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    Unbound reload fails with large DNSBL feed

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      Hi everyone,

      I've just setup pfBlockerNG on our XG-1537, and for simplicity I added https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/everything.txt into the list of feeds. In this setup the updates kept failing saying "Reloading Unbound... Failed to Reload... Restoring previous database.... completed" in the log, and the file /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.conf stayed empty. After trying with a single list like https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/ads.txt everything started working and unbound resolved the blocked domains to the VIP. After debugging a bit further I think there seems to be a size limit for the pfb_dnsbl.conf file. I've setup a few lists resulting in a ~65MB file, which is working. Adding a bigger list gets me to around 180MB, and then it starts skipping the updates again because unbound reload fails.

      Everything is working for me now and I think the feeds I have are sufficient for the moment, but is this a known issue? Where is the size limit and would there be a way to work around it?

      Thanks for any help,
      Rainer

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