Hi Libor,
Thanks again for quick and accurate assistane.
It worked perfectly.
As I took the secondary config from
should that perhaps be added in the config sample there..?
All the best!
MJ
On 8/3/21 10:20 PM, libor.peltan wrote:
Hi MJ,
maybe you want to set up zonefile-load to none?
https://www.knot-dns.cz/docs/3.1/singlehtml/index.html#zonefile-load
Thanks,
Libor
Dne 03. 08. 21 v 21:16 mj napsal(a):
> Hi,
>
> Sorry to come back again, but it seems we still have an issue:
>
> Knot is not serving our secondary zones after restarting, until we
> issue a "knotc zone-retransfer sub3.company.com". Then it will start
> answering queries for the zone.
>
> A knot restart logs:
>
>> knotd[4436]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] zone will be loaded
>> knotd[4436]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] zone loaded from journal,
>> serial 2016110905
>> knotd[4436]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] failed to parse zone file (not
>> exists)
>
> To demonstrate, after having restarted knot:
>
>> root@knot:/etc/knot# kdig
sub3.company.com @4.5.6.7
>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY; status: SERVFAIL; id: 13771
>> ;; Flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1; ANSWER: 0; AUTHORITY: 0; ADDITIONAL: 0
>>
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;;
sub3.company.com. IN A
>>
>> ;; Received 30 B
>> ;; Time 2021-08-03 20:44:29 CEST
>> ;; From 4.5.6.7@53(UDP) in 0.0 ms
>
>
>> root@knot:/etc/knot# knotc zone-retransfer
sub3.company.com
>> OK
>> Aug 3 20:44:39 www knotd[4186]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] control,
>> received command 'zone-retransfer'
>> root@www:/etc/knot# Aug 3 20:44:39 www knotd[4186]: info:
>> [
sub3.company.com.] AXFR, incoming, remote 1.2.3.4@53, started
>> Aug 3 20:44:39 www knotd[4186]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] AXFR,
>> incoming, remote 1.2.3.4@53, finished, 0.02 seconds, 23 messages,
>> 1914 bytes
>> Aug 3 20:44:39 www knotd[4186]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] zone
>> stored to journal, serial 2016090960
>> Aug 3 20:44:39 www knotd[4186]: info: [
sub3.company.com.] refresh,
>> remote 1.2.3.4@53, zone updated, 0.12 seconds, serial none -> 2016090960
>
>
>> root@knot:/etc/knot# kdig
sub3.company.com @4.5.6.7
>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY; status: NOERROR; id: 44788
>> ;; Flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1; ANSWER: 1; AUTHORITY: 0; ADDITIONAL: 0
>>
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;;
sub3.company.com. IN A
>>
>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>
sub3.company.com. 3600 IN A 1.2.3.4
>>
>> ;; Received 46 B
>> ;; Time 2021-08-03 20:44:44 CEST
>> ;; From 4.5.6.7@53(UDP) in 0.1 ms
>
>
> In knot.conf, we have set as a template: journal-content: all, and the
> secondary zone is defined like:
>
>> - domain:
sub3.company.com
>> storage: /var/lib/knot/zones
>> master: zones_master
>> acl: notify_from_master
>
> As a side note: the directory /var/lib/knot/zones contains nothing
>
sub3.company.com related. (which explains the knot startup message
> "failed to parse zone file (not exists)")
>
> Why would knot after restart load the zone from journal, but not start
> serving it? Have I misconfigured something?
>
> Sorry to have asked so many questions in just two days. :-)
>
> MJ