Bug warning: Installing NetBox DNS 1.7.0, 1.6.0 and 1.5.12 can cause data loss!

[peteeckel]

There is a serious bug in the migration 0033_remove_ptr_from_inactive_zones introduced in commit 035d6c2 that makes it do exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to do.

Running that migration results in deleting managed PTR records from active zones instead of doing the same for inactive zones. Anyone who installed 1.7.0, 1.6.0 or 1.5.12 and ran the migrations will be affected by this.

To remedy the issue, run the management command cleanup_database:

# . /opt/netbox/venv/bin/activate
# /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py cleanup_database
Cleaning up the NS records for all zones
Cleaning up the SOA record for all zones
Updating the ARPA network for reverse zones
Updating 'Disable PTR' for non-address records
Updating the PTR record for all address records
Updating the IP address for all address and PTR records
Removing orphaned managed PTR records
Removing orphaned managed address records
Database cleanup completed.

Depending on the number of address records affected, this can take some time. It doesn't matter if you install the new release first or not, the data migration will not be run again and once the management command has finished the missing PTR records will have been recreated.

Please accept my sincere apologies if that happened to you.

The faulty releases have been yanked from PyPI and new releases 1.7.2, 1.6.1 and 1.5.14 have been provided in their place.