[Dnsmasq-discuss] Kind request regarding Dnsmasq's Dns response auto caching feature not working

Joyabrata Ghosh joy.career at gmail.com
Sun May 31 18:18:42 BST 2015


Hi All,

Thanks for quick reply, tried the proposed setting as well, where
"listen-address=172.20.20.10", the DNS traffic source interface eth0's IPv4
address as well as "interface=eth0" without any success till now:

*Dnsmasq setting: /etc/dnsmasq.conf*

    log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log
    log-queries
    log-dhcp
    no-daemon
*    listen-address=172.20.20.10*
    port=53
*    interface=eth0*
*    bind-interfaces*
    cache-size=1000
    neg-ttl=3600

Anyone please point if anything missing from configuration or invalid
configuration applied.

Thanks & Regards,
JGhosh
Networking developer, Bangalore, India


On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:42 AM, richardvoigt at gmail.com <
richardvoigt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because of your configuration, none of those packets are going to dnsmasq
> at all.  The problem is this line.
>
> listen-address=127.0.0.1
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Joyabrata Ghosh <joy.career at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Dnsmasq Experts,
>>
>> Myself new to Dnsmasq and facing issues in personally evaluating Auto
>> Caching feature of very popular Dnsmasq product.
>>
>> Followed the recommended links inline, however unable to resolve the
>> caching issue, kindly share some expertise advice/pointer to resolve the
>> caching problem, setup details inline:
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> JGhosh
>> Networking developer, Bangalore, India
>>
>> ==
>> ==
>>
>> references official:
>> http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
>> http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html
>>
>> references other:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq
>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/caching-dns-server/
>>
>> http://www.georgestarcher.com/splunk-dns-lookup-performance-and-caching-with-dnsmasq/
>>
>> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/162973/how-to-measure-dns-cache-efficiency-cached-items/206403#206403
>>
>> http://serverfault.com/questions/695441/dnsmasqs-dns-response-auto-caching-feature-not-working
>>
>> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/braindump/managing-a-linux-wireless-access-point/
>>
>> *Problem Description:*
>>
>> Dnsmasq Cache and Internal Log on USR1 signal dump (when running with or
>> without --no-daemon and --log-queries for analysis) it always shows: 0/0
>> cache, meaning caching feature of Dnsmasq not working.
>>
>> It is also observed that although repetitive DNS A?(host query) and
>> A(response) records are populated successfully over the same listening
>> interface continuously, but cache count still remains 0.
>>
>> Any one having any idea how to solve/debug this Dnsmasq Cache Not Working
>> problem ?
>>
>> Alternatively, please suggest another Ubuntu linux supported DNS Caching
>> tool which can be configured for targeted interface.
>>
>> >  **dnsmasq: cache size 150, 0/0 cache insertions re-used unexpired
>> cache entries**
>>
>>
>>
>>     root at host1:~# sudo pkill -USR1 dnsmasq
>>     dnsmasq: query[AAAA] host1 from 127.0.0.1
>>     dnsmasq: query[AAAA] host1 from 127.0.0.1
>>     dnsmasq: query[A] host1 from 127.0.0.1
>>     dnsmasq: query[A] host1 from 127.0.0.1
>>     sudo: unable to resolve host host1
>>     dnsmasq: time 1432979095
>>     dnsmasq: cache size 150, 0/0 cache insertions re-used unexpired cache
>> entries.
>>     dnsmasq: queries forwarded 0, queries answered locally 4
>>     dnsmasq: Host Address Flags Expires
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-loopback ::1 6F I H
>>     dnsmasq: pep 127.0.1.1 4FRI H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-mcastprefix ff00:: 6FRI H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-allrouters ff02::2 6FRI H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-localhost ::1 6FRI H
>>     dnsmasq: localhost 127.0.0.1 4FRI H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-allnodes ff02::1 6FRI H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-localnet fe00:: 6FRI H
>>     [1]- User defined signal 1 /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
>>     root at host1:~#
>>
>>     TCPDUMP ON DNSMASQ Interface:
>>
>>     05:40:47.555213 IP 172.20.20.10.52592 > 172.20.20.2.53: 8856+ A?
>> app.host2.com. (45)
>>     05:40:47.558364 IP 172.20.20.2.53 > 172.20.20.10.52592: 8856* 1/0/0 A
>> 10.60.60.190 (61)
>>     05:41:52.875128 IP 172.20.20.10.60448 > 172.20.20.2.53: 11981+ A?
>> app.host2.com. (45)
>>     05:41:52.878377 IP 172.20.20.2.53 > 172.20.20.10.60448: 11981* 1/0/0
>> A 10.60.60.190 (61)
>>     05:42:44.241724 IP 172.20.20.10.65300 > 172.20.20.2.53: 6667+ A?
>> app.host2.com. (45)
>>     05:42:44.244808 IP 172.20.20.2.53 > 172.20.20.10.65300: 6667* 1/0/0 A
>> 10.60.60.190 (61)
>>
>>     Dnsmasq setting: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
>>
>>     log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log
>>     log-queries
>>     log-dhcp
>>     no-daemon
>>     listen-address=127.0.0.1
>>     port=53
>>     interface=eth0
>>     bind-interfaces
>>     cache-size=1000
>>     neg-ttl=3600
>>
>>     Dnsmasq Running as inline from default:
>>
>>     root at host1:~# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
>>     * Restarting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq
>>
>>     dnsmasq: started, version 2.68 cachesize 1000
>>     dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt DBus i18n IDN DHCP
>>     DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP conntrack ipset auth
>>     dnsmasq: reading /etc/resolv.conf
>>     dnsmasq: using nameserver 11.45.45.9#53
>>     dnsmasq: read /etc/hosts - 7 addresses
>>     User defined signal 1
>>     root at host1:~# dnsmasq: time 1433019086
>>     dnsmasq: cache size 1000, 0/0 cache insertions re-used unexpired
>> cache
>>     entries.
>>     dnsmasq: queries forwarded 0, queries answered locally 0
>>     dnsmasq: queries for authoritative zones 0
>>     dnsmasq: Host                                     Address
>>
>>     Flags     Expires
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-allnodes                             ff02::1
>>
>>     6FRI   H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-localnet                             fe00::
>>
>>     6FRI   H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-localhost                            ::1
>>
>>     6FRI   H
>>     dnsmasq: pep                                      127.0.1.1
>>
>>     4FRI   H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-mcastprefix                          ff00::
>>
>>     6FRI   H
>>     dnsmasq: localhost                                127.0.0.1
>>
>>     4FRI   H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-loopback                             ::1
>>
>>     6F I   H
>>     dnsmasq: ip6-allrouters                           ff02::2
>>
>>     6FRI   H
>>
>>     Dnsmasq process status:
>>
>>     root at host1:~# ps aux | grep dnsmasq
>>     dnsmasq  23437  0.0  0.0  27636   936 ?        S    16:36   0:00
>>     /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -x /var/run/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.pid -u dnsmasq
>>     -r /var/run/dnsmasq/resolv.conf -7 /etc/dnsmasq.d,.dpkg-dist,.dpkg-
>>     old,.dpkg-new
>>
>>     Dnsmasq package status:
>>
>>     root at host1:~# dpkg -l | grep dnsmasq
>>     ii  dnsmasq                                               2.68-1
>>                                          all          Small caching DNS
>> proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
>>     ii  dnsmasq-base                                          2.68-1
>>                                      amd64        Small caching DNS proxy
>> and DHCP/TFTP server
>>     ii  dnsmasq-utils                                         2.68-1
>>                                         amd64        Utilities for
>> manipulating DHCP leases
>>
>> ==
>> ==
>>
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