[GH-ISSUE #40] Unable to Delete Domain

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Originally created by @fredericmohr on GitHub (May 13, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/PowerDNS-Admin/PowerDNS-Admin/issues/40

Originally assigned to: @ivanfilippov on GitHub.

During PDNS setup, I created the test entries for example.com (see powerdns documentation).
After I installed PowerDNS-Admin, I created all my domains and their DNS records and resolution works fine.

However, I can't delete the example.com domain. I was able to delete all records for the domain, using the web UI, but when I go to manage -> delete domain and accept the permanent deletion, I get redirected to the domain overview and example.com is still there. There's no log entry in the GUI logfile, and only the following in uwsgi/app/powerdnsadmin.log

GET /admin/domain/example.com/manage => generated 19857 bytes in 23 msecs (HTTP/1.1 200) 3 headers in 416 bytes (1 switches on core 0)
/ => generated 227 bytes in 9 msecs (HTTP/1.1 302) 4 headers in 472 bytes (1 switches on core 0)
GET /admin/domain/example.com/manage => generated 19857 bytes in 23 msecs (HTTP/1.1 200) 3 headers in 416 bytes (1 switches on core 0)

The same goes for domains I created directly in the WebUI.

Originally created by @fredericmohr on GitHub (May 13, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/PowerDNS-Admin/PowerDNS-Admin/issues/40 Originally assigned to: @ivanfilippov on GitHub. During PDNS setup, I created the test entries for example.com (see powerdns documentation). After I installed PowerDNS-Admin, I created all my domains and their DNS records and resolution works fine. However, I can't delete the example.com domain. I was able to delete all records for the domain, using the web UI, but when I go to manage -> delete domain and accept the permanent deletion, I get redirected to the domain overview and example.com is still there. There's no log entry in the GUI logfile, and only the following in uwsgi/app/powerdnsadmin.log ``` GET /admin/domain/example.com/manage => generated 19857 bytes in 23 msecs (HTTP/1.1 200) 3 headers in 416 bytes (1 switches on core 0) / => generated 227 bytes in 9 msecs (HTTP/1.1 302) 4 headers in 472 bytes (1 switches on core 0) GET /admin/domain/example.com/manage => generated 19857 bytes in 23 msecs (HTTP/1.1 200) 3 headers in 416 bytes (1 switches on core 0) ``` The same goes for domains I created directly in the WebUI.

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@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 13, 2016):

Hi @fredericmohr

Can you tell me what version of PowerDNS you're using?

@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 13, 2016): Hi @fredericmohr Can you tell me what version of PowerDNS you're using?

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@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 14, 2016):

Hi @fredericmohr

I'm trying this on a fresh pdns-3.4.8 with the PowerDNS-Admin master and I can't replicate it. I created example.com using these queries:

INSERT INTO domains (name, type) values ('example.com', 'NATIVE');
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','localhost ahu@ds9a.nl 1','SOA',86400,NULL);
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','dns-us1.powerdns.net','NS',86400,NULL);
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','dns-eu1.powerdns.net','NS',86400,NULL);
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'www.example.com','192.0.2.10','A',120,NULL); 
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'mail.example.com','192.0.2.12','A',120,NULL);
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'localhost.example.com','127.0.0.1','A',120,NULL);
INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','mail.example.com','MX',120,25);

Do you have the LOG_FILE parameter set in config.py? Not sure if it works as I expect it to in uwsgi mode, but check for its existence and see if that log is more useful.

You can also try running PowerDNS-Admin via python run.py in it's directory (make sure to do source ./flask/bin/activate first), then connect to it directly via http://localhost:9393 and watch the console as you try to delete example.com

@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 14, 2016): Hi @fredericmohr I'm trying this on a fresh pdns-3.4.8 with the PowerDNS-Admin `master` and I can't replicate it. I created `example.com` using these queries: ``` sql INSERT INTO domains (name, type) values ('example.com', 'NATIVE'); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','localhost ahu@ds9a.nl 1','SOA',86400,NULL); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','dns-us1.powerdns.net','NS',86400,NULL); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','dns-eu1.powerdns.net','NS',86400,NULL); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'www.example.com','192.0.2.10','A',120,NULL); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'mail.example.com','192.0.2.12','A',120,NULL); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'localhost.example.com','127.0.0.1','A',120,NULL); INSERT INTO records (domain_id, name, content, type,ttl,prio) VALUES (1,'example.com','mail.example.com','MX',120,25); ``` Do you have the LOG_FILE parameter set in `config.py`? Not sure if it works as I expect it to in uwsgi mode, but check for its existence and see if that log is more useful. You can also try running PowerDNS-Admin via `python run.py` in it's directory (make sure to do `source ./flask/bin/activate` first), then connect to it directly via `http://localhost:9393` and watch the console as you try to delete **example.com**

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@fredericmohr commented on GitHub (May 14, 2016):

Strange, this problem only seems to occur in Firefox. Deleting in Chrome works fine. I added my DB Version, since I'm not using MySQL but MariaDB, but I don't think that's the problem. This looks Browser Specific (I'm on Kubuntu 16.04 Desktop and Ubuntu 14.04 Server btw)

ubuntu@powerdns:~$ pdns_server --version
May 14 10:33:57 PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.4.8 (jenkins@autotest.powerdns.com) (C) 2001-2015 PowerDNS.COM BV
May 14 10:33:57 Using 64-bits mode. Built on 20160203082222 by root@autotest.powerdns.com, gcc 4.7.2.
May 14 10:33:57 PowerDNS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it according to the terms of the GPL version 2.
May 14 10:33:57 Features: botan1.10 libdl lua 
May 14 10:33:57 Built-in modules: bind gmysql gpgsql pipe gsqlite3 lua geo tinydns mydns opendbx remote random

DB: MariaDB 10.0.24 (AWS RDS Instance)

2016-05-14 10:45:31,321 - MODEL - INFO - Added domain chrometest.com successfully
2016-05-14 10:45:37,158 - MODEL - INFO - Delete domain chrometest.com successfully
2016-05-14 10:45:46,918 - MODEL - INFO - Added domain fftest.com successfully
# ff delete request doesn't show up in log file.

Current PowerDNS-Admin settings during tests (In production I use LOGLEVEL='WARNING' and debug = False)

#config.py
LOGLEVEL='DEBUG'

#run.py
app.run(debug = True,

@fredericmohr commented on GitHub (May 14, 2016): Strange, this problem only seems to occur in Firefox. Deleting in Chrome works fine. I added my DB Version, since I'm not using MySQL but MariaDB, but I don't think that's the problem. This looks Browser Specific (I'm on Kubuntu 16.04 Desktop and Ubuntu 14.04 Server btw) ``` ubuntu@powerdns:~$ pdns_server --version May 14 10:33:57 PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.4.8 (jenkins@autotest.powerdns.com) (C) 2001-2015 PowerDNS.COM BV May 14 10:33:57 Using 64-bits mode. Built on 20160203082222 by root@autotest.powerdns.com, gcc 4.7.2. May 14 10:33:57 PowerDNS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it according to the terms of the GPL version 2. May 14 10:33:57 Features: botan1.10 libdl lua May 14 10:33:57 Built-in modules: bind gmysql gpgsql pipe gsqlite3 lua geo tinydns mydns opendbx remote random DB: MariaDB 10.0.24 (AWS RDS Instance) 2016-05-14 10:45:31,321 - MODEL - INFO - Added domain chrometest.com successfully 2016-05-14 10:45:37,158 - MODEL - INFO - Delete domain chrometest.com successfully 2016-05-14 10:45:46,918 - MODEL - INFO - Added domain fftest.com successfully # ff delete request doesn't show up in log file. ``` Current PowerDNS-Admin settings during tests (In production I use LOGLEVEL='WARNING' and debug = False) ``` #config.py LOGLEVEL='DEBUG' #run.py app.run(debug = True, ```

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@fredericmohr commented on GitHub (May 14, 2016):

Oh, and another thing. In chrome, the domain still shows after the redirect, until I do a page refresh...

@fredericmohr commented on GitHub (May 14, 2016): Oh, and another thing. In chrome, the domain still shows after the redirect, until I do a page refresh...

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@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 15, 2016):

Hi @fredericmohr

I was able to replicate both the Firefox and the Chrome issues. I've pushed a fix to this branch here: https://github.com/ivanfilippov/PowerDNS-Admin/tree/fix_domain_deletion_issues. Are you able to try it out to tell me if the issue is fixed for you as well? If it's fixed I'll merge it into the main repo.

@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 15, 2016): Hi @fredericmohr I was able to replicate both the Firefox and the Chrome issues. I've pushed a fix to this branch here: https://github.com/ivanfilippov/PowerDNS-Admin/tree/fix_domain_deletion_issues. Are you able to try it out to tell me if the issue is fixed for you as well? If it's fixed I'll merge it into the main repo.

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@fredericmohr commented on GitHub (May 17, 2016):

Works perfectly in both Chrome and Firefox now :)
Since I had to switch origin url to test the patch, will this be merged into this repository? Because currently I switched to the fork, which makes me a bit uneasy on a production server ;)

@fredericmohr commented on GitHub (May 17, 2016): Works perfectly in both Chrome and Firefox now :) Since I had to switch origin url to test the patch, will this be merged into this repository? Because currently I switched to the fork, which makes me a bit uneasy on a production server ;)

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@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 19, 2016):

Hi @fredericmohr

I've created PR #42 for @ngoduykhanh to review, once accepted you can switch back to master. :)

@ivanfilippov commented on GitHub (May 19, 2016): Hi @fredericmohr I've created PR #42 for @ngoduykhanh to review, once accepted you can switch back to master. :)

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@ngoduykhanh commented on GitHub (May 19, 2016):

Hi @ivanfilippov ,

Your changes look good to me. Thank you for the PR. Merged.

@ngoduykhanh commented on GitHub (May 19, 2016): Hi @ivanfilippov , Your changes look good to me. Thank you for the PR. Merged.

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