From Newsgroup: comp.protocols.dns.bind

nsupdate works according to updated contents of a dynamic zonefile
but dig does not report the added A record.

What am I doing stupidly here?

BIND version 1:9.16.5-1+ubuntu18.04.1
- both authoritative and local recursive

zone config:
zone "ottawatch.ca"
{
type master;
file "/var/lib/bind/master/ottawatch.ca";
allow-transfer { key "pannier-xfer"; };
notify yes;
update-policy { grant ddns-key.ottawatch.ca subdomain ottawatch.ca.; };
};

[do I have the correct update-policy syntax?]
(I also tried "update-policy local" with nsupdate -l, with same results.)


# nsupdate -D -k ddns-key.ottawatch.ca nsupdate.script

nsupdate.script:

server 127.0.0.1
zone ottawatch.ca.
update del ddns-update.ottawatch.ca. a
send
update add ddns-update.ottawatch.ca. 999 a 3.4.5.8
send

zone DB after update and "rndc sync" executed to incorporate .jnl:

$ORIGIN .
$TTL 900 ; 15 minutes
ottawatch.ca IN SOA cacloud.ottawatch.ca. hostmaster.ottawatch.ca. (
2020072808 ; serial
900 ; refresh (15 minutes)
180 ; retry (3 minutes)
2419200 ; expire (4 weeks)
900 ; minimum (15 minutes)
)
NS cacloud.ottawatch.ca.
NS pannier.ottawatch.ca.
A 206.248.172.47
MX 10 mail1.ottawajazzscene.ca.
TXT "v=spf1 a ip4:206.248.172.47 -all"
$ORIGIN ottawatch.ca.
cacloud A 23.111.69.176
AAAA 2607:7b00:7200:1::281a:5de2
$TTL 999 ; 16 minutes 39 seconds
ddns-update A 3.4.5.8 <--- nsupdate worked (it seems)
$TTL 900 ; 15 minutes
pannier A 206.248.172.47
AAAA 2607:f2c0:a000:1d1::73:1



# dig -4 @cacloud.ottawatch.ca cacloud.ottawatch.ca. a

; <<>> DiG 9.16.5-Ubuntu <<>> -4 @cacloud.ottawatch.ca cacloud.ottawatch.ca. a ; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1862
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: 195a1192604da78e010000005f20daf7193b36ec5545d879 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;cacloud.ottawatch.ca. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
cacloud.ottawatch.ca. 900 IN A 23.111.69.176

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 23.111.69.176#53(23.111.69.176)
;; WHEN: Tue Jul 28 22:12:07 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 93

BUT dig does not report the nsupdate-added a record (NXDOMAIN):

# dig -4 @cacloud.ottawatch.ca ddns-key.ottawatch.ca. a

; <<>> DiG 9.16.5-Ubuntu <<>> -4 @cacloud.ottawatch.ca ddns-key.ottawatch.ca. a ; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 49598
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: 6db0ccbd0085ecca010000005f20db0f7cdb769b038236f9 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ddns-key.ottawatch.ca. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ottawatch.ca. 900 IN SOA cacloud.ottawatch.ca. hostmaster.ottawatch.ca. 2020072808 900 180 2419200 900

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 23.111.69.176#53(23.111.69.176)
;; WHEN: Tue Jul 28 22:12:31 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 133


A record added to the dynamic zone file manually works:

dig -4 @cacloud.ottawatch.ca bb.ottawatch.ca. a

; <<>> DiG 9.16.5-Ubuntu <<>> -4 @cacloud.ottawatch.ca bb.ottawatch.ca. a
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8033
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: 8feed7fd82821e9a010000005f20dc3de1670c37be1dadbc (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;bb.ottawatch.ca. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
bb.ottawatch.ca. 900 IN A 3.4.5.9

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 23.111.69.176#53(23.111.69.176)
;; WHEN: Tue Jul 28 22:17:33 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 88


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On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Mark Andrews wrote:

Make sure you are using the CORRECT name in the dig query. You used ddns-key.ottawatch.ca instead of ddns-update.ottawatch.ca.

Thanks Mark... so tired I didn't see that when staring at it.
(Blame grass allergies and terrible heat lately.)

Also you can delete and add in the same UPDATE operation. Remove the
first rCLsendrCY in nsupdate.script.

Yes, thanks for the tip. I did man nsupdate :-) I had
nsupdate debug enabled earlier, so split this it up while testing.

Also ottawatch.ca has DS records but the zone is not signed. You need
to fix this as lookups are failing for anyone that is validating responses.

Again, testing artifact. Domain is actually signed but I disabled that and took it out of the config to simplify while testing.

Domain is not live for anything now but my kicking around so no harm done except to eagle eyes like yours who look up DNSSEC chain of trust :-)

Thanks for your second look and premiere response.

Brett

p.s. this Mailman list is slightly misconfigured. I have DKIM signing and
a DMARC policy, so get lots of failure reports when I post to this list.
Any chance you guys could toggle that flag so the list doesn't break DKIM signing? It's a straight-forward toggle; I use it on Mailman lists I run. --8323328-590702738-1595993368=:9231--
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