Pihole not resolving dns query

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Environment:

pihole running on Raspberry PI as docker container.

root@pihole:/# pihole -v -c
Current Pi-hole version is v5.5
Current AdminLTE version is v5.7
Current FTL version is v5.10.2
root@pihole:/#

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/*release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

Expected Behaviour:

DNS resolution should work for the normal internet traffic.

Actual Behaviour:

All web traffic is failing with DNS resolution failure.

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/hV1t4mRF/

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ docker -v
Docker version 20.10.8, build 3967b7d
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

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output of dig command from pc to pihole -

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> 192.168.1.105 www.google.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

pihole -t

00:42:55: query[A] www.google.com from 192.168.1.113
00:42:55: forwarded www.google.com to 8.8.8.8
00:42:55: forwarded www.google.com to 8.8.4.4
00:42:55: forwarded www.google.com to 1.1.1.1
00:42:55: forwarded www.google.com to 1.0.0.1
00:42:58: query[PTR] 113.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa from 127.0.0.1
00:42:58: config 192.168.1.113 is NXDOMAIN
00:43:00: query[A] www.google.com from 192.168.1.113
00:43:00: forwarded www.google.com to 8.8.8.8
00:43:00: forwarded www.google.com to 8.8.4.4
00:43:00: forwarded www.google.com to 1.1.1.1
00:43:00: forwarded www.google.com to 1.0.0.1
00:43:05: query[A] www.google.com from 192.168.1.113
00:43:05: forwarded www.google.com to 8.8.8.8
00:43:05: forwarded www.google.com to 8.8.4.4
00:43:05: forwarded www.google.com to 1.1.1.1
00:43:05: forwarded www.google.com to 1.0.0.1
00:43:09: query[A] pi.hole from 127.0.0.1
00:43:09: Pi-hole hostname pi.hole is 0.0.0.0
00:43:11: query[PTR] 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa from 127.0.0.1
00:43:11: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 8.8.8.8
00:43:11: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 8.8.4.4
00:43:11: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 1.1.1.1
00:43:11: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 1.0.0.1
00:43:14: query[PTR] 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa from 127.0.0.1
00:43:14: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 8.8.8.8
00:43:14: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 8.8.4.4
00:43:14: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 1.1.1.1
00:43:14: forwarded 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa to 1.0.0.1

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Your above output would suggest that Pi-hole correctly forwards queries to its upstream servers, but never receives an answer by them.

Run from your Pi-hole host machine, what's the output of

dig www.google.com @8.8.8.8

Also, please share your docker compose or docker run script for Pi-hole.

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  1. output for the dig command requested below
dig www.google.com 8.8.8.8

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> www.google.com 8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16446
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.google.com.         156     IN      A       142.250.204.4

;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 12 08:23:04 AEDT 2021
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 59
  1. I am using Portainer to manage the docker containers.
    Below is the output from Portainer.
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        ],
        "Env": [
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            "PATH=/opt/pihole:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
            "PHP_ENV_CONFIG=/etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/15-fastcgi-php.conf",
            "PHP_ERROR_LOG=/var/log/lighttpd/error.log",
            "PIHOLE_ARCH=arm",
            "PIHOLE_INSTALL=/etc/.pihole/automated install/basic-install.sh",
            "PIHOLE_TAG=pihole/pihole:2021.09-armhf-buster",
            "S6_BEHAVIOUR_IF_STAGE2_FAILS=2",
            "S6_KEEP_ENV=1",
            "S6_LOGGING=0",
            "S6OVERLAY_RELEASE=https://github.com/just-containers/s6-overlay/releases/download/v2.1.0.2/s6-overlay-arm.tar.gz",
            "ServerIP=127.0.0.1",
            "UBUNTU_SUITE=buster",
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            "CORE_VERSION=",
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                    "End": "2021-10-12T08:23:37.848270329+11:00",
                    "ExitCode": 0,
                    "Output": "\n; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u5-Debian <<>> +norecurse +retry=0 @127.0.0.1 pi.hole\n; (1 server found)\n;; global options: +cmd\n;; Got answer:\n;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 53213\n;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1\n\n;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:\n; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096\n;; QUESTION SECTION:\n;pi.hole.\t\t\tIN\tA\n\n;; ANSWER SECTION:\npi.hole.\t\t0\tIN\tA\t127.0.0.1\n\n;; Query time: 0 msec\n;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)\n;; WHEN: Tue Oct 12 08:23:37 AEDT 2021\n;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 52\n\n",
                    "Start": "2021-10-12T08:23:37.542009575+11:00"
                },
                {
                    "End": "2021-10-12T08:24:08.245993719+11:00",
                    "ExitCode": 0,
                    "Output": "\n; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u5-Debian <<>> +norecurse +retry=0 @127.0.0.1 pi.hole\n; (1 server found)\n;; global options: +cmd\n;; Got answer:\n;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59327\n;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1\n\n;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:\n; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096\n;; QUESTION SECTION:\n;pi.hole.\t\t\tIN\tA\n\n;; ANSWER SECTION:\npi.hole.\t\t0\tIN\tA\t127.0.0.1\n\n;; Query time: 1 msec\n;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)\n;; WHEN: Tue Oct 12 08:24:08 AEDT 2021\n;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 52\n\n",
                    "Start": "2021-10-12T08:24:07.877185039+11:00"
                }
            ],
            "Status": "healthy"
        },
        "OOMKilled": false,
        "Paused": false,
        "Pid": 1908,
        "Restarting": false,
        "Running": true,
        "StartedAt": "2021-10-11T00:34:02.128302674Z",
        "Status": "running"
    }
}
8

So your Pi-hole host has no issues using an 8.8.8.8 public resolver.
Could you re-run that command from inside your Pi-hole container?

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  1. When i ran the below commands the DNS Configuration in Router was pointing to 1.1.1.1, and then I was able to get a response.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ docker exec -ti pihole bash
root@pihole:/# dig www.google.com @8.8.8.8

; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u5-Debian <<>> www.google.com @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22350
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.google.com.                        IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.google.com.         268     IN      A       142.250.204.4

;; Query time: 15 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Wed Oct 13 08:32:46 AEDT 2021
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 59

root@pihole:/#
  1. When the router had pihole as DNS server the below was the output
**Windows PC**
root@N-20HEPF0VL6MN:~# dig www.nokia.com @192.168.1.105

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> www.nokia.com @192.168.1.105
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

root@N-20HEPF0VL6MN:~# ssh pi@192.168.1.105

**R-PI**
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dig www.google.com @192.168.1.105
^C
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dig www.google.com @8.8.8.8
^C
pi@raspberrypi:~ docker exec -ti pihole bash

**pihole docker container**
root@pihole:/# dig www.google.com @8.8.8.8

; <<>> DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1+deb10u5-Debian <<>> www.google.com @8.8.8.8
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
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That would suggest an issue with your router, e.g. because it would block Pi-hole's DNS requests. What make and model is your router?

However, it is strange that forcing resolution via a public resolver (@8.8.8.8) would be affected by your router's configuration of upstream DNS servers at all.
I'd expect a lookup via @8.8.8.8 to always succeed for a given client (or always fail if a firewall somewhere would block requests for that client).
In your case, the lookup fails when your router is using Pi-hole for DNS, and succeeds when it's using a public DNS server.

Let's check whether your router may redirect DNS requests.
What's the result of:

nslookup flurry.com 80.241.218.68

Also, please provide a fresh debug token. Your original one has expired.

11

Indeed, it was a configuration issue with the router.
I configured the pi-hole IP address as DNS server on the WAN configuration, rather than on the LAN side config.

After updating the configuration in the Router, it is working as expected. I can see all the queries from the local network hitting Pi-hole and DNS resolution happening properly.

Sorry for this :frowning:

12 
This is the latest debug token taken after the config issues were fixed at the router end.
https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/O0J5LVIT/
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