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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      How exactly are you testing from the CLI? You probably need to set the zone parameter, it's blank in your output above.

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        dansgul
        last edited by

        Hi,
        Many thnkas for the feedback.

        In the GUI, I have set the Zone section to the correct zone (cnet.sgul.ac.uk)

        acme.PNG

        On the shell on pfSense

        [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/tmp/acme/testing: nsupdate -v -k /tmp/acme/testing/login.cnet.sgul.ac.uknsupdate_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk.key
> server 194.82.51.2
> zone cnet.sgul.ac.uk
> update add fiddy.cnet.sgul.ac.uk 3600 a 10.10.10.50
> update add fiddy.cnet.sgul.ac.uk 3600 txt fiddy text
> send
> quit
> 

        [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/tmp/acme/testing: dig fiddy.cnet.sgul.ac.uk txt @194.82.51.2

; <<>> DiG 9.12.2-P1 <<>> fiddy.cnet.sgul.ac.uk txt @194.82.51.2
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56306
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1452
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fiddy.cnet.sgul.ac.uk.         IN      TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
fiddy.cnet.sgul.ac.uk.  3484    IN      TXT     "fiddy" "text"

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 194.82.51.2#53(194.82.51.2)
;; WHEN: Tue Aug 06 00:07:39 UTC 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 73

        Interestingly, If I omit the "-v" from nsupdate it fails

        [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/tmp/acme/testing: nsupdate -k /tmp/acme/testing/login.cnet.sgul.ac.uknsupdate_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk.key
> server 194.82.51.2
> zone cnet.sgul.ac.uk
> update add fiddy1.cnet.sgul.ac.uk 3600 a 10.10.10.51
> send
; TSIG error with server: expected a TSIG or SIG(0)
update failed: SERVFAIL
> quit
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          dansgul @dansgul
          last edited by

          @dansgul

          More info on this

          It appears accountconf.conf contains an NULL NSUPDATE_ZONE (and is overwritten by dns_nsupdate.sh)

          ACME_DIRECTORY='https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory'
ACCOUNT_EMAIL=xxxxxxxx'
LOG_FILE='/tmp/acme/testing/acme_issuecert.log'
LOG_LEVEL='3'
NSUPDATE_SERVER='login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk'
NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT=''
NSUPDATE_KEY='/tmp/acme/testing/login.cnet.sgul.ac.uknsupdate_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk.key'
NSUPDATE_ZONE=''

          If I set THISNSUPDATE_ZONE at the top of /usr/local/pkg/acme/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh it can issue a cert

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @dansgul
            last edited by Gertjan

            @dansgul said in Acme DNS-NSupdate / RFC 2136 issue:

            THISNSUPDATE_ZONE

            I've looked for this one before.
            It's used before its initialized, so that explains :

            @dansgul said in Acme DNS-NSupdate / RFC 2136 issue:

            It appears accountconf.conf contains an NULL NSUPDATE_ZONE (and is overwritten by dns_nsupdate.s

            very well.

            Better yet : can't find "THISNSUPDATE_ZONE" here https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/blob/master/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh

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

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Are you on the latest version of the ACME package? There was a bug with that a while back IIRC.

              The THISNSUPDATE_<x> stuff is just in pfSense. The stock files from acme.sh don't easily support multiple RFC2136 entries on a single cert the way pfSense uses them.

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @jimp
                last edited by

                @jimp said in Acme DNS-NSupdate / RFC 2136 issue:

                Are you on the latest version of the ACME package? There was a bug with that a while back IIRC.

                1b14debe-a30c-4b9b-8f70-330f7b8cb40a-image.png

                The THISNSUPDATE_<x> stuff is just in pfSense. The stock files from acme.sh don't easily support multiple RFC2136 entries on a single cert the way pfSense uses them.

                Ah, ok.
                Have a look at this "THISNSUPDATE_ZONE" in dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh - shouldnt it be init (= read) before used and written ?

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                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Yeah, I thought it was but I'm not seeing it now, either. I'll look into it.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    I just pushed a new version of ACME that should fix this. Give it a try when it shows up for you (0.6)

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                    • GertjanG
                      Gertjan
                      last edited by

                      Saw it.
                      Tested !
                      Worked !

                      👍

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

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                        dansgul
                        last edited by

                        Hi there, this still isn't working for me; I've upgraded to 0.6
                        I still see "NSUPDATE_ZONE" as empty and the issue fails. (I know our DNS server needs to have the zone sent for this to work)

                        [Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] d='login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] _d_alias
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] txtdomain='_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] base64 single line.
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] txt='_WaKP7V9YAEUOHv0Y6MJWEhq7KPImm7n8t6WcSwPqZE'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] d_api='/usr/local/pkg/acme/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] dns_entry='login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk,_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk,,dns_nsupdate,_WaKP7V9YAEUOHv0Y6MJWEhq7KPImm7n8t6WcSwPqZE,/usr/local/pkg/acme/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] Found domain api file: /usr/local/pkg/acme/dnsapi/dns_nsupdate.sh
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] dns_nsupdate_add exists=0
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] Adding txt value: _WaKP7V9YAEUOHv0Y6MJWEhq7KPImm7n8t6WcSwPqZE for domain:  _acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] APP
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] 5:NSUPDATE_SERVER='ns1.sgul.ac.uk'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] APP
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] 6:NSUPDATE_SERVER_PORT=''
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] APP
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] 7:NSUPDATE_KEY='/tmp/acme/testing/login.cnet.sgul.ac.uknsupdate_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk.key'
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] APP
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] 8:NSUPDATE_ZONE=''
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] adding _acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk. 60 in txt "_WaKP7V9YAEUOHv0Y6MJWEhq7KPImm7n8t6WcSwPqZE"
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] error updating domain
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] Error add txt for domain:_acme-challenge.login.cnet.sgul.ac.uk
[Wed Aug  7 17:23:39 BST 2019] _on_issue_err
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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          OK, I missed a couple bits. I just pushed ACME pkg v 0.6.2 which should work now. I didn't test it completely but I did confirm at least that the zone makes it into the account config and logs where it was missing before.

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                            dansgul
                            last edited by

                            Working now after upgrade to 0.6.2

                            Many thanks jimp!

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                            • VioletDragonV
                              VioletDragon
                              last edited by

                              The problem is still present in the latest version. 0.8_1.

                              Failures on expected a TSIG or SIG(0) even though it's implemented.

                              Regards

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                              • GertjanG
                                Gertjan @VioletDragon
                                last edited by

                                @VioletDragon

                                Humm. I'm using 'nsupdate' = DNS-NSupdate / RFC 2136.
                                Works just fine.

                                nsupdate didn't change for years.

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

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                                • VioletDragonV
                                  VioletDragon @Gertjan
                                  last edited by

                                  @Gertjan are you using BIND9?

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                                  • VioletDragonV
                                    VioletDragon @Gertjan
                                    last edited by

                                    @Gertjan are you using BIND9?

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                                    • GertjanG
                                      Gertjan @VioletDragon
                                      last edited by

                                      @VioletDragon said in Acme DNS-NSupdate / RFC 2136 issue:

                                      @Gertjan are you using BIND9?

                                      Yes.

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

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                                      • VioletDragonV
                                        VioletDragon @Gertjan
                                        last edited by

                                        @Gertjan could you post your config?

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                                        • GertjanG
                                          Gertjan @VioletDragon
                                          last edited by

                                          @VioletDragon said in Acme DNS-NSupdate / RFC 2136 issue:

                                          @Gertjan are you using BIND9?

                                          Yes.
                                          Debian 11.10... no .11 just right now.

                                          f006a373-d89b-4123-8d18-b632508f9d56-image.png

                                          I can't re test my acme renewal, as I'm in the grace period : a renewal will work and no DNS checks will be done.

                                          But : I'm also using RFC2136 for my pfSense WAN side host name = DynDNS.

                                          Logs on server = bind9 side :

                                          01-Sep-2024 13:21:27.416 update-security: client @0x7f4884148ed0 82.127.99.108#59810/key update: signer "update" approved
01-Sep-2024 13:21:27.416 update: client @0x7f4884148ed0 82.127.26.108#59810/key update: updating zone 'bhf.tld/IN': deleting rrset at 'home.bhf.tld' A
01-Sep-2024 13:21:27.416 update: client @0x7f4884148ed0 82.127.26.108#59810/key update: updating zone 'bhf.tld/IN': adding an RR at 'home.bhf.tld' A 82.135.26.118
01-Sep-2024 13:21:27.416 update: client @0x7f4884148ed0 82.127.26.108#59810/key update: updating zone 'bhf.tld/IN': deleting rrset at 'home.bhf.tld' AAAA
01-Sep-2024 13:21:27.416 update: client @0x7f4884148ed0 82.127.26.108#59810/key update: updating zone 'bhf.tld/IN': adding an RR at 'home.bhf.tld' AAAA 2a01:cb19:beef:dead:92ec:77ff:fe29:392a

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

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                                          • VioletDragonV
                                            VioletDragon @Gertjan
                                            last edited by

                                            @Gertjan how did you set it up? As I got it working with Certbot but not Acme.

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