BIND Package (or similar functioning authoritative DNS server)

voleatech

Hi,

the bind package from us is a different one than the bind package you are using.
Thats why it is labeled pfsense-bind, to avoid the problem you encountered.

Unfortunately we do not have a i386 development environment for this.

I can send you the code if you like?
Otherwise the package should be merged soon.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

Willsy7

First, I wanted to say thank you for providing this. Since BIND is what I'm most familiar with, I was disappointed when pfSense discontinued the package in the 2.3.0 branch. However, so far this has worked as a great drop-in replacement for the previous BIND package.

I can confirm the following with regards to my setup:

All my data from the previous package was maintained. For me, that includes settings (some custom), zones, ACLs, and views.
Dynamic updates from DHCP are working.
I'm able to add and remove records to zones through the GUI.
All queries are working, including zone transfers.
RNDC commands from the CLI are working.

I did have two issues, but nothing major.

My main forward zone complained that it was unable to load initially. It complained of the error: named[69987]: general: error: zone "$MYDOMAIN"/IN/default: journal rollforward failed: not exact However, deleting the .jnl file for the zone resolved the issue. I'm not sure if that was an issue with this package or the actual zone.
I don't seem to be able to uncheck "Enable BIND DNS server", it will complain with the error: The following input errors were detected:
The field Enable BIND is required.

However, for me, those are relatively minor. Thank you again for providing this!

voleatech

Hi,

thank you for your feedback.

My main forward zone complained that it was unable to load initially. It complained of the error: named[69987]: general: error: zone "$MYDOMAIN"/IN/default: journal rollforward failed: not exact However, deleting the .jnl file for the zone resolved the issue. I'm not sure if that was an issue with this package or the actual zone.

I am not sure about his one either.

I don't seem to be able to uncheck "Enable BIND DNS server", it will complain with the error: The following input errors were detected:
The field Enable BIND is required.

Thank you for this. I fixed it and uploaded the fix to the pull request.

If you want to fix it yourself do:
vi /usr/local/pkg/bind.xml
delete line 135 where it reads required.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

Willsy7

Cheers!

Just wanted to alert you to the disable thing in case anyone else decided they wanted to disable BIND. I definitely don't want to go back to unbound. :D

voleatech

Hi,

it is just so good you are not supposed to disable it ;)
We should call it a feature.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

rhyskoedijk

Hi Sven,

First of all, thanks for putting this package together, great work!
I'm having a bit of an issue getting BIND to start after following your instructions, just wondering if you have any ideas as to what might be wrong?

I have set up the BIND server in the pfSense UI, clicked save, the changes seem to stick in the UI just fine (if I reload the page), but the service fails to start.
The log file shows…


Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	exiting (due to fatal error)
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	loading configuration: failure
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	/etc/namedb/named.conf:27: missing ';' before '}'
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	loading configuration from '/etc/namedb/named.conf'
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	using up to 4096 sockets
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	using 8 UDP listeners per interface
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	found 16 CPUs, using 16 worker threads
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	----------------------------------------------------
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	available at https://www.isc.org/support
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	corporation. Support and training for BIND 9 are
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	Inc. (ISC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) public-benefit
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	BIND 9 is maintained by Internet Systems Consortium,
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	----------------------------------------------------
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	built with '--localstatedir=/var' '--disable-linux-caps' '--disable-symtable' '--with-randomdev=/dev/random' '--with-libxml2=/usr/local' '--with-readline=-ledit' '--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/namedb' '--disable-fetchlimit' '--disable-filter-aaaa' '--disable-fixed-rrset' '--without-geoip' '--with-idn=/usr/local' '--enable-ipv6' '--disable-largefile' '--disable-newstats' '--without-python' '--disable-querytrace' '--disable-rpz-nsdname' '--disable-rpz-nsip' '--enable-rrl' 'STD_CDEFINES=-DDIG_SIGCHASE=1' '--without-gssapi' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--disable-native-pkcs11' '--without-gost' '--enable-threads' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--mandir=/usr/local/man' '--infodir=/usr/local/info/' '--build=amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3' 'build_alias=amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3' 'CC=cc' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -isystem /usr/local/include -DLIBICONV_PLUG -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing' 'LDFLAGS= -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector' 'LIBS=' 'CPPFLAGS=-isystem /usr/local/include -DLIBICONV_PLUG' 'CPP=cpp'
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	starting BIND 9.10.3-P4 <id:ebd72b3>-c /etc/namedb/named.conf -u bind -t /cf/named/</id:ebd72b3>

The config file in /usr/local/etc/namedb/named.conf doesn't appear to reflect the settings from the UI either.
By my count, line 27 of the config file is a comment line?! Is this the correct file? are the UI settings being saved somewhere else?


// $FreeBSD$
//
// Refer to the named.conf(5) and named(8) man pages, and the documentation
// in /usr/local/share/doc/bind for more details.
//
// If you are going to set up an authoritative server, make sure you
// understand the hairy details of how DNS works.  Even with
// simple mistakes, you can break connectivity for affected parties,
// or cause huge amounts of useless Internet traffic.

options {
        // All file and path names are relative to the chroot directory,
        // if any, and should be fully qualified.
        directory       "/usr/local/etc/namedb/working";
        pid-file        "/var/run/named/pid";
        dump-file       "/var/dump/named_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/stats/named.stats";

// If named is being used only as a local resolver, this is a safe default.
// For named to be accessible to the network, comment this option, specify
// the proper IP address, or delete this option.
        listen-on       { 127.0.0.1; };

// If you have IPv6 enabled on this system, uncomment this option for
// use as a local resolver.  To give access to the network, specify
// an IPv6 address, or the keyword "any".
//      listen-on-v6    { ::1; };

// These zones are already covered by the empty zones listed below.
// If you remove the related empty zones below, comment these lines out.
        disable-empty-zone "255.255.255.255.IN-ADDR.ARPA";
        disable-empty-zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA";
        disable-empty-zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA";

// If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter
// its IP address here, and enable the line below.  This will make you
// benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall DNS traffic in the Internet.
/*
        forwarders {
                127.0.0.1;
        };
*/

Any leads on where to go with this, was there anything else required beyond just disabling the other DNS services and installing the packages in the specified order?
Thanks in advance

===========
EDIT

I've attached a copy of the http response I get from pfSense when saving the configuration in the UI. The response is "302 Moved", is this normal?

![Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 7.21.09 PM.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 7.21.09 PM.png)
![Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 7.21.09 PM.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 7.21.09 PM.png_thumb)

Scissorfish

@rhyskoedijk:

Hi Sven,

First of all, thanks for putting this package together, great work!
I'm having a bit of an issue getting BIND to start after following your instructions, just wondering if you have any ideas as to what might be wrong?

I have set up the BIND server in the pfSense UI, clicked save, the changes seem to stick in the UI just fine (if I reload the page), but the service fails to start.
The log file shows…


Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	exiting (due to fatal error)
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	loading configuration: failure
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	/etc/namedb/named.conf:27: missing ';' before '}'
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	loading configuration from '/etc/namedb/named.conf'
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	using up to 4096 sockets
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	using 8 UDP listeners per interface
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	found 16 CPUs, using 16 worker threads
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	----------------------------------------------------
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	available at https://www.isc.org/support
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	corporation. Support and training for BIND 9 are
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	Inc. (ISC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) public-benefit
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	BIND 9 is maintained by Internet Systems Consortium,
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	----------------------------------------------------
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	built with '--localstatedir=/var' '--disable-linux-caps' '--disable-symtable' '--with-randomdev=/dev/random' '--with-libxml2=/usr/local' '--with-readline=-ledit' '--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/namedb' '--disable-fetchlimit' '--disable-filter-aaaa' '--disable-fixed-rrset' '--without-geoip' '--with-idn=/usr/local' '--enable-ipv6' '--disable-largefile' '--disable-newstats' '--without-python' '--disable-querytrace' '--disable-rpz-nsdname' '--disable-rpz-nsip' '--enable-rrl' 'STD_CDEFINES=-DDIG_SIGCHASE=1' '--without-gssapi' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--disable-native-pkcs11' '--without-gost' '--enable-threads' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--mandir=/usr/local/man' '--infodir=/usr/local/info/' '--build=amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3' 'build_alias=amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3' 'CC=cc' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -isystem /usr/local/include -DLIBICONV_PLUG -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing' 'LDFLAGS= -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector' 'LIBS=' 'CPPFLAGS=-isystem /usr/local/include -DLIBICONV_PLUG' 'CPP=cpp'
Jun 1 18:54:26	named	42941	starting BIND 9.10.3-P4 <id:ebd72b3>-c /etc/namedb/named.conf -u bind -t /cf/named/</id:ebd72b3>

The config file in /usr/local/etc/namedb/named.conf doesn't appear to reflect the settings from the UI either.
By my count, line 27 of the config file is a comment line?! Is this the correct file? are the UI settings being saved somewhere else?


// $FreeBSD$
//
// Refer to the named.conf(5) and named(8) man pages, and the documentation
// in /usr/local/share/doc/bind for more details.
//
// If you are going to set up an authoritative server, make sure you
// understand the hairy details of how DNS works.  Even with
// simple mistakes, you can break connectivity for affected parties,
// or cause huge amounts of useless Internet traffic.

options {
        // All file and path names are relative to the chroot directory,
        // if any, and should be fully qualified.
        directory       "/usr/local/etc/namedb/working";
        pid-file        "/var/run/named/pid";
        dump-file       "/var/dump/named_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/stats/named.stats";

// If named is being used only as a local resolver, this is a safe default.
// For named to be accessible to the network, comment this option, specify
// the proper IP address, or delete this option.
        listen-on       { 127.0.0.1; };

// If you have IPv6 enabled on this system, uncomment this option for
// use as a local resolver.  To give access to the network, specify
// an IPv6 address, or the keyword "any".
//      listen-on-v6    { ::1; };

// These zones are already covered by the empty zones listed below.
// If you remove the related empty zones below, comment these lines out.
        disable-empty-zone "255.255.255.255.IN-ADDR.ARPA";
        disable-empty-zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA";
        disable-empty-zone "1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA";

// If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter
// its IP address here, and enable the line below.  This will make you
// benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall DNS traffic in the Internet.
/*
        forwarders {
                127.0.0.1;
        };
*/

Any leads on where to go with this, was there anything else required beyond just disabling the other DNS services and installing the packages in the specified order?
Thanks in advance

===========
EDIT

I've attached a copy of the http response I get from pfSense when saving the configuration in the UI. The response is "302 Moved", is this normal?

/etc/namedb/named.conf:27: missing ';' before '}'
check your config

Installed bind yesterday on 2.3.3_1 and it is working flawlessly so far

voleatech

Hi,

the configs are actually saved in a chrooted dir /cf/named/ .

Can you check the file in there? It should be /cf/named/etc/namedb/named.conf and let me know what it looks like on line 27?

The 302 is not an issue.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

voleatech

Hi,

the package is merged and should be available soon.

Please let me know of any problems.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

rhyskoedijk

Hi,

I checked the /cf/namedb/etc/namedb directory and found that it was because of this…


        forwarders { 8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4 };

When it needed to be…


        forwarders { 8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4; };

In the UI it states you need to seperate IP's with a semi-colon, but I didn't realise you also need end the string with a semi-colon too.
Maybe the hint message could be a bit more clear about this, or the server-side could just ensure it terminates the string with a semi-colon when writing out to the configuration file?

All working now though, thanks.

voleatech

Hi,

thanks for the feedback.

We will change the text for that field to make it clear that a semi-colon has to be added at the end as well.
It will be in the next update of the package.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

opty

just upgraded from pfsense 2.2 with bind to pfsense 2.3.1 without any problem, new bind is working perfect

Thanks for your work

Cybertoy

Hi,

Thanks for the hard work that was put into this. I just upgraded from 2.2.6 to 2.3.1 and it worked nearly flawless. After the upgrade I had to login though and set the nameserver to 8.8.8.8 manually so that it was able to download all packages. After that everything installed itself including bind.

ciao,
Cybertoy

asterix

Would you know how to get the below google safesearch info in pfSense BIND DNS?

server: include: /var/unbound/forecegoogle.conf

asterix

@Asterix:

Would you know how to get the below google safesearch info in pfSense BIND DNS?

server: include: /var/unbound/forecegoogle.conf

Anyone?

voleatech

Hi,

from looking at it briefly the file does not have a format the bind will understand.
You have to take the entries and create a new zone with them in bind.

Best
Sven

MROX

HI,

I have been using bind already for years, but pfsense since a couple of months, where I bought a SG-4860. With the upgrade to 2.3.2, I was thinking of installing bind as a slave server on the pfsense. In principle, I have bind working fine, as long as I specify the config via /cf/named/etc/namedb/named.conf manually.

I did the following that goes wrong:
a - In the View custom options, in a Windows browser, I entered, multiple options with a carriage return and new line.
b - in the named.conf of the pfsense, I can see the ^M from the windows browser.

To be sure, I stopped the named service, edited the named.conf by removing the ^M and started this again, to make sure it was working fine, which it does. With the ^M, I had bind behavior which I did not expect.

Now the problem and questions:
1 - When I edit the same view again by changing another option, the view custom options is back to the old situation with ^M
2 - I noticed that the backup of the config file using pfsense Web UI is not storing any of the manual changes to named.conf.

So clearly, the Web UI settings are stored somewhere else and used for the backup.
I am perfectly fine to backup the named.conf manually, but prefer this automatically if at all possible with pfsense backup and restore functionality.

So
i. is there any way to fix the ^M behavior?
ii. Where are the Web Ui settings be stored? Can I enter my bind settings over there in a command line to workaround this windows browser, so with any backup and restore my named changes are stored automatically? (Unfortunately, I have no linux browser to workaround this, also I noticed in the xml backup file that the custom options is encrypted, not plain text, otherwise I would have changed it in the xml file.)

Thanks,

CaptainElmo

Upgraded from 2.2.6 to 2.3.2 and the named service won't start. It gives no error and produces no system logs. No other service is using port 53 and the bind configs were all working under the previous version.

Ideas on where to start troubleshooting?

voleatech

@MROX:

Now the problem and questions:
1 - When I edit the same view again by changing another option, the view custom options is back to the old situation with ^M
2 - I noticed that the backup of the config file using pfsense Web UI is not storing any of the manual changes to named.conf.

So clearly, the Web UI settings are stored somewhere else and used for the backup.
I am perfectly fine to backup the named.conf manually, but prefer this automatically if at all possible with pfsense backup and restore functionality.

So
i. is there any way to fix the ^M behavior?
ii. Where are the Web Ui settings be stored? Can I enter my bind settings over there in a command line to workaround this windows browser, so with any backup and restore my named changes are stored automatically? (Unfortunately, I have no linux browser to workaround this, also I noticed in the xml backup file that the custom options is encrypted, not plain text, otherwise I would have changed it in the xml file.)

Thanks,

Hi Mrox,

configs are always saved in the config.xml of pfSense.
Since you are using a browser to set the configs there should not be a ^M since that is a newline in windows encoded textfiles.
Maybe you are copying from a textfile?
You can try and use notepad++ or another editor, create a UTF8 file, type your config and then copy and paste that in the custom field.

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

voleatech

@CaptainElmo:

Upgraded from 2.2.6 to 2.3.2 and the named service won't start. It gives no error and produces no system logs. No other service is using port 53 and the bind configs were all working under the previous version.

Ideas on where to start troubleshooting?

Hi,

that is odd.
You can start by looking in /var/log/system.log for error messages or /var/log/resolver.log .
Can you see any error when you start the daemon?

Best
Sven

Voleatech
pfSense Select Partner

BIND Package (or similar functioning authoritative DNS server)

=========== EDIT

=========== EDIT

===========
EDIT

===========
EDIT