Troubleshooting / symptôme

DNSSEC causes SERVFAIL in certain areas

Resolutions fail only for certain areas that have been signed.

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What you are seeing

Resolutions fail only for certain areas that have been signed.

Likely causes
  1. DNSSEC trust chain
  2. Invalid SD
  3. clock or validator
First checks
  1. Limit the impact.
  2. Collecting Evidence.
  3. Test the the simplest hypothesis.
Recommended actions
  1. Correct the confirmed cause rather than the symptom.
  2. Document the change and result.
  3. Establish supervision if the defect can recur.
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Resolutions fail only for certain areas that have been signed.

Important: relevez toujours le message d’erreur exact et l’heure du problème avant de modifier la configuration. Les actions proposées doivent être adaptées à votre environnement.

Causes probables

  • DNSSEC trust chain
  • Invalid SD
  • clock or validator

Diagnostic étape par étape

  1. 1

    Limit the impact.

    Identify whether a position, service or entire site is affected.

  2. 2

    Collecting Evidence.

    Keep the message accurate, time, and associated logs.

  3. 3

    Test the the simplest hypothesis.

    Compare with equipment or functional path.

  4. 4

    Correct and validate.

    Apply only one change at a time and retester.

Commands utiles

Resolve-Dns(1) example.com -DnssecOk.

Solutions possibles

  • Correct the confirmed cause rather than the symptom.
  • Document the change and result.
  • Establish supervision if the defect can recur.
Quand escalader ?

Cadader if the impact extends, if the data are at risk or if the cause involves irreversible modification.

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