Unbound Message "The configuration contains manual overwrites"

[Luigi]

I ran into an UNBOUND issue recently where I kept seeing the warning: "The configuration contains manual overwrites, these may interfere with the settings configured here" while trying to configure Unbound DNS in OPNsense. After some investigation, I discovered a leftover file and an plugin were causing the issue (os-unboundcustom-maxit). I had this plugin for a wile now but never used it and never seen this Message banner within Unbound nor did i change anything manually within the unbound related .conf files.


If anyone encounters also this within Unbound, here's the fix that worked for me:

1 Uninstall the os-unboundcustom-maxit plugin Firmware Plugin via System -> Firmware -> Plugins .

2 Remove the Custom Config File
After uninstalling the plugin, I removed the empty custom config file (/usr/local/etc/unbound.opnsense.d/custom-maxit.conf) that was causing conflicts.

via cli: rm -f /usr/local/etc/unbound.opnsense.d/custom-maxit.conf

3 Restart the Unbound Service
After removing the file and the plugin, I restarted the Unbound service to apply the changes.
 
via cli: service unbound onerestart

Error message banner was gone.

Hope will help others ;)


And Thanks OPNSens Crew for this awesome Firewall !!

[anilv26]

Thanks!
I thought I'd broken unbound in someway.

[Luigi]

Thanks!
I thought I'd broken unbound in someway.

yes that was i thinking also, i looked everywhere within via webgui and could not find anything that could trigger this.