drbyte
commented
10 months ago When you run the ExpressVPN client directly on your Mac, it interrupts the Mac's already-configured DNS functionality, both for its own internal operations and for Valet's operations via dnsmasq.
If they've removed all configuration settings to allow local DNS serving, then you may have limited options.
I have 2 suggestions:
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Contact their tech support (they have a Live Chat) and ask for instructions on how to allow local DNS lookups when the Express VPN client is active. Be sure to tell them you're using dnsmasq on 127.0.0.1 to serve "*.test" domains from 127.0.0.1 / localhost. Post back with whatever solution they give you. And perhaps encourage them to post an FAQ for it on their website.
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Alternatively, you could configure your Router to use your ExpressVPN subscription. This would cause ALL internet activity to go through ExpressVPN, (for everyone using your router). By removing ExpressVPN from your Mac (and putting it on the wifi/router instead) will allow Valet to function normally for all its own internal *.test websites, but all your regular internet activity would go through the router, which would send it through ExpressVPN automatically. Their website shows two ways to do that, depending on the kind of router you have: https://www.expressvpn.com/support/vpn-setup/#manual-router https://www.expressvpn.com/support/vpn-setup/#router-setup
Recrus
driesvints
Description
This issue has been discussed before. But at that time there was a fairly simple solution, which, unfortunately, became unavailable with the new version of ExpressVPN. The bottom line is that when you start vpn and valet at the same time, the valet server stops responding. This used to be solved by disabling the "DNS: Only use ExpressVPN DNS servers while connected" feature in the vpn app, but this feature has now been removed.
*I use Macbook Air on m1 chip
Steps To Reproduce
Diagnosis
sw_vers
valet --version
cat ~/.config/valet/config.json
{ "tld": "test", "loopback": "127.0.0.1", "paths": [ "/Users/_recrus/.config/valet/Sites" ] }cat ~/.composer/composer.json
{ "require": { "laravel/valet": "^4.0" } }composer global diagnose
composer global outdated
ls -al /etc/sudoers.d/
brew config
brew services list
brew list --formula --versions | grep -E "(php|nginx|dnsmasq|mariadb|mysql|mailhog|openssl)(@\d\..*)?\s"
brew outdated
brew tap
php -v
PHP 8.2.4 (cli) (built: Mar 16 2023 16:10:27) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.2.4, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.2.4, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologieswhich -a php
php --ini
nginx -v
curl --version
php --ri curl
/opt/homebrew/bin/ngrok version
ls -al ~/.ngrok2
brew info nginx
==> nginx: stable 1.25.2 (bottled), HEAD HTTP(S) server and reverse proxy, and IMAP/POP3 proxy server https://nginx.org/ /opt/homebrew/Cellar/nginx/1.23.4 (26 files, 2.2MB) * Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2023-04-30 at 20:07:33 From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/n/nginx.rb License: BSD-2-Clause ==> Dependencies Required: openssl@3, pcre2 ==> Options --HEAD Install HEAD version ==> Caveats Docroot is: /opt/homebrew/var/www The default port has been set in /opt/homebrew/etc/nginx/nginx.conf to 8080 so that nginx can run without sudo. nginx will load all files in /opt/homebrew/etc/nginx/servers/. To start nginx now and restart at login: brew services start nginx Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run: /opt/homebrew/opt/nginx/bin/nginx -g daemon\ off\; ==> Analytics install: 18,805 (30 days), 56,674 (90 days), 100,855 (365 days) install-on-request: 18,777 (30 days), 56,580 (90 days), 100,707 (365 days) build-error: 4 (30 days)brew info php
==> php: stable 8.2.10 (bottled), HEAD General-purpose scripting language https://www.php.net/ /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.2.4 (520 files, 83.3MB) * Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2023-04-02 at 00:20:22 From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/p/php.rb License: PHP-3.01 ==> Dependencies Build: httpd, pkg-config Required: apr, apr-util, argon2, aspell, autoconf, curl, freetds, gd, gettext, gmp, icu4c, krb5, libpq, libsodium, libzip, oniguruma, openldap, openssl@3, pcre2, sqlite, tidy-html5, unixodbc ==> Options --HEAD Install HEAD version ==> Caveats To enable PHP in Apache add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache: LoadModule php_module /opt/homebrew/opt/php/lib/httpd/modules/libphp.so
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
Finally, check DirectoryIndex includes index.php
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
The php.ini and php-fpm.ini file can be found in:
/opt/homebrew/etc/php/8.2/
To start php now and restart at login:
brew services start php
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
/opt/homebrew/opt/php/sbin/php-fpm --nodaemonize
==> Analytics
install: 55,116 (30 days), 160,436 (90 days), 286,505 (365 days)
install-on-request: 51,246 (30 days), 148,932 (90 days), 265,642 (365 days)
build-error: 44 (30 days)brew info openssl
openssl version -a
openssl ciphers
sudo nginx -t
which -a php-fpm
/opt/homebrew/opt/php/sbin/php-fpm -v
PHP 8.2.4 (fpm-fcgi) (built: Mar 16 2023 16:10:28) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.2.4, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.2.4, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologiessudo /opt/homebrew/opt/php/sbin/php-fpm -y /opt/homebrew/etc/php/8.2/php-fpm.conf --test
ls -al ~/Library/LaunchAgents | grep homebrew
ls -al /Library/LaunchAgents | grep homebrew
ls -al /Library/LaunchDaemons | grep homebrew
ls -al /Library/LaunchDaemons | grep "com.laravel.valet."
ls -aln /etc/resolv.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf
ifconfig lo0
sh -c 'echo "------\n/opt/homebrew/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf\n---\n"; cat /opt/homebrew/etc/nginx/valet/valet.conf | grep -n "# valet loopback"; echo "\n------\n"'
sh -c 'for file in ~/.config/valet/dnsmasq.d/*; do echo "------\n~/.config/valet/dnsmasq.d/$(basename $file)\n---\n"; cat $file; echo "\n------\n"; done'
sh -c 'for file in ~/.config/valet/nginx/*; do echo "------\n~/.config/valet/nginx/$(basename $file)\n---\n"; cat $file | grep -n "# valet loopback"; echo "\n------\n"; done'