# AWS internal DNS

**URL:** <https://forum.pritunl.com/t/aws-internal-dns/3140>\
**Category:** Pritunl VPN\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/aws-internal-dns/3140 "2025-03-20T13:36:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![andycol](https://forum.pritunl.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@andycol](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/andycol)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/aws-internal-dns/3140/1 "2025-03-20T13:36:16Z")

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Hi Guys

We are on the enterprise edition and i am currently trying to internal AWS dns names to resolve when connected to the vpn  
i have put the aws dns server as the primary in the server settings 169.254.169.253 but it just breaks the dns completely for everyone, what am i missing?

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/aws-internal-dns/3140/2 "2025-03-20T22:42:51Z")

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When using the AWS DNS server the client DNS mapping option must also be enabled. This will proxy DNS requests through the Pritunl server. This option requires an enterprise subscription.