Netgate Nexus coreDNS fails to start on Boot / Reboot

felixm223pfsense

Netgate device: SG2100
Version: 26.07

With the release of 26.07 and coreDNS I was eager to try ZTE. Before I use it on my SG 6100 I wanted to test with my SG2100.

I have been working now for several days and I have failed to get ZTE working. Im trouble shooting first thing I noticed is that coreDNS service fails to start on system reboot and has to be started manually.

Steps taken so far to resolve this.

Factory rest the SG2100 - I noticed that this doesn't appear to reset the Nexus config and as such doesn't reset the coreDNS config. In an attempt to reset the Nexus config I disabled it and reinstalled it, this too fails to reset the config or at least the old logs are still there. I looked through this forum as well as Netgate's documentation site and was unable to find a documented procedure on how to rest Nexus.
Reinstall pfSense+ - Next I went through the process of getting the installer, wiping the ssd and reinstalling pfSense 26.07, fearing that there may have been artifacts from the last ver of pfSense +. To that end with just going through the pfSense + Setup Wizard, Enabling Nexus, changing the port on Unbound, and enabling coreDNS with its wizard it still fails to start after reboot.

I'm happy to supply logs to help troubleshoot I just need to know which ones and at what level.

Mike

marcosm

A new version of Nexus is now available in 26.07. CoreDNS should now automatically start.

felixm223pfsense

@marcosm

Thank you very much, I can confirm that this has resolved the issue.

Mike