aardvark-dns
E816914
aardvark-dns is a lightweight DNS server component used by container tools like Podman to provide name resolution for containers and their networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aardvark DNS | 1 |
| aardvark-dns canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9712797 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: aardvark-dns Context triple: [Podman, usesComponent, aardvark-dns]
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A.
OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
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B.
Alibaba Cloud DNS
Alibaba Cloud DNS is a scalable, high-availability domain name system service that provides fast, reliable DNS resolution and management for applications hosted on Alibaba Cloud and beyond.
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C.
1.1.1.1 DNS resolver
The 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver is Cloudflare’s public privacy-focused DNS service designed to provide fast, secure, and private domain name resolution for internet users.
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D.
DNS over HTTPS
DNS over HTTPS is a protocol that sends DNS queries and responses over encrypted HTTPS connections to enhance privacy and security.
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E.
Onionoo
Onionoo is a web-based protocol and service by The Tor Project that provides structured, real-time data about Tor network relays and bridges.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: aardvark-dns Target entity description: aardvark-dns is a lightweight DNS server component used by container tools like Podman to provide name resolution for containers and their networks.
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A.
OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a cloud-delivered DNS and security service provider known for web filtering, phishing protection, and enterprise network security solutions.
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B.
Alibaba Cloud DNS
Alibaba Cloud DNS is a scalable, high-availability domain name system service that provides fast, reliable DNS resolution and management for applications hosted on Alibaba Cloud and beyond.
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C.
1.1.1.1 DNS resolver
The 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver is Cloudflare’s public privacy-focused DNS service designed to provide fast, secure, and private domain name resolution for internet users.
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D.
DNS over HTTPS
DNS over HTTPS is a protocol that sends DNS queries and responses over encrypted HTTPS connections to enhance privacy and security.
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E.
Onionoo
Onionoo is a web-based protocol and service by The Tor Project that provides structured, real-time data about Tor network relays and bridges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DNS server
ⓘ
container networking tool ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| category |
DNS infrastructure
ⓘ
container networking ⓘ |
| configurationStyle | driven by Podman network configuration ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Podman container networks
ⓘ
containerized workloads ⓘ |
| designGoal |
lightweight operation
ⓘ
simple DNS management for containers ⓘ |
| hostedOn | GitHub ⓘ |
| implementsFeature |
DNS resolution for container IP addresses
ⓘ
DNS-based service discovery within container networks ⓘ container name resolution ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Podman network namespaces
ⓘ
netavark ⓘ |
| license |
Apache-2.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Apache License 2.0
|
| maintainedBy |
Containers community
ⓘ
Podman maintainers ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Podman networking stack
ⓘ
containers ecosystem ⓘ |
| platform | Linux ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
manage DNS for container networks
ⓘ
provide DNS-based name resolution for containers ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Go ⓘ |
| relatedProject |
Podman
ⓘ
linked to:
podman
netavark ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
CoreDNS
ⓘ
dnsmasq ⓘ |
| runsAs | separate process per network or per Podman context ⓘ |
| scope | user-defined container networks rather than host-wide DNS ⓘ |
| softwareType | lightweight DNS server ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/containers/aardvark-dns ⓘ |
| supports |
IPv4
ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
dynamic container record management
ⓘ
forwarding to upstream DNS servers ⓘ per-network DNS configuration ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Podman
ⓘ
linked to:
podman
netavark ⓘ podman-compose ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
Linux containers
ⓘ
rootless containers ⓘ user-defined container networks ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Go ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: aardvark-dns Description of subject: aardvark-dns is a lightweight DNS server component used by container tools like Podman to provide name resolution for containers and their networks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
podman
linked to: aardvark-dns