Hello!
Knot 3.2.0 with a Thales HSM configured this way: (btw, I am not obfuscating
addresses or zone names -- these are actual testing names :)
keystore:
- id: thales
backend: pkcs11
config: "pkcs11:token=XX;pin-value=XXX
/opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so"
key-label: on
policy:
- id: manualHSM
keystore: thales
single-type-signing: off
manual: on
zone:
- domain: tt05
dnssec-signing: on
dnssec-policy: manualHSM
master: pdns
acl: [ xfr, notify_from_pdns ]
The zone `tt05' exists on the primary and can be transferred, as the following
logs will show.
I start off by generating a KSK and a ZSK, and verify that the keys are
actually on the HSM:
$ keymgr tt05 generate algorithm=8 size=2048 ksk=yes zsk=no
579f877d1739efb7bcf551e41c8777e965f8416f
$ keymgr tt05 generate algorithm=8 size=2048 ksk=no zsk=yes
eb8ef53ebffbd9950bfa914f7f2b0f1cd43bbe63
$ cklist -n | grep tt05
CKA_LABEL "tt05. KSK"
CKA_LABEL "tt05. ZSK"
I now reload Knot, and at this point I am actually expecting the server to
"see" the new zone, get the keys, perform the transfer (XFR) and sign the zone.
But all that doesn't happen:
$ knotc reload
Reloaded
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 info: [tt05.] AXFR, incoming, remote 192.168.33.31@53,
started
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 info: [tt05.] AXFR, incoming, remote 192.168.33.31@53,
finished, 0.00 seconds, 3 messages, 377 bytes
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, key, tag 38930, algorithm
RSASHA256, KSK, public, active
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, key, tag 511, algorithm
RSASHA256, public, active
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 error: [tt05.] DNSSEC, failed to load private keys
(not exists)
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 error: [tt05.] DNSSEC, failed to load keys (not exists)
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, next signing at
2023-02-09T13:10:10+0100
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 error: [tt05.] refresh, failed (not exists)
2023-02-09T12:10:10+0100 error: [tt05.] zone event 'refresh' failed (not exists)
In the above, I don't understand why it's failed to load the keys. My
_assumption_ is that the server has enumerated the keys from the HSM but did
that before the two keys for this zone were created. Invoking `knotc
zone-keys-load' doesn't alter the situation.
I do understand the 'refresh' failing, as the zone tt05 doesn't as yet exist on
this knot secondary.
So I initiate a zone transfer:
$ knotc zone-retransfer tt05
OK
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 info: [tt05.] control, received command
'zone-retransfer'
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 info: [tt05.] AXFR, incoming, remote 192.168.33.31@53,
started
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 info: [tt05.] AXFR, incoming, remote 192.168.33.31@53,
finished, 0.00 seconds, 3 messages, 377 bytes
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, key, tag 38930, algorithm
RSASHA256, KSK, public, active
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, key, tag 511, algorithm
RSASHA256, public, active
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 error: [tt05.] DNSSEC, failed to load private keys
(not exists)
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 error: [tt05.] DNSSEC, failed to load keys (not exists)
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, next signing at
2023-02-09T13:11:04+0100
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 error: [tt05.] refresh, failed (not exists)
2023-02-09T12:11:04+0100 error: [tt05.] zone event 'refresh' failed (not exists)
It is clear that the transfer succeeds (the logs on the primary corroborate
this), and knot apparently knows the correct keys to use for the zone.
Why is it not signing it?
$ knotc zone-sign tt05
OK
2023-02-09T12:11:38+0100 info: [tt05.] control, received command 'zone-sign'
2023-02-09T12:11:38+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, dropping previous signatures,
re-signing zone
2023-02-09T12:11:38+0100 error: [tt05.] zone event 're-sign' failed (invalid
parameter)
I now restart the server:
# <restart knotd>
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: Knot DNS 3.2.0 starting
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: loaded configuration file '/etc/knot.conf',
mapsize 500 MiB
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: using UDP reuseport, incoming TCP Fast Open
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: binding to interface 10.24.34.16@5353
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: changed directory to /
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: loading 7 zones
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: [tt05.] zone will be loaded
2023-02-09T12:12:16+0100 info: starting server
2023-02-09T12:12:18+0100 info: [tt05.] failed to parse zone file
'/var/zones/tt05' (not exists)
Here again, I understand it cannot parse the zone, because the transfer hasn't
actually been comitted to disk.
So I manually transfer:
$ knotc zone-retransfer tt05
OK
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] control, received command
'zone-retransfer'
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] AXFR, incoming, remote 192.168.33.31@53,
started
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] AXFR, incoming, remote 192.168.33.31@53,
finished, 0.00 seconds, 3 messages, 377 bytes
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, key, tag 38930, algorithm
RSASHA256, KSK, public, active
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, key, tag 511, algorithm
RSASHA256, public, active
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, signing started
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, successfully signed
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] DNSSEC, next signing at
2023-02-23T11:13:24+0100
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] refresh, remote 192.168.33.31@53, zone
updated, 0.44 seconds, serial none -> 2023010100, remote serial 2023010100,
expires in 604800 seconds
2023-02-09T12:13:23+0100 info: [tt05.] zone file updated, serial 2023010100
And now the zone is signed.
Is there some way to 'streamline' this? :-) Or am I just doing something wrong
or being too impatient?
Best regards,
-JP
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