NextDNS Installer

dave14305 · Jan 9, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Just pushed the v1.4.19 that should fix this issue (should be available in a few minutes).

Despite the addition of the TZ variable to the init script, the syslog timestamps are still in UTC. Currently 21:12 where I am. Showing 02:00. Not urgent, but there must be something deeper that determines it.

Code:

Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Recieved signal: terminated
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Stopping NextDNS 1.4.19/linux
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Restore router settings
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Restore router settings: open /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: no such file or directory
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: NextDNS 1.4.19/linux stopped
Jan  9 21:09:11 nextdns.init: Stopped
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Starting NextDNS 1.4.19/linux on 127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Listening on TCP/127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Listening on UDP/127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Starting discovery resolver

XIII · Jan 10, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
No, it should reinstall itself with the same configuration. Didn't work for you?

Indeed. Same after upgrading from 1.4.18 to 1.4.19, but maybe I'm doing it wrong?

Code:

admin@ac86u:/tmp# /jffs/nextdns/nextdns version
nextdns version 1.4.18

admin@ac86u:/tmp# sh -c "$(curl -sL https://nextdns.io/install)"
INFO: OS: asuswrt-merlin
INFO: GOARCH: armv7
INFO: GOOS: linux
u) Upgrade NextDNS from 1.4.18 to 1.4.19
c) Configure NextDNS
r) Remove NextDNS
e) Exit
Choice (default=u): u
INFO: Upgrading NextDNS...
c) Configure NextDNS
r) Remove NextDNS
e) Exit
Choice (default=c): e

admin@ac86u:/tmp# /jffs/nextdns/nextdns status
not installed

Olivier Poitrey · Jan 10, 2020

XIII said:

Indeed. Same after upgrading from 1.4.18 to 1.4.19, but maybe I'm doing it wrong?

Code:

admin@ac86u:/tmp# /jffs/nextdns/nextdns version
nextdns version 1.4.18

admin@ac86u:/tmp# sh -c "$(curl -sL https://nextdns.io/install)"
INFO: OS: asuswrt-merlin
INFO: GOARCH: armv7
INFO: GOOS: linux
u) Upgrade NextDNS from 1.4.18 to 1.4.19
c) Configure NextDNS
r) Remove NextDNS
e) Exit
Choice (default=u): u
INFO: Upgrading NextDNS...
c) Configure NextDNS
r) Remove NextDNS
e) Exit
Choice (default=c): e

admin@ac86u:/tmp# /jffs/nextdns/nextdns status
not installed

You are right. It is now fixed.

ajp2k14 · Jan 10, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Just pushed the v1.4.19 that should fix this issue (should be available in a few minutes).

Installing works on my AC86U now, thanks!

ajp2k14 · Jan 10, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Just pushed the v1.4.19 that should fix this issue (should be available in a few minutes).

Some error message about activating, appears to work though.

Code:

ac86admin@RT-AC86U:/jffs/nextdns# ./nextdns log
Jan 10 11:03:34 nextdns[2894]: Starting NextDNS 1.4.19/linux on 127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 11:03:34 nextdns[2894]: Listening on TCP/127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 11:03:34 nextdns[2894]: Starting discovery resolver
Jan 10 11:03:34 nextdns[2894]: Listening on UDP/127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 11:03:34 nextdns[2894]: Discovered(mdns) 192.168.100.200 = DISKSTATION
Jan 10 11:03:39 nextdns[2894]: Setting up router
Jan 10 11:03:39 nextdns[2894]: Activating
Jan 10 11:03:39 nextdns[2894]: Activate: activate: 127.0.0.1:5342: non 53 port not supported
Jan 10 11:03:39 nextdns[2894]: Recieved signal: child exited (ignored)
Jan 10 11:03:55 nextdns[2894]: Recieved signal: hangup (ignored)
Jan 10 11:03:58 nextdns[2894]: Connected 45.90.28.0:443 (con=20ms tls=171ms, TLS13)
Jan 10 11:03:58 nextdns[2894]: Connected 185.94.188.30:443 (con=20ms tls=44ms, TLS13)
Jan 10 11:03:58 nextdns[2894]: Switching endpoint: https://m247-ams-1.edge.nextdns.io#185.94.188.30,2001:ac8:22::100

dave14305 · Jan 10, 2020

@Olivier Poitrey More feedback specific to John's fork (uname -o="ASUSWRT-Merlin-LTS"):

During setup, it does not find /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq because it is not used on this firmware. In dnsmasq it uses "resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf" which contains "nameserver 1.1.1.1" entries instead of "server=" entries.
Check nvram stubby_proxy=1 or 0 instead of dnspriv_enabled=1 or 0 in Merlin.

Perhaps because of the setup error it is not restarting dnsmasq on install or stopping and not removing /jffs/configs/dnsmasq.conf.add. So I usually end up restarting dnsmasq manually.

Code:

Jan 10 16:00:31 nextdns[5454]: Setting up router
Jan 10 16:00:31 nextdns[5454]: Setting up router: open /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: no such file or directory
Jan 10 16:00:31 nextdns[5454]: Recieved signal: child exited (ignored)
Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Recieved signal: terminated
Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Stopping NextDNS 1.4.19/linux
Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Restore router settings
Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Restore router settings: open /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: no such file or directory
Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: NextDNS 1.4.19/linux stopped
Jan 10 11:15:54 nextdns.init: Stopped

The majority of users on this forum are using Merlin's current firmware, so you may not want to invest too heavily in adaptations for John's fork.

Olivier Poitrey · Jan 10, 2020

dave14305 said:
@Olivier Poitrey More feedback specific to John's fork (uname -o="ASUSWRT-Merlin-LTS"):

During setup, it does not find /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq because it is not used on this firmware. In dnsmasq it uses "resolv-file=/tmp/resolv.conf" which contains "nameserver 1.1.1.1" entries instead of "server=" entries.

Check nvram stubby_proxy=1 or 0 instead of dnspriv_enabled=1 or 0 in Merlin.

Perhaps because of the setup error it is not restarting dnsmasq on install or stopping and not removing /jffs/configs/dnsmasq.conf.add. So I usually end up restarting dnsmasq manually.

Code:

Jan 10 16:00:31 nextdns[5454]: Setting up router Jan 10 16:00:31 nextdns[5454]: Setting up router: open /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: no such file or directory Jan 10 16:00:31 nextdns[5454]: Recieved signal: child exited (ignored) Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Recieved signal: terminated Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Stopping NextDNS 1.4.19/linux Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Restore router settings Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: Restore router settings: open /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: no such file or directory Jan 10 16:15:52 nextdns[5454]: NextDNS 1.4.19/linux stopped Jan 10 11:15:54 nextdns.init: Stopped

The majority of users on this forum are using Merlin's current firmware, so you may not want to invest too heavily in adaptations for John's fork.

Could you please open a ticket on github about this? It would be easier to follow.
It's not a huge effort to support it, no worries.

Olivier Poitrey · Jan 12, 2020

dave14305 said:

Despite the addition of the TZ variable to the init script, the syslog timestamps are still in UTC. Currently 21:12 where I am. Showing 02:00. Not urgent, but there must be something deeper that determines it.

Code:

Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Recieved signal: terminated
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Stopping NextDNS 1.4.19/linux
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Restore router settings
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: Restore router settings: open /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: no such file or directory
Jan 10 02:09:10 nextdns[28031]: NextDNS 1.4.19/linux stopped
Jan  9 21:09:11 nextdns.init: Stopped
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Starting NextDNS 1.4.19/linux on 127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Listening on TCP/127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Listening on UDP/127.0.0.1:5342
Jan 10 02:09:11 nextdns[28113]: Starting discovery resolver

Fixed in https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/commit/6983c9c3a2ea0c45be108e215204527d58b59cfa.

thelonelycoder · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Fixed in https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/commit/6983c9c3a2ea0c45be108e215204527d58b59cfa.

Under Supported Platforms on the Github page it should say

Asuswrt-Merlin

instead of

ASUS-Merlin

XIII · Jan 12, 2020

NextDNS via DoH was more stable for a week (than DoT), but now I again have no DNS...

Already restarted router and nextdns executable. What else can I try? (before disabling NextDNS)

XIII · Jan 12, 2020

Temporarily configured 1.1.1.1 as DNS (without encryption) and updated to 1.4.20 (then removed 1.1.1.1 again).

DNS is working again (but for how long this time?).

dave14305 · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Fixed in https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/commit/6983c9c3a2ea0c45be108e215204527d58b59cfa.

Still not working right, even though the file is downloaded and linked to /etc/localtime. Still getting UTC times.

EDIT: putting “unset TZ” in the nextdns.init script fixes the timezone issue for me. Go won’t look at localtime if TZ is set.

The other fixes for John’s fork work great! Thanks!

XIII · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
You are right. It is now fixed.

Confirmed (1.4.20).

Olivier Poitrey · Jan 12, 2020

XIII said:
Temporarily configured 1.1.1.1 as DNS (without encryption) and updated to 1.4.20 (then removed 1.1.1.1 again).

DNS is working again (but for how long this time?).

Can you send the output of “nextdns log” to team@nextdns.io when it is failing?

Olivier Poitrey · Jan 12, 2020

dave14305 said:
Still not working right, even though the file is downloaded and linked to /etc/localtime. Still getting UTC times.

EDIT: putting “unset TZ” in the nextdns.init script fixes the timezone issue for me. Go won’t look at localtime if TZ is set.

The other fixes for John’s fork work great! Thanks!

Which tz do you have in your settings?

dave14305 · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Which tz do you have in your settings?

EST5DST.

# cat /etc/TZ
EST5DST,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2

https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/time/zoneinfo_unix.go#L28

XIII · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
Can you send the output of “nextdns log” to team@nextdns.io when it is failing?

I will (try to remember that).

Unfortunately the current log is only from after the restart.

Olivier Poitrey · Jan 12, 2020

XIII said:
I will (try to remember that).

Unfortunately the current log is only from after the restart.

The one on the jffs partition should aurvive the reboot. It is the one nextdns log is greping.

dave14305 · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
The one on the jffs partition should aurvive the reboot. It is the one nextdns log is greping.

It’s also possible the relevant log entries have rotated to /jffs/syslog.log-1.

XIII · Jan 12, 2020

Olivier Poitrey said:
The one on the jffs partition should aurvive the reboot. It is the one nextdns log is greping.

Unfortunately the same result: a few entries from May 5 (before NTP was working) and everything else is from after the reboot.

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