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    Bind: resolve for internal zone doesn´t work

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      doktornotor Banned
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      Maybe it would work better if you checked Listen on loopback since you are pointing there in your zones?

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        warrender
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        Thank you, but it doesn´t work with "loopback". Even external resolutions don´t work with this setting.

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          doktornotor Banned
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          Post the text configs. Not using this package and not really keen on reading the code to guess what's the GUI stuff transformed to.

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            warrender
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            where can i find the text configs?

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              peircean
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              I ran into this problem too and I believe that the GUI is not generating a zone file for BIND.  I can't find anything about my zone in /cf/named.

              I opened a bug about this already: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4554

              Is there a way I can get debug logging from the GUI?

              Thanks,

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                doktornotor Banned
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                /cf/named is NOT the place to look to.

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                  peircean
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                  Looks like my problem was that I did not have a view configured.  I added a view for my zone and now the zone files are being generated, and guess where they are, in /cf/named!  Amazing!

                  Thanks again.

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                    peircean
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                    Finally got my configuration working.

                    Tips & gotchas…

                    1. You must first create a View and select that in your Zone, otherwise the GUI will not generate a zone config file.

                    2. You must set your zone to allow-query or everyone will be denied access to it by default.

                    3. If you specify a forwarding server, you must end it with a semicolon (even if there's only one) or the GUI will generate an invalid config and BIND will not start.

                    Everything else was pretty straightforward.  I'll update if I think of any more tips.

                    Thanks for all your help!

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                      SixXxShooTeR
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                      Have you got it working yet Warrender? Is there a guide to setting up BIND on pfSense, I could only find this resource…

                      http://blog.muhammadattique.com/configuring-bind-dns-server-on-pfsense-firewall/#/

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                        warrender
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                        With your help it works now!
                        The trick is that you have to create a view and select that view in your Zone as Peircean wrote. I also have to set "view"-"match clients" -"any".

                        @SixXxShooTeR
                        I also found only this guide.

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                          narko
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                          Hi, I am trying to do the same but still didn't achieve it by following your steps. Do you use any firewall rule for the DNS? Are you running the DHCP server also on pfsense? Please any help is gratefully appreciated :)

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