In the GNU/Linux ecosystem there isn’t really a standardized way for applications to resolve domain names.
Some application use NSS, some use D-Bus, others use stub resolvers.
systemd-resolved handles all of those methods and comes with systemd that Arch Linux uses.
systemd-resolved configuration file is at /etc/systemd/resolved.conf, yours should look like this:
[Resolve]
DNS=1.1.1.1
FallbackDNS=127.0.0.1 ::1
Domains=~.
#LLMNR=yes
#MulticastDNS=yes
DNSSEC=yes
DNSOverTLS=yes
#Cache=yes
#DNSStubListener=yes
#ReadEtcHosts=yes
You should enable the systemd-resolved service.
sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved
NetworkManager
Since you are probably using NetworkManager,
you should tell it to use systemd-resolved by going to its configuration file (/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf)
and specifying dns property.
This is how your /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf should look like:
[main]
plugins=keyfile
dns=systemd-resolved
You will probably need to restart your computer for changes to take effect.
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