the manager • reducing unnecessary dns-queries for coredns (if i have a fqdn-name with less then 5 '.' (dot) it tries to append each dns-suffix before trying 'real' name resolution (service discovery feature).

I think instance manager pods also need to contact backup target. Would you like to create a GitHub ticket so team can discuss?