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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @Unoptanio
      last edited by

      @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

      i have enabled: "Serve Expired"

      I did a reboot and it works now

      Hmm, well that seems odd. Not sure how that setting would have any effect of Unbound starting.

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @stephenw10
        last edited by johnpoz

        @stephenw10 said in Problem with DNS resolver:

        Not sure how that setting would have any effect of Unbound starting.

        It wouldn't, and on a restart there wouldn't be anything in the cache to serve up anyway.

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        • UnoptanioU
          Unoptanio @Gertjan
          last edited by Unoptanio

          @Gertjan said in Problem with DNS resolver:

          cat /var/log/resolver.log | grep 'start'

          Today the problem recurred

          Shell Output - cat /var/log/resolver.log | grep 'start'

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          • fireodoF
            fireodo @Unoptanio
            last edited by

            @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

            @Gertjan said in Problem with DNS resolver:

            cat /var/log/resolver.log | grep 'start'

            Today the problem recurred

            You say in your signature that you use 2.7.2 CE but your unbound is (according your screenshot) 1.18.0 - thats not consistent IMHO

            Here (also 2.7.2.CE):

            Jun 6 03:05:11	unbound	62796	[62796:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.19.1).
            Jun 5 03:05:17	unbound	62796	[62796:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.19.1).
            

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            • UnoptanioU
              Unoptanio @fireodo
              last edited by

              @fireodo

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              • fireodoF
                fireodo @Unoptanio
                last edited by fireodo

                @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                @fireodo

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                Do at the CLI:

                pkg search unbound
                

                what do you get?

                Try:

                pkg install unbound-1.19.1
                

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                  darcey @Unoptanio
                  last edited by darcey

                  @Unoptanio Two things to try. Disable resolution of DHCP leases and Openvpn client hostnames. Also, increase the loglevel, which might give you more clues. One other thing, leave listening/outgoing interfaces as 'all'.
                  Obviously not suggesting these as solutions but as a means to getting to the cause/culprit.

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                  • UnoptanioU
                    Unoptanio @fireodo
                    last edited by

                    @fireodo

                    pkg search unbound
                    

                    unbound-1.19.1 Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver

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                    • fireodoF
                      fireodo @Unoptanio
                      last edited by fireodo

                      @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                      @fireodo

                      pkg search unbound
                      

                      unbound-1.19.1 Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver

                      Now do:

                      pkg install unbound-1.19.1
                      

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                      • UnoptanioU
                        Unoptanio @fireodo
                        last edited by Unoptanio

                        @fireodo

                        [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]/root: pkg install unbound-1.19.1
                        Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                        Fetching meta.conf: 0%
                        Fetching packagesite.pkg: 0%
                        pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                        Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                        Fetching meta.conf: 0%
                        Fetching packagesite.pkg: 0%
                        pfSense repository is up to date.
                        All repositories are up to date.
                        The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

                        Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
                        unbound: 1.18.0_1 -> 1.19.1 [pfSense]

                        
                        [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@Axxxxxxxxx]/root: pkg search unbound
                        unbound-1.19.1                 Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver
                        
                        

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                        • fireodoF
                          fireodo @Unoptanio
                          last edited by

                          @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                          unbound: 1.18.0_1 -> 1.19.1 [pfSense]

                          Lets see if your trouble is gone 🤞 ✊

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                          • UnoptanioU
                            Unoptanio @fireodo
                            last edited by Unoptanio

                            @fireodo

                            In your opinion, why didn't I have the latest version before? I also have all the patches installed

                            What version of pfsense is Unbound 1.18.0_1 from?

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                            • fireodoF
                              fireodo @Unoptanio
                              last edited by

                              @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                              @fireodo

                              In your opinion, why didn't I have the latest version before? I also have all the patches installed

                              There are updates that are not shown on the GUI and not with Patches - they are shown only on the CLI.

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                                darcey @fireodo
                                last edited by

                                @fireodo My 2.7.2CE install is also currently on unbound-1.18.0_1

                                [2.7.2-RELEASE][root@fw.local.lan]/root: pkg search unbound
                                unbound-1.19.1                 Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver
                                [2.7.2-RELEASE][root@fw.local.lan]/root: pkg info | grep unbound
                                unbound-1.18.0_1               Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver
                                

                                When might it pull in the updated package, other than explicit upgrade via the cmdline?

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                                • fireodoF
                                  fireodo @Unoptanio
                                  last edited by fireodo

                                  @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                                  What version of pfsense is Unbound 1.18.0_1 from?

                                  I guess 2.7.1 (not shure)

                                  I have a script (see attachment - change .zip to .php) that looks via cronjob if there are some updates. (The script is from @Gertjan if I remember well) pkg_check.zip
                                  The cronjob looks loke this:

                                  /usr/bin/nice -n20 /usr/local/bin/php -q /root/bin/pkg_check.php | logger
                                  

                                  Edit: In my case the location of the script is in /root/bin (directory I have created) - put the script in your case where you wish ...

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                                  • UnoptanioU
                                    Unoptanio @fireodo
                                    last edited by

                                    @fireodo
                                    So is it a bug in 2.7.2 that doesn't update unbound DNS?

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                                    • fireodoF
                                      fireodo @Unoptanio
                                      last edited by fireodo

                                      @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                                      So is it a bug in 2.7.2 that doesn't update unbound DNS?

                                      No thats not a bug - if some changes where needed in unbound that occure AFTER release of 2.7.2 thats the only way to handle it - as far as I know!

                                      PS.: Is unbound still restarting?

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                                      • UnoptanioU
                                        Unoptanio @fireodo
                                        last edited by Unoptanio

                                        @fireodo

                                        during my lunch break in about two hours I will reboot the system

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                                        • fireodoF
                                          fireodo @Unoptanio
                                          last edited by

                                          @Unoptanio said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                                          during my lunch break in about two hours I will reboot the system

                                          👍

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                                          • fireodoF
                                            fireodo @darcey
                                            last edited by

                                            @darcey said in Problem with DNS resolver:

                                            When might it pull in the updated package, other than explicit upgrade via the cmdline?

                                            See my answer with the script inside - this kind of upgrade you have to do manually.

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