[stork-users] Stork agent cannot connect through rndc

[Slawek Figiel]

Hello Mik!

Please check if your Stork agent user has rights to read the 
"named.conf" and "rndc.key" files and any other files referenced in 
"named.conf".

 > Also I see that the stork agent tries to connect to 127.0.0.1 using 
rndc but I haven't specified the stork agent to use this adress 
(although that's the one I want)
 > But, in general, how is the stork agent supposed to find the DNS 
server adress and port ?

Stork uses "named-checkconf" to read the BIND 9 configuration and 
extracts the RNDC address and port from it.

I'm waiting for your feedback.
Regards
Slawek

On 16/08/2024 11:24, Mik J wrote:
> Stork: 1.18.0
> OS: Openbsd 7.5
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I made my stork agent to be installed on one of my DNS.
> 
> However I get this message
> INFO[2024-08-16 11:00:46]            bind9.go:560   Found BIND 9 config file in /var/named/etc/named.conf based on output of `named -V`.
> ERRO[2024-08-16 11:00:49]            agent.go:311   Failed to forward commands to rndc            Address="127.0.0.1" Port="953" error="exit status 1"
> 
> 
> If I run the command manually, it works
> # rndc -b 127.0.0.1 -s 127.0.0.1 -p 953 -k /etc/rndc.key status
> version: BIND 9.18.28 (Extended Support Version) <id:f77fadb> ()
> running on localhost: OpenBSD amd64 7.5 GENERIC.MP#82
> boot time: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:07:05 GMT
> last configured: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:07:05 GMT
> configuration file: /etc/named.conf (/var/named/etc/named.conf)
> ...
> 
> How to debug this problem ?
> 
> - How does stork knows what is the rndc.key, does it read it in named.conf or should it read /etc/rndc.key
> - If it reads /etc/rndc.key, how does it know where to find this file ?
> 
> 
> Also I see that the stork agent tries to connect to 127.0.0.1 using rndc but I haven't specified the stork agent to use this adress (although that's the one I want)
> But, in general, how is the stork agent supposed to find the DNS server adress and port ?
> 
> Regards
> 
>