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    DNS Resolver (unbound) / Can't change config

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    • N
      n3by
      last edited by

      I remember few days ago after clean install of 2.3.4, and right after I restored 2.3.2 config, unbound was down and did not wanted to start up until I deleted the line added by pfblocker…```
      server:include: /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.conf

      
      Today I found unbound dead… and I blame wan lose connection that also triggered unbound death.
      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=131242.msg723850#msg723850
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        yarick123
        last edited by

        I have also just faced this problem on my 2.3.5-RELEASE-p1 (i386) nanobsd (2g). Interesting is, that adding Host Overrides does not trigger the problem, although it changes and saves DNS Resolver configuration.

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          shlazzer
          last edited by

          Just ran into this on 2.3.4-RELEASE (amd64)

          Haven't had a chance to try any of the suggestions earlier in the thread, but this is a relatively new box that hasn't been around long enough to have legacy configs. Has always been on a 2.3.x release.

          A confirmed solution would be really helpful.

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            yarick123
            last edited by

            @Veldkornet:

            …
            The below does indeed work once off, so I need to run it every time I change the configuration.

            mkdir /var/unbound/test/
            cp -ax /var/unbound/*.{key,pem} /var/unbound/test/
            

            Is there a bug logged for it already?

            works for me.

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              compdoc
              last edited by

              This just happened to me, although my error was "/var/unbound/test/root.key" does not exist. I tried creating the test directory and copying the root.key there, but there was no change. I still couldn't save the settings for DNS Resolver.

              However, I seemed to fix it by running the command: unbound-control-setup

              I'd be interested to hear if this helped anyone else.

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan
                last edited by

                This issue is known, as the thread implies.
                But 2.3.5 is old and fading out : 32 hardware is hard to find these days - some devices are kept artificially alive, mostly in museums.
                Consider the issue as closed.

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  compdoc @Gertjan
                  last edited by

                  I am running 64 bit, 2.4.4-RELEASE-p1

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan
                    last edited by

                    In that case, the issue is totally new - not related to what happened as described 2 years ago - with old pfSense versions.

                    Maybe some left-overs from an ancient install ?
                    Did you install 2.4.4-P1 from scratch, or did you upgrade from an older version ?

                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    • Z
                      zimt
                      last edited by

                      very same issue here, brand new hardware, latest version 2.4.4 from scratch, no import of former config

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Same issue? From a thread from 2 years ago... Please post your exact error your seeing.. What else your running other than clean out of the box pfsense.

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                          zimt
                          last edited by

                          When I try to change any settings in unbound I get this error message, can't even disable it :

                          The following input errors were detected:
                          The generated config file cannot be parsed by unbound. Please correct the following errors:
                          /var/unbound/test/root.key: No such file or directory
                          [1550262886] unbound-checkconf[60539:0] fatal error: auto-trust-anchor-file: "/var/unbound/test/root.key" does not exist in chrootdir /var/unbound
                          

                          My install worked fine for maybe two weeks, this issue just appeared. Not sure what this is related to.
                          I did disable pfb_dnsbl and pfb_filter but that didn't solve the issue. Also all the other tricks mentioned in this thread didn't work for me. Didn't try to reboot yet, hopefully tonight...

                          Here are all the services running:

                          Service 	Description 	
                          avahi 	Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon 	
                          dhcpd 	DHCP Service 	
                          dpinger 	Gateway Monitoring Daemon 	
                          ntopng 	ntopng Network Traffic Monitor 	
                          ntpd 	NTP clock sync 	
                          openvpn 	OpenVPN server: home 	
                          pfb_dnsbl 	pfBlockerNG DNSBL service 	
                          pfb_filter 	pfBlockerNG firewall filter service 	
                          radvd 	Router Advertisement Daemon 	
                          snort 	Snort IDS/IPS Daemon 	
                          sshd 	Secure Shell Daemon 	
                          syslogd 	System Logger Daemon 	
                          telegraf 	Telegraf daemon 	
                          unbound 	DNS Resolver
                          
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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            @zimt said in DNS Resolver (unbound) / Can't change config:

                            I did disable pfb_dnsbl and pfb_filter

                            So its not a clean install, you have atleast that package installed. What else? I see avahi, ntop, snort --> So clearly its not related to a problem from 2 years ago.

                            I would suggest you open a thread in the pfblocker section and yell for @BBcan177 because more likely then not its related to your unbound problem.

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                            • RonpfSR
                              RonpfS
                              last edited by RonpfS

                              Well pfblockerNG operate with the assumption that things are in /var/unbound/
                              Disable DNSBL then see if your mod works.

                              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                zimt
                                last edited by

                                I disabled both, pfb_dnsbl and pfb_filter, that didn't help. I don't think it has anything to do with it.

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                                • RonpfSR
                                  RonpfS
                                  last edited by RonpfS

                                  Disabling the pfblockerng services doesn't disable DNSBL.

                                  2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                  Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                  Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                  • RonpfSR
                                    RonpfS @zimt
                                    last edited by

                                    @zimt said in DNS Resolver (unbound) / Can't change config:

                                    I don't think it has anything to do with it.

                                    DNSBL modify unbound.conf.

                                    2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                    Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                    Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                    • Z
                                      zimt
                                      last edited by

                                      rebooting resolved the issue, hope it doesn't reappear.

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                                      • RonpfSR
                                        RonpfS
                                        last edited by

                                        That's one way to recreate the root.key 😜

                                        2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                        Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                        Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                          zimt
                                          last edited by

                                          doing it manually as indicated higher up in this thread didn't solve the problem for me.

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                                          • BBcan177B
                                            BBcan177 Moderator @zimt
                                            last edited by

                                            @zimt said in DNS Resolver (unbound) / Can't change config:

                                            When I try to change any settings in unbound I get this error message, can't even disable it :
                                            The following input errors were detected:
                                            The generated config file cannot be parsed by unbound. Please correct the following errors:
                                            /var/unbound/test/root.key: No such file or directory
                                            [1550262886] unbound-checkconf[60539:0] fatal error: auto-trust-anchor-file: "/var/unbound/test/root.key" does not exist in chrootdir /var/unbound

                                            Try to run the following command to rebuild the missing root.key file:

                                            unbound-anchor -a /var/unbound/root.key
                                            

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