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+.. _dns-forwarding:
+
+##############
+DNS Forwarding
+##############
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+VyOS provides DNS infrastructure for small networks. It is designed to be
+lightweight and have a small footprint, suitable for resource constrained
+routers and firewalls, for this we utilize PowerDNS recursor.
+
+The VyOS DNS forwarder does not require an upstream DNS server. It can serve as a
+full recursive DNS server - but it can also forward queries to configurable
+upstream DNS servers. By not configuring any upstream DNS servers you also
+avoid to be tracked by the provider of your upstream DNS server.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding system
+
+ Forward incoming DNS queries to the DNS servers configured under the ``system
+ name-server`` nodes.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding name-server <address>
+
+ Send all DNS queries to the IPv4/IPv6 DNS server specified under `<address>`.
+ You can configure multiple nameservers here.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding domain <domain-name> server <address>
+
+ Forward received queries for a particular domain (specified via `domain-name`)
+ to a given name-server. Multiple nameservers can be specified. You can use
+ this feature for a DNS split-horizon configuration.
+
+ .. note:: This also works for reverse-lookup zones (``18.172.in-addr.arpa``).
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding allow-from <network>
+
+ Given the fact that open DNS recursors could be used on DDOS amplification
+ attacts, you must configure the networks which are allowed to use this
+ recursor. A network of ``0.0.0.0/0`` or ``::/0`` would allow all IPv4 and
+ IPv6 networks to query this server. This is on general a bad idea.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding dnssec <off | process-no-validate | process | log-fail | validate>
+
+ The PowerDNS Recursor has 5 different levels of DNSSEC processing, which can
+ be set with the dnssec setting. In order from least to most processing, these
+ are:
+
+ * **off** In this mode, no DNSSEC processing takes place. The recursor will
+ not set the DNSSEC OK (DO) bit in the outgoing queries and will ignore the
+ DO and AD bits in queries.
+
+ * **process-no-validate** In this mode the Recursor acts as a "security
+ aware, non-validating" nameserver, meaning it will set the DO-bit on
+ outgoing queries and will provide DNSSEC related RRsets (NSEC, RRSIG) to
+ clients that ask for them (by means of a DO-bit in the query), except for
+ zones provided through the auth-zones setting. It will not do any
+ validation in this mode, not even when requested by the client.
+
+ * **process** When dnssec is set to process the behaviour is similar to
+ process-no-validate. However, the recursor will try to validate the data
+ if at least one of the DO or AD bits is set in the query; in that case,
+ it will set the AD-bit in the response when the data is validated
+ successfully, or send SERVFAIL when the validation comes up bogus.
+
+ * **log-fail** In this mode, the recursor will attempt to validate all data
+ it retrieves from authoritative servers, regardless of the client's DNSSEC
+ desires, and will log the validation result. This mode can be used to
+ determine the extra load and amount of possibly bogus answers before
+ turning on full-blown validation. Responses to client queries are the same
+ as with process.
+
+ * **validate** The highest mode of DNSSEC processing. In this mode, all
+ queries will be validated and will be answered with a SERVFAIL in case of
+ bogus data, regardless of the client's request.
+
+ .. note:: The famous UNIX/Linux ``dig`` tool sets the AD-bit in the query.
+ This might lead to unexpected query results when testing. Set ``+noad``
+ on the ``dig`` commandline when this is the case.
+
+ .. note:: The ``CD``-bit is honored correctly for process and validate. For
+ log-fail, failures will be logged too.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding ignore-hosts-file
+
+ Do not use local ``/etc/hosts`` file in name resolution. VyOS DHCP server
+ will use this file to add resolvers to assigned addresses.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding max-cache-entries
+
+ Maximum number of DNS cache entries. 1 million per CPU core will generally
+ suffice for most installations.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding negative-ttl
+
+ A query for which there is authoritatively no answer is cached to quickly
+ deny a record's existence later on, without putting a heavy load on the
+ remote server. In practice, caches can become saturated with hundreds of
+ thousands of hosts which are tried only once. This setting, which defaults
+ to 3600 seconds, puts a maximum on the amount of time negative entries are
+ cached.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns forwarding listen-address
+
+ The local IPv4 or IPv6 addresses to bind the DNS forwarder to. The forwarder will listen on this address for
+ incoming connections.
+
+Example
+=======
+
+A VyOS router with two interfaces - eth0 (WAN) and eth1 (LAN) - is required to implement a split-horizon DNS configuration for example.com.
+
+In this scenario:
+
+* All DNS requests for example.com must be forwarded to a DNS server at 192.0.2.254
+ and 2001:db8:cafe::1
+* All other DNS requests will be forwarded to a different set of DNS servers at 192.0.2.1,
+ 192.0.2.2, 2001:db8::1:ffff and 2001:db8::2:ffff
+* The VyOS DNS forwarder will only listen for requests on the eth1 (LAN) interface addresses - 192.168.1.254
+ for IPv4 and 2001:db8::ffff for IPv6
+* The VyOS DNS forwarder will only accept lookup requests from the LAN subnets - 192.168.1.0/24 and 2001:db8::/64
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ set service dns forwarding domain example.com server 192.0.2.254
+ set service dns forwarding domain example.com server 2001:db8:cafe::1
+ set service dns forwarding name-server 192.0.2.1
+ set service dns forwarding name-server 192.0.2.2
+ set service dns forwarding name-server 2001:db8::1:ffff
+ set service dns forwarding name-server 2001:db8::2:ffff
+ set service dns forwarding listen-address 192.168.1.254
+ set service dns forwarding listen-address 2001:db8::ffff
+ set service dns forwarding allow-from 192.168.1.0/24
+ set service dns forwarding allow-from 2001:db8::/64
+
+Operation
+=========
+
+.. opcmd:: reset dns forwarding <all | domain>
+
+ Resets the local DNS forwarding cache database. You can reset the cache for all
+ entries or only for entries to a specific domain.
+
+.. opcmd:: restart dns forwarding
+
+ Restarts the DNS recursor process. This also invalidates the local DNS forwarding cache.
+
+
+.. _dynamic-dns:
+
+###########
+Dynamic DNS
+###########
+
+VyOS is able to update a remote DNS record when an interface gets a new IP
+address. In order to do so, VyOS includes ddclient_, a Perl script written for
+this only one purpose.
+
+ddclient_ uses two methods to update a DNS record. The first one will send
+updates directly to the DNS daemon, in compliance with :rfc:`2136`. The second
+one involves a third party service, like DynDNS.com or any other similar
+website. This method uses HTTP requests to transmit the new IP address. You
+can configure both in VyOS.
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+:rfc:`2136` Based
+-----------------
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136 <service-name>
+
+ Create new :rfc:`2136` DNS update configuration which will update the IP
+ address assigned to `<interface>` on the service you configured under
+ `<service-name>`.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136 <service-name> key <keyfile>
+
+ File identified by `<keyfile>` containing the secret RNDC key shared with
+ remote DNS server.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136 <service-name> server <server>
+
+ Configure the DNS `<server>` IP/FQDN used when updating this dynamic
+ assignment.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136 <service-name> zone <zone>
+
+ Configure DNS `<zone>` to be updated.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136 <service-name> record <record>
+
+ Configure DNS `<record>` which should be updated. This can be set multiple
+ times.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136 <service-name> ttl <ttl>
+
+ Configure optional TTL value on the given resource record. This defualts to
+ 600 seconds.
+
+Example
+^^^^^^^
+
+* Register DNS record ``example.vyos.io`` on DNS server ``ns1.vyos.io``
+* Use auth key file at ``/config/auth/my.key``
+* Set TTL to 300 seconds
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ vyos@vyos# show service dns dynamic
+ interface eth0.7 {
+ rfc2136 VyOS-DNS {
+ key /config/auth/my.key
+ record example.vyos.io
+ server ns1.vyos.io
+ ttl 300
+ zone vyos.io
+ }
+ }
+
+This will render the following ddclient_ configuration entry:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ #
+ # ddclient configuration for interface "eth0.7":
+ #
+ use=if, if=eth0.7
+
+ # RFC2136 dynamic DNS configuration for example.vyos.io.vyos.io
+ server=ns1.vyos.io
+ protocol=nsupdate
+ password=/config/auth/my.key
+ ttl=300
+ zone=vyos.io
+ example.vyos.io
+
+.. note:: You can also keep different DNS zone updated. Just create a new
+ config node: ``set service dns dynamic interface <interface> rfc2136
+ <other-service-name>``
+
+HTTP based services
+-------------------
+
+VyOS is also able to use any service relying on protocols supported by ddclient.
+
+To use such a service, one must define a login, password, one or multiple
+hostnames, protocol and server.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> service <service> host-name <hostname>
+
+ Setup the dynamic DNS hostname `<hostname>` associated with the DynDNS
+ provider identified by `<service>` when the IP address on interface
+ `<interface>` changes.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> service <service> login <username>
+
+ Configure `<username>` used when authenticating the update request for
+ DynDNS service identified by `<service>`.
+ For Namecheap, set the <domain> you wish to update.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> service <service> password <password>
+
+ Configure `<password>` used when authenticating the update request for
+ DynDNS service identified by `<service>`.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> service <service> protocol <protocol>
+
+ When a ``custom`` DynDNS provider is used the protocol used for communicating
+ to the provider must be specified under `<protocol>`. See the embedded
+ completion helper for available protocols.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> service <service> server <server>
+
+ When a ``custom`` DynDNS provider is used the `<server>` where update
+ requests are being sent to must be specified.
+
+Example:
+^^^^^^^^
+
+Use DynDNS as your preferred provider:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ set service dns dynamic interface eth0 service dyndns
+ set service dns dynamic interface eth0 service dyndns login my-login
+ set service dns dynamic interface eth0 service dyndns password my-password
+ set service dns dynamic interface eth0 service dyndns host-name my-dyndns-hostname
+
+.. note:: Multiple services can be used per interface. Just specify as many
+ serives per interface as you like!
+
+Running Behind NAT
+------------------
+
+By default, ddclient_ will update a dynamic dns record using the IP address
+directly attached to the interface. If your VyOS instance is behind NAT, your
+record will be updated to point to your internal IP.
+
+ddclient_ has another way to determine the WAN IP address. This is controlled
+by:
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> use-web url <url>
+
+ Use configured `<url>` to determine your IP address. ddclient_ will load
+ `<url>` and tries to extract your IP address from the response.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set service dns dynamic interface <interface> use-web skip <pattern>
+
+ ddclient_ will skip any address located before the string set in `<pattern>`.
+
+.. _ddclient: https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient