DNS based rules requirements
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I don't think so, I can't even manually start it...
[2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense]/root: /usr/local/sbin/filterdns -p /var/run/filterdns.pid -i 30 -c /var/etc/filterdns.conf -d 1 filterdns: open file
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s your .conf not here?
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On a system that was running 2.4.3 previously there is a config on disk, on a 2.4.4 while setting up a fresh rule with a DNS based alias, no file exists. The config seems to just contain the table entries.
On that the system where the config file exists, a manual launch looks like this.
[2.4.4-RELEASE][adrien@pfsense]/: /usr/local/sbin/filterdns -p /var/run/filterdns.pid -i 30 -c /var/etc/filterdns.conf -d 1 filterdns: Could not open device.
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flush your pid
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ok, so on a VM instance I can manually launch the process and it'll generate a pid/conf, but the tables status page doesn't show the IP that should be resolved as part of the rule.
On my SG-3100 if I run touch to create the files, and try to run the process manually it still throws the "open file" error. Upon reboot the pid/conf files are gone.
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On my CE install, the command actually running for filterdns looks like this on 2.4.4
/usr/local/sbin/filterlog -i pflog0 -p /var/run/filterlog.pid
any idea what where pflog0 ends up?
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I found that these entries end up under system logs / system / DNS Resolver. On my CE instance on a VM it is working as exected. ON the SG-3100 it is not.
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Opened a new issue for filterdns not working on 2.4.4 after upgrade.
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/8971?next_issue_id=8970&prev_issue_id=8972 -
@bruor said in DNS based rules requirements:
On my CE install, the command actually running for filterdns looks like this on 2.4.4
/usr/local/sbin/filterlog -i pflog0 -p /var/run/filterlog.pid
any idea what where pflog0 ends up?
That is
filterlog
(pf log entries), notfilterdns
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I responded on https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/8971 but I'll copy it here:
I do not believe this is a widespread problem. In part due to the fact that if it were, we'd see a lot more feedback about it.
I have 20 systems in my lab (including my edge firewall) and I can't reproduce this on any of them. 4 of these had filterdns running already and have been upgraded across various old versions but are now on 2.4.4 or 2.4.5 (some of each). I added a new alias to all of them which included a hostname, and then used that alias in a rule, and then checked the result. filterdns is running on all of them, the config is populated, the table has the resolved address. There are lots of variations across this lab. Multiple architectures (VMs, bare metal, ARM on SG-1000s and 3100s, even a new aarch64 box) and variations between using the DNS forwarder and resolver and their configuration.
So either this is something specific to your configuration or your environment. The fact that you do not have a
filterdns.conf
file present makes me think it's skipping that process for some reason, perhaps because your firewall is crashing or has an error on the console that prevents it from fully booting properly. If the firewall believes it is still booting, it will not write out the filterdns config. Look for/var/run/booting
and see if the file is still present. If so, attach to the console, reboot the firewall, and see why it is not completing the boot process. -
Drools with Envy over @jimp lab...
While I don't have the lab jim has - I also have never seen this on multiple netgate appliances nor VMs.. I also on purpose put in an alias on my 2.4.4 to resolve with filterdns and not seeing any issues.
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@johnpoz said in DNS based rules requirements:
Drools with Envy over @jimp lab...
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Thanks for the help @jimp, you might be onto something with the shellcmd entries. I use a shellcmd to kick off a python script that stays running as a service.
python2 /usr/local/customscript/server.py
I ended up having to put this in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d folder
Sorry for filing the bug, I figured that I was seeing it across so many systems that it was a core issue and not a shellcmd entry.
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Hi!
Me too. hostnames in alias doens't resolve, everything else does and dns is running.
I don't have any customization like that. Anyway to troubleshoot this? -
Do you see filterdns running per the command above?
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Fyi, I didn't see it running on my systems at boot until after I edited and saved a firewall rule.
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Well its not going to run unless you have an alias setup that needs to be resolved.
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I meant I had rules set up than needed filterdns to run. But when I checked at CLI the process wasn't running until I edited and saved a rule with an alias in it. Then like 30 seconds later filterdns was running
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Had just converted my alias to IP just to get it working. Converted one back to hostname now.
It looks like it running now.[2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@fw.*******]/root: ps -ax | grep filterdns 91818 - Is 0:00.45 /usr/local/sbin/filterdns -p /var/run/filterdns.pid -i 300 -c /var/etc/filterdns.conf -d 1 99513 0 S+ 0:00.00 grep filterdns
Can I check if it resolves? Right now the alias I use probably has states open (external backup coming in so can't kill states right now)
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You can check the contents of the alias at Diagnostics > Tables.