Nameserver Dns Problems Killing Me

[gregorydlc]

I've never had this problem on shared hosting but now that I have a dedicated server I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix this. I've pointed the domain names to the proper nameservers. According to the hosting provider:

We have already setup your hostname, nameservers and additional
allocated IP addresses on your server for you (assuming you have a control
panel). We have also setup a reverse PTR DNS record for your primary IP
already to your hostname.

Server IP Address: 66.79.164.68
Server Hostname: server.bluehost.com

Primary Nameserver: ns1.bluehost.com
Primary Nameserver IP: 66.79.164.68
Secondary Nameserver: ns2.bluehost.com
Secondary Nameserver IP: 66.79.181.16

here is a copy of my named.conf file:






[root@server etc]# vi named.conf




include "/etc/rndc.key";

controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { "rndckey"; };
};

//
// named.conf for Red Hat caching-nameserver
//

options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
allow-recursion {
127.0.0.1;
205.209.190.5;
205.209.190.4;
66.79.162.0/24;
66.79.163.0/24;
66.79.164.0/24;
66.79.165.0/24;
66.79.166.0/24;
66.79.178.0/24;
66.79.179.0/24;
66.79.168.0/24;
66.79.180.0/24;
66.79.183.0/24;
66.79.184.0/24;
66.79.185.0/24;
66.79.186.0/24;
66.79.189.0/24;
66.79.188.0/24;
66.79.190.0/24;
66.79.191.0/24;
66.79.185.0/24;
66.79.167.0/24;
66.79.181.0/24;
66.79.182.0/24;
66.79.171.0/24;
};
/*
* If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want
* to talk to, you might need to uncomment the query-source
* directive below. Previous versions of BIND always asked
* questions using port 53, but BIND 8.1 uses an unprivileged
* port by default.
*/
// query-source address * port 53;
};

//
// a caching only nameserver config
//

zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "/var/named/named.ca";
};

zone "localdomain" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/localdomain.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "localhost" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/localhost.zone";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/named.local";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/named.ip6.local";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "255.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/named.broadcast";
allow-update { none; };
};

zone "0.in-addr.arpa" IN {
type master;
file "/var/named/named.zero";
allow-update { none; };
};





zone "server.bluehost.com" {
type master;
file "/var/named/server.bluehost.com.db";
};


zone "ns1.bluehost.com" {
type master;
file "/var/named/ns1.bluehost.com.db";
};


zone "ns2.bluehost.com" {
type master;
file "/var/named/ns2.bluehost.com.db";
};




zone "accident-news.info" {
type master;
file "/var/named/accident-news.info.db";
};


zone "automobile-news.info" {
type master;
file "/var/named/automobile-news.info.db";
};


zone "easyhostguide.com" {
type master;
file "/var/named/easyhostguide.com.db";
};




Can anyone figure how to get the domain names to resolve?

 

[nicnicy]

had same isue today

this helped me today, reinstall to CentOS 5 (RH clone) Cpanel11
works fine now

I have come accross an issue with DNS in cpanel 11.x , where named.conf is badly configured by cpanel ,

Here is how a DNS report from dnsstuff.com would look because of this :

FAILS for SOA record
Fails for lame nameservers .

Here's how to fix it ,

SSH to server ,

Backup your named.conf file by

cp /etc/named.conf named.conf.back

then
pico /etc/named.conf

Replace

Code:

include "/etc/rndc.key";

controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
};

options
{
/* make named use port 53 for the source of all queries, to allow
* firewalls to block all ports except 53:
*/
query-source port 53; 

// Put files that named is allowed to write in the data/ directory:
directory "/var/named"; // the default
dump-file "data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "data/named_stats.txt";
memstatistics-file "data/named_mem_stats.txt";
};

logging 
{
/* If you want to enable debugging, eg. using the 'rndc trace' command,
* named will try to write the 'named.run' file in the $directory (/var/named).
* By default, SELinux policy does not allow named to modify the /var/named directory,
* so put the default debug log file in data/ :
*/
channel default_debug {
file "data/named.run";
severity dynamic;
}; 
};

// All BIND 9 zones are in a "view", which allow different zones to be served
// to different types of client addresses, and for options to be set for groups
// of zones.
//
// By default, if named.conf contains no "view" clauses, all zones are in the 
// "default" view, which matches all clients.
// 
// If named.conf contains any "view" clause, then all zones MUST be in a view; 
// so it is recommended to start off using views to avoid having to restructure
// your configuration files in the future.

view "localhost_resolver"
{
/* This view sets up named to be a localhost resolver ( caching only nameserver ).
* If all you want is a caching-only nameserver, then you need only define this view:
*/
match-clients { localhost; };
match-destinations { localhost; };
recursion yes;

zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "/var/named/named.ca";
};

/* these are zones that contain definitions for all the localhost
* names and addresses, as recommended in RFC1912 - these names should
* ONLY be served to localhost clients:
*/
include "/var/named/named.rfc1912.zones";
};

view "internal"
{
/* This view will contain zones you want to serve only to "internal" clients
that connect via your directly attached LAN interfaces - "localnets" .
*/
match-clients { localnets; };
match-destinations { localnets; };
recursion yes;

zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "/var/named/named.ca";
};

// include "/var/named/named.rfc1912.zones";
// you should not serve your rfc1912 names to non-localhost clients.

// These are your "authoritative" internal zones, and would probably
// also be included in the "localhost_resolver" view above :
};

view "external"
{
/* This view will contain zones you want to serve only to "external" clients
* that have addresses that are not on your directly attached LAN interface subnets:
*/
match-clients { !localnets; !localhost; };
match-destinations { !localnets; !localhost; };

recursion no;
// you'd probably want to deny recursion to external clients, so you don't
// end up providing free DNS service to all takers

// all views must contain the root hints zone:
zone "." IN {
type hint;
file "/var/named/named.ca";
};

// These are your "authoritative" external zones, and would probably
// contain entries for just your web and mail servers:

// BEGIN external zone entries

With

Code:

include "/etc/rndc.key";

controls {
inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
};

And then goto bottom of the file and remove

}; at the bottom .

Save file and exit

then test config
service named configtest
if you have done this correctly , it should display something like this:

zone blue.xxx.com/IN: loaded serial 2007070901
zone xxx.com/IN: loaded serial 2007070906
zone ns1.xxx.com/IN: loaded serial 2007070901
zone server.xxx.com/IN: loaded serial 2007071001
zone xxx.net/IN: loaded serial 2007071001

Then restart named by

service named restart

Thats it! , your DNS should be working now .

This fix was provided by Tech4server.com


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[Starcraftmazter]

Damnit, reinstalling is fine unless you have a ton of stuff on the server ><