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Article Id 197991

Description

 

This article describes the scenario where an SD-WAN rule for locally generated DNS traffic is configured with the source address, the traffic will not be matched to the SD-WAN rule unless 'source-ip' is not defined under ‘config system dns’.
Alternatively, to match the SD-WAN rule for DNS traffic, the source address configured has to be removed.


Scope

 

For version 6.2.4 and onward.

Solution


Configuration.

 

config system virtual-wan-link
    set status enable
        config members
            edit 1
                set interface "wan1"
                set gateway 10.191.19.1
            next
            edit 2
                set interface "wan2"
                set gateway 10.191.35.1
            next
        end
        config service
            edit 2
                set name "dns"
                set mode sla
                set dst "all"
                set src "10.191.35.75" "10.191.19.75"
                    config sla
                    edit "internet"
                        set id 1
                    next
                    end
                set priority-members 2 1
            next
        end
end

 

DNS Configuration.

 

config system dns
    set primary 208.91.112.52
    set interface-select-method sdwan
end


With the new command introduced in v6.2.4, a method can be selected for locally originated traffic.
It can either be SD-WAN, auto, or a specific interface (see related article). 
Having interface-select-method as SD-WAN under DNS configuration, the traffic has to match the SD-WAN rule.
However, since there is no source-ip defined under ‘config system dns’, it will not.

 

diagnose firewall proute list
list route policy info(vf=root):
id=0x7f060001 vwl_service=1(DNS) vwl_mbr_seq=1 2 dscp_tag=0xff 0xff flags=0x0 tos=0x00 tos_mask=0x00 protocol=0 sport=0:65535 iif=0 dport=1-65535 oif=11 oif=7
source(2): 10.191.35.75-10.191.35.75 10.191.19.75-10.191.19.75
destination(1): 208.91.112.52-208.91.112.52
hit_count=0 last_used=2020-07-03 15:45:15

 

Note.
If there is no 'source-ip' defined under 'config system dns' before matching the SD-WAN rule, DNS does not know which source to use, and 'source-ip' field will be 0 and will not match that rule.

Solution.

 

  1. Configure 'source-ip' under ‘config system dns’ and use that as a source in the SD-WAN rule.

    DNS config:

    config system dns
        set primary 208.91.112.52
        set source-ip 10.191.19.75
        set interface-select-method sdwan
    end

    SD-WAN config.

    config system virtual-wan-link
        config service

            edit 2
                set name "dns"
                set mode sla
                set dst "all"               <----- Destination as all.
                set src "10.191.19.75”      <----- Define source.
            next
        end
    end


    diagnose firewall proute list

    list route policy info(vf=root):

    id=0x7f080001 vwl_service=1(DNS) vwl_mbr_seq=1 2 dscp_tag=0xff 0xff flags=0x0 tos=0x00 tos_mask=0x00 protocol=0 sport=0:65535 iif=0 dport=1-65535 oif=11 oif=7
    source(2): 10.191.19.75-10.191.19.75
    destination(1): 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255 
    hit_count=15 last_used=2020-07-09 09:52:01 

    This is not an ideal solution in scenarios where the configuration has multiple SD-WAN interfaces and a dynamic DNS 'source-ip' selection is required. 

  2. Avoid using source in the SD-WAN rule and use destination instead with IP of DNS server.

SD-WAN config:

 

config system virtual-wan-link
    config service

        edit 2
            set name "dns"
            set mode sla
            set dst " 208.91.112.52"    <----- Define DNS server here.
            set src "all”               <----- Configure source as all.
        next
    end
end

 

The traffic will match with the SD-WAN rule then.

 

diagnose firewall proute list
list route policy info(vf=root):
id=0x7f070001 vwl_service=1(DNS) vwl_mbr_seq=1 2 dscp_tag=0xff 0xff flags=0x0 tos=0x00 tos_mask=0x00 protocol=0 sport=0:65535 iif=0 dport=1-65535 oif=11 oif=7
source(1): 0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255  <---- Source removed.
destination(1): 208.91.112.52-208.91.112.52
hit_count=2 last_used=2020-07-03 15:47:14

 

Related document:
system dns

Related Article:

Technical Tip: Functionality of 'set interface-select-method' for local-traffic with SD-WAN