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Issue Plesk DNS Server (BIND) Wont start

B

BON

New Pleskian
Hello,

My DNS server wont start. I have just noticed this, first I thought the problem was with the domain registrar.

The server throws the following error:

[root@core ~]# systemctl status named
● named.service - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS)
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-06-05 20:10:12 GMT; 2min 50s ago
Process: 11025 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c if [ ! "$DISABLE_ZONE_CHECKING" == "yes" ]; then /usr/sbin/named-checkconf -z
/etc/named.conf; else echo "Checking of zone files is disabled"; fi (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld bash[11025]: zone domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file domain2.tld failed:...found
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld bash[11025]: zone domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld bash[11025]: _default/domain2.tld/IN: file not found
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld bash[11025]: zone domain1.tld/IN: loading from master file domain1.tld failed: file not found
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld bash[11025]: zone domain1.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld bash[11025]: _default/domain1.tld/IN: file not found
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: named.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Unit named.service entered failed state.
Jun 05 20:10:12 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: named.service failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.



What could be causing this and how do we fix it?

Thanks,
 
AYamshanov said:
plesk repair dns
Click to expand...

# plesk repair dns
Checking the DNS configuration file ................................. [OK]
Restoring DNS server configuration
Synchronize DNS zones with the DNS server? [Y/n] y
Synchronizing DNS zones with the DNS server ..................... [OK]
Error messages: 0; Warnings: 0; Errors resolved: 0

# systemctl restart named.service
Job for named.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status named.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

# journalctl -xe
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone domain3.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: _default/domain3.tld/IN: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone partner.domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file partner.domain2.tld failed: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone partner.domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: _default/partner.domain2.tld/IN: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone secure.domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file secure.domain2.tld failed: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone secure.domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: _default/secure.domain2.tld/IN: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file domain2.tld failed: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: zone domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld bash[24074]: _default/domain2.tld/IN: file not found
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: named.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).
-- Subject: Unit named.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: systemd-devel Info Page
--
-- Unit named.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Unit named.service entered failed state.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: named.service failed.
Jun 06 08:46:33 core.domain1.tld polkitd[649]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:24066:7912106 (system bus name :1.3217, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent
Jun 06 08:47:01 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Started Session 1577 of user root.
-- Subject: Unit session-1577.scope has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: systemd-devel Info Page
--
. . .



Throws an error when I try to restart it. Plesk DNS repair does literally nothing.

What should I try next?
 
Last edited:
vzhidkov said:
Check the status of named-chroot service and try to restart it.
Click to expand...

Nope. It's also down. Cannot restart.


# systemctl status named-chroot
● named-chroot.service - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS)
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/named-chroot.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-06-05 20:49:09 GMT; 12h ago
Process: 12853 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/named/chroot -z /etc/named.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld named-checkconf[12853]: zone partner.domain2.tld/IN: loaded serial 2017060506
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld named-checkconf[12853]: zone secure.domain2.tld/IN: loaded serial 2017060506
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld named-checkconf[12853]: dns_rdata_fromtext: domain2.tld:37: syntax error
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld named-checkconf[12853]: zone domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file domain2.tld failed: syntax error
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld named-checkconf[12853]: zone domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld named-checkconf[12853]: _default/domain2.tld/IN: syntax error
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: named-chroot.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: Unit named-chroot.service entered failed state.
Jun 05 20:49:09 core.domain1.tld systemd[1]: named-chroot.service failed.

# systemctl restart named-chroot
Job for named-chroot.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status named-chroot.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
 
Let's try find root of "syntax error" issue, run command: /usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/named/chroot -z /etc/named.conf

And post please output of `systemctl list-unit-files | grep ^named`.
 
AYamshanov said:
Let's try find root of "syntax error" issue, run command: /usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/named/chroot -z /etc/named.conf

And post please output of `systemctl list-unit-files | grep ^named`.
Click to expand...


Wont it be better if I removed all the domains? And maybe erase all the DNS zones if theres a command for that?


# /usr/sbin/named-checkconf -t /var/named/chroot -z /etc/named.conf
zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/localhost.rev failed: file not found
zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA/IN: file not found

zone domain5.tld/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/domain5.tld failed: file not found
zone domain5.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/domain5.tld/IN: file not found

zone domain4.tld/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/domain4.tld failed: file not found
zone domain4.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/domain4.tld/IN: file not found

zone domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/domain3.tld failed: file not found
zone domain3.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/domain3.tld/IN: file not found

zone partner.domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/partner.domain2.tld failed: file not found
zone partner.domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/partner.domain2.tld/IN: file not found

zone secure.domain2.tld/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/secure.domain2.tld failed: file not found
zone secure.domain2.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/secure.domain2.tld/IN: file not found

zone domain1.tld/IN: loading from master file /var/named/chroot/var/domain1.tld failed: file not found
zone domain1.tld/IN: not loaded due to errors.
_default/domain1.tld/IN: file not found

# systemctl list-unit-files | grep ^named
named-chroot.service enabled
named-setup-rndc.service static
named.service disabled
 
hmm.... but anyway this is strange, it is should be fixed by "repair" tools...

Have you got any settings between texts in file /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf?

// -- PLEASE ADD YOUR CUSTOM DIRECTIVES BELOW THIS LINE. --
// ...
// -- END OF YOUR CUSTOM DIRECTIVES. --
 
AYamshanov said:
hmm.... but anyway this is strange, it is should be fixed by "repair" tools...

Have you got any settings between texts in file /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf?

// -- PLEASE ADD YOUR CUSTOM DIRECTIVES BELOW THIS LINE. --
// ...
// -- END OF YOUR CUSTOM DIRECTIVES. --
Click to expand...


I tried the command like you said. Same thing.

# systemctl restart named-chroot
Job for named-chroot.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status named-chroot.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.


It is empty. Theres a bunch of stuff generated by Plesk at the top and bottom of it.



Is there a way to completely cleanse the DNS zones, remove the domains and see if it will cause errors when I add them again?
 
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