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chrisohaver committed Sep 7, 2018
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For CoreDNS:
```shell
kubectl logs --namespace=kube-system $(kubectl get pods --namespace=kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns -o name | head -1)
for p in $(kubectl get pods --namespace=kube-system -l k8s-app=kube-dns -o name); do kubectl logs --namespace=kube-system $p; done
```

Here is an example of a healthy CoreDNS log:
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[cluster-dns examples](https://github.com/kubernetes/examples/tree/master/staging/cluster-dns)
in the Kubernetes GitHub repository.


### Are DNS queries being received/processed?

You can verify if queries are being received by CoreDNS by adding the `log` plugin to the CoreDNS configuration (aka Corefile).
The CoreDNS Corefile is held in a ConfigMap named `coredns`. To edit it, use the command ...

```
kubectl -n kube-system edit configmap coredns
```

Then add `log` in the Corefile section per the example below.

```
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: coredns
namespace: kube-system
data:
Corefile: |
.:53 {
log
errors
health
kubernetes cluster.local in-addr.arpa ip6.arpa {
pods insecure
upstream
fallthrough in-addr.arpa ip6.arpa
}
prometheus :9153
proxy . /etc/resolv.conf
cache 30
loop
reload
loadbalance
}
```

After saving the changes, it may take up to minute or two for Kubernetes to propagate these changes to the CoreDNS pods.

Next, make some queries and view the logs per the sections above in this document. If CoreDNS pods are receiving the queries, you should see them in the logs.

Here is an example of a query in the log.

```
.:53
2018/08/15 14:37:15 [INFO] CoreDNS-1.2.0
2018/08/15 14:37:15 [INFO] linux/amd64, go1.10.3, 2e322f6
CoreDNS-1.2.0
linux/amd64, go1.10.3, 2e322f6
2018/09/07 15:29:04 [INFO] plugin/reload: Running configuration MD5 = 162475cdf272d8aa601e6fe67a6ad42f
2018/09/07 15:29:04 [INFO] Reloading complete
172.17.0.18:41675 - [07/Sep/2018:15:29:11 +0000] 59925 "A IN kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local. udp 54 false 512" NOERROR qr,aa,rd,ra 106 0.000066649s
```

## Known issues

Some Linux distros (e.g. Ubuntu), use a local DNS resolver by default (systemd-resolved).
Systemd-resolved moves and replaces /etc/resolv.conf with a stub file that can cause a fatal forwarding
loop when resolving names in upstream servers. This can be fixed manually by using kubelet's `--resolv-conf` flag
to point to the correct resolv.conf (With systemd-resolved, this is `/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf`).
kubeadm 1.11 automatically detects systemd-resolved, and adjusts kubelet accordingly.
Some Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu), use a local DNS resolver by default (systemd-resolved).
Systemd-resolved moves and replaces `/etc/resolv.conf` with a stub file that can cause a fatal forwarding
loop when resolving names in upstream servers. This can be fixed manually by using kubelet's `--resolv-conf` flag
to point to the correct `resolv.conf` (With `systemd-resolved`, this is `/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf`).
kubeadm 1.11 automatically detects `systemd-resolved`, and adjusts the kubelet flags accordingly.

Kubernetes installs do not configure the nodes' resolv.conf files to use the
cluster DNS by default, because that process is inherently distro-specific.
Kubernetes installs do not configure the nodes' `resolv.conf` files to use the
cluster DNS by default, because that process is inherently distribution-specific.
This should probably be implemented eventually.

Linux's libc is impossibly stuck ([see this bug from
2005](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=168253)) with limits of just
3 DNS `nameserver` records and 6 DNS `search` records. Kubernetes needs to
consume 1 `nameserver` record and 3 `search` records. This means that if a
3 DNS `nameserver` records and 6 DNS `search` records. Kubernetes needs to
consume 1 `nameserver` record and 3 `search` records. This means that if a
local installation already uses 3 `nameserver`s or uses more than 3 `search`es,
some of those settings will be lost. As a partial workaround, the node can run
some of those settings will be lost. As a partial workaround, the node can run
`dnsmasq` which will provide more `nameserver` entries, but not more `search`
entries. You can also use kubelet's `--resolv-conf` flag.
entries. You can also use kubelet's `--resolv-conf` flag.

If you are using Alpine version 3.3 or earlier as your base image, DNS may not
work properly owing to a known issue with Alpine.
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