diff --git a/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh b/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh
index 19bf7da388ffb039e6d51ec0e1bb43559cd3effa..0b966bdcba6f0cd58fa0ced35338fb2c41480296 100755
--- a/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh
+++ b/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh
@@ -469,9 +469,12 @@ if [[ "$METAL_LB" == true ]]; then
   # fix /etc/hosts for new cluster
   sudo sed -i '/bigbang.dev/d' /etc/hosts
   sudo bash -c "echo '## begin bigbang.dev section' >> /etc/hosts"
-  sudo bash -c "echo 172.20.1.240  keycloak.bigbang.dev >> /etc/hosts"
-  sudo bash -c "echo 172.20.1.241  gitlab.bigbang.dev >> /etc/hosts"
+  sudo bash -c "echo 172.20.1.240  keycloak.bigbang.dev vault.bigbang.dev >> /etc/hosts"
+  sudo bash -c "echo 172.20.1.241 anchore-api.bigbang.dev anchore.bigbang.dev argocd.bigbang.dev gitlab.bigbang.dev registry.bigbang.dev tracing.bigbang.dev kiali.bigbang.dev kibana.bigbang.dev chat.bigbang.dev minio.bigbang.dev minio-api.bigbang.dev alertmanager.bigbang.dev grafana.bigbang.dev prometheus.bigbang.dev nexus.bigbang.dev sonarqube.bigbang.dev tempo.bigbang.dev twistlock.bigbang.dev >> /etc/hosts"
   sudo bash -c "echo '## end bigbang.dev section' >> /etc/hosts"
+  # run kubectl to add keycloak and vault's hostname/IP to the configmap for coredns, restart coredns
+  kubectl get configmap -n kube-system coredns -o yaml | sed '/^    172.20.0.1 host.k3d.internal$/a\ \ \ \ 172.20.1.240 keycloak.bigbang.dev vault.bigbang.dev' | kubectl apply -f -
+  kubectl delete pod -n kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns
 	ENDSSH
 fi
 
diff --git a/docs/developer/aws-k3d-script.md b/docs/developer/aws-k3d-script.md
index 2f09e4905d1b106191fb17ea23aa730d80b90505..af3f7bf8595eca6dce8c46905d587e2dd0850bbf 100644
--- a/docs/developer/aws-k3d-script.md
+++ b/docs/developer/aws-k3d-script.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > NOTE: This script does not does not install Flux or deploy Big Bang. You must handle those deployments after your k3d dev cluster is ready.
 
-The instance will automatically terminate in the middle of the night at 08:00 UTC.
+The instance will automatically terminate 8 hours after creation.
 
 ## Install and Configure Dependencies