OS X DNS resolver w/o internet connection.

[scythian]

OS X has a bag or feature, when DNS resolver wont work without internet connection. In case of loosing Wi-Fi or LAN, local environment (for example "test.docksal") becomes unavailable.
Problem can be solved in case of manual updating "/etc/hosts" file (e.g. "192.168.64.100 test.docksal"), same way as MAMP stack doing.
As variant separate "init" command for OS X should be implemented or existing "init" script updated, with adding OS validation and updating "hosts" file.

[achekulaev]

In the commit referenced above I have added a fin hosts commands subset.
It will allow adding lines to OS-dependent hosts file.
fin will not append lines there automatically but you can use it in your init scripts to do that if required.
e.g. fin hosts add test.docksal

[achekulaev]

Hosts command improved so that without parameters fin hosts add and fin hosts remove will use VIRTUAL_HOST of a current project.

Now people writing init script can do something like this

if is_windows; then
  cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
  fin hosts add
fi

Or if you go offline on macOS you can just od fin hosts add.

This command is the best I can do for using Docksal offline. As I don't want to force user to change his hosts file by default.

[achekulaev]

For scripting purposes. On macOS checking if user is offline can be done like this:

if ping -c 1 google.com >> /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "online"
else
    echo "offline"
fi

[loopy3025]

I see this issue was resolved but I'm having some reading comprehension issues with the post. I don't understand the solution. Is there a guide on how I get docksal running on a Mac that's offline?

[achekulaev]

Use fin hosts commands subset or edit hosts file manually. There is no other way