Bind9 Doesn't Start - Already exists previous definition

[Sisir Adhikari]

I am slowly & successfully setup my hosting service thanks to Froxlor support. Thanks for that.

Now after finishing the dns setup from configuration.

$ /etc/init.d/bind9 start
$ [ ok ] Starting bind9 (via systemctl): bind9.service

But when I run

$ systemctl status bind9

Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bind9.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2020-04-27 11:16:33 UTC; 14s ago
     Docs: man:named(8)
  Process: 31381 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named -f $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 31381 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:20: zone 'xxxx.net': already exists previous definition: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:20
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:27: zone 'xxxx.me': already exists previous definition: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:27
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:34: zone 'xxxx.ml': already exists previous definition: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:34
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:41: zone 'xxxx.com': already exists previous definition: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:41
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:48: zone 'xxxx.com': already exists previous definition: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:48
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:55: zone 'xxxx.com': already exists previous definition: /etc/bind/froxlor_bind.conf:55
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: loading configuration: failure
Apr 27 11:16:33 server named[31381]: exiting (due to fatal error)
Apr 27 11:16:33 server systemd[1]: bind9.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 27 11:16:33 server systemd[1]: bind9.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

.All of the domains are active they are not deleted. One of them are not DNS forwarded to my server (if that is important).

 

[d00p]

are you by any chance including froxlor_bind.conf twice in the bind.conf?

[Sisir Adhikari]

Thank you! It is working. I feel stupid now.

Anyways, I used to do nameservers like

ns1.hostingCompany.com
ns2.hostingCompany.com

in cpanel by creating A record. They worked out of the box in cpanel. With bind9 active, will it work with froxlor as well? Sorry, I am shooting in dark. I don't have much experience with setting up DNS.

[d00p]

only an A record is not succifient if hostingCompany.com has a zone in the same nameserver, you will need a glue-record too so it does not loop, dns is not easy

[Sisir Adhikari]

22 minutes ago, d00p said:

only an A record is not succifient if hostingCompany.com has a zone in the same nameserver, you will need a glue-record too so it does not loop

I will do more research. Currently asking my clients to use dns through cloudflare.

A different question (should I start a new topic?)

How do I setup DKIM for domains? I have checked settings in froxlor panel. But where do I find dkim entries to put in DNS record? I don't see it under domains.

[d00p]

Dkim only works if you run a nameserver with froxlor. If enabled it will create the keys and put them into the domains DNS zone. The rest is in the configuration templates