DHCPv6 DDNS settings and native unbound DNS

[gnhb]

I'd like to set up DDNS under my DHCPv6 options on pfSense.

I can't find any documentation about linking these options to pfSense unbound.

How is this designed to work?

I'm on 2.3-RELEASE

[Inq]

Pfsense implements ISC dhcpd as a dhcp server. It's no surprise that is designed to work best with ISC bind. I doubt you can do ddns with unbound in pfsense.

[gnhb]

What are people using for IPv6 DDNS?

Is there a way to provide DNS lookup of local hosts IPv6 address as a service in pfSense at all?

[MikeV7896]

I'm pretty sure that unless it's done from the host's end, dynamic DNS isn't possible with DHCPv6. The reason is because the hostname isn't sent back to the DHCPv6 server. The only way you'll get a hostname to appear in your DHCPv6 leases is if it's a static DHCPv6 entry.

[Inq]

It's possible. Just not with the exposed pfsense gui. Here are some logs after some heavy editing in dhcpd6.conf (rog is a W10 client):

bind debug log

client 2a02::1#23748/key dhcp_updater: updating zone 'example.com/IN': update unsuccessful: rog.example.com: 'name not in use' prerequisite not satisfied (YXDOMAIN)
client 2a02::1#23748/key dhcp_updater: updating zone 'example.com/IN': deleting rrset at 'rog.example.com' DHCID
client 2a02::1#23748/key dhcp_updater: updating zone 'example.com/IN': adding an RR at 'rog.example.com' DHCID AAIB6pZPrA7zoDg1s+EYgl0GGo0yjS0hKNuiDIcN0lyFMHs=
client 2a02::1#23748/key dhcp_updater: updating zone 'example.com/IN': deleting rrset at 'rog.example.com' AAAA
client 2a02::1#23748/key dhcp_updater: updating zone 'example.com/IN': adding an RR at 'rog.example.com' AAAA 2a02::b9c7

Pfsense dhcpd log:

May 13 08:33:57 srv dhcpd: Sending Reply to fe80::4854:ff3c:xxxx:xxxx port 546
May 13 08:33:57 srv dhcpd: Added new forward map from rog.example.com to 2a02::b9c7
May 13 08:33:57 srv dhcpd: Added reverse map from 7.c.9.b.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.a.2.ip6.arpa. to rog.example.com
May 13 08:33:58 srv dhcpd: Renew message from fe80::4854:ff3c:xxxx:xxxx port 546, transaction ID 0xA7A3900
May 13 08:33:58 srv dhcpd: Reply NA: address 2a02:::b9c7 to client with duid 00:01:00:01:1d:4e:73:c9:10:bf:xx:xx:xx:xx iaid = 51429192 valid for 1920 seconds

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Updated zone record:

$TTL 600 ; 10 minutes
rog A 10.0.200.7
AAAA 2a02::b9c7
DHCID ( AAIB6pZPrA7zoDg1s+EYgl0GGo0yjS0hKNuiDIcN0lyF
MHs= ) ; 48819 13 32

The problem is that the pfsense dhcpd server is very picky about dhcp clients. I couldn't register any apple ios device in ipv6 ddns zone. On the other hand i had no problems with a HP printer. ISC dhcp 4.3.4 might fare better.