Troubleshoot issues when DNS is not properly configured to delegate name resolution to the core DNS instance on a specific cluster.
Although the CMN/CAN/CHN IP address may still be routable using the IP address directly, it may not work because Istio’s ingress gateway
depends on the hostname (or SNI) to route traffic. For command line tools like cURL, using the --resolve option to force correct
resolution can be used to work around this issue.
To get names to resolve correctly in a browser, modifying /etc/hosts to map the external hostname to the appropriate CMN/CAN/CHN IP address may be necessary.
In either case, knowing the correct CMN/CAN/CHN IP address is required to use the cURL --resolve option or to update /etc/hosts.
Assuming that the CMN/CAN/CHN, BGP, MetalLB, and external DNS are properly configured on a system, name resolution requests can be sent directly to the desired DNS server.
This document also covers how to gain access to system services when external DNS is not configured properly.
The Domain Name Service (DNS) is not configured properly.
(ncn-mw#) View the DNS configuration on the system.
kubectl -n services get svc cray-dns-powerdns-cmn-udp
Example output:
NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
cray-dns-powerdns-cmn-udp LoadBalancer 10.25.156.88 10.101.5.61 53:32674/UDP 45h
(external#) Confirm that DNS is configured properly.
Run the following command from a laptop or workstation.
dig SERVICE.NETWORK.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME +short
If an IP address is returned, then DNS is configured properly and the remaining steps in this procedure can be skipped. If an IP address is not returned, then proceed to the next step.
(external#) Use the IP address to direct DNS requests directly to the cray-dns-powerdns-cmn-udp service.
Replace the example IP address (10.101.5.61) with the EXTERNAL-IP value returned in step 1.
If an IP address is returned, then it means upstream DNS is not configured correctly.
dig SERVICE.NETWORK.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME +short @10.101.5.61
(ncn-mw#) Direct DNS requests to the cluster IP address from an NCN.
Replace the example cluster IP address (10.25.156.88) with the CLUSTER-IP value returned in step 1.
If an IP address is returned, then external DNS is configured on the cluster and something is likely wrong with the CMN or BGP.
dig SERVICE.NETWORK.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME +short @10.25.156.88
(ncn-mw#) Access services in the event that external DNS is down or something is configured incorrectly.
Search through Kubernetes service objects for external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname annotations to find the corresponding external IP address.
The kubectl command makes it easy to generate an /etc/hosts compatible listing of IP addresses to hostnames using the go-template output format shown below.
kubectl get svc --all-namespaces -o go-template --template \
'{{ range .items }}{{ $lb := .status.loadBalancer }}{{ with .metadata.annotations }}
{{ with (index . "external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname") }}
{{ $hostnames := . }}{{ with $lb }}{{ range .ingress }}
{{ printf "%s\t%s\n" .ip $hostnames }}{{ end }}{{ end }}
{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}' | sort -u | tr , ' '
Example output:
10.101.5.128 opa-gpm.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME kiali-istio.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME prometheus.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME alertmanager.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME grafana.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME vcs.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME sma-grafana.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME sma-kibana.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME csms.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME
10.101.5.129 api.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME auth.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME nexus.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME
10.101.5.130 s3.cmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME
10.92.100.71 api.nmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME auth.nmn.SYSTEM_DOMAIN_NAME
10.92.100.222 cray-dhcp-kea
10.92.100.225 cray-dns-unbound
10.94.100.222 cray-dhcp-kea
10.94.100.225 cray-dns-unbound