[Pdns-users] Re: Domain is stale, not updating zone, running in loop

[TWC|Mario Peschel]

OH SORRY - Is this bug already known? Will the developers offer a 
bugfixed version?

Thanks, Mario

TWC | Mario Peschel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was running PowerDNS for months without problems. I have to servers, 
> one is the primary dns (and supermaster) and the other is the secondary 
> dns. Both running PowerDNS with mySQL backend.
> 
> Usaly, when something on the primary dns is changed, it will notify the 
> secondary. This still works. Then the secondary will get the zone data 
> from the primary. But this does'nt work anymore since some days. I tried 
> to delete the zone from the secondary and download a fresh from the 
> primary but this doesnt work too.
> 
> The logfile doesnt show anything important to me:
> 
> [...]
> 
> Jan 15 11:24:09 This is a standalone pdns
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Opened file '/etc/powerdns/pdns.conf' for configuration
> Jan 15 11:24:09 UDP server bound to x.x.x.x:53
> Jan 15 11:24:09 UDP server bound to 127.0.0.1:53
> Jan 15 11:24:09 TCP server bound to x.x.x.x:53
> Jan 15 11:24:09 TCP server bound to 127.0.0.1:53
> Jan 15 11:24:09 PowerDNS 2.9.13 (C) 2001-2003 PowerDNS.COM BV (Dec 17 
> 2003, 19:21:21) starting up
> Jan 15 11:24:09 PowerDNS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free 
> software, and you are welcome to redistribute it according to the terms 
> of the GPL version 2.
> Jan 15 11:24:09 DNS Proxy launched, local port 43406, remote 217.5.100.1:53
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Launched webserver on x.x.x.x:8081
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Creating backend connection for TCP
> Jan 15 11:24:09 gmysql Connection succesful
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Master/slave communicator launching
> Jan 15 11:24:09 gmysql Connection succesful
> Jan 15 11:24:09 About to create 3 backend threads
> Jan 15 11:24:09 gmysql Connection succesful
> Jan 15 11:24:09 gmysql Connection succesful
> Jan 15 11:24:09 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 gmysql Connection succesful
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 No master domains need notifications
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Done launching threads, ready to distribute questions
> Jan 15 11:24:09 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:09 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain1.com is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 Domain domain2.de is stale, master serial 2004011500, 
> our serial 0
> Jan 15 11:24:10 2 slave domains need checking
> 
> [...]
> 
> This is going on endless in a loop.
> 
> The PowerDNS webinterface on the primary under the 'Top 10 Remote server 
> IP-addresses' shows my secondary with 98% and 5000 hits.
> 
> What is going wrong here? How can I get more debug infos? :-(
> 
> Thanks,
> Mario
> 

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