System uses BIND, but attempts to run PowerDNS anyway

[jagonoja]

Hi,

I noticed this error in my logs:

Failed to start PowerDNS Authoritative Server
pdns.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=218/CAPABILITIES

It says here I should update the kernel, which I cannot do on my VPS. Or, as an alternative, I should use BIND instead.

The thing is, BIND is already selected for my nameservers!
Why is the system attempting to run PowerDNS then?

Can I stop this from happening?

Thanks

 

[Spirogg]

Hi,

I noticed this error in my logs:

Failed to start PowerDNS Authoritative Server
pdns.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=218/CAPABILITIES

It says here I should update the kernel, which I cannot do on my VPS. Or, as an alternative, I should use BIND instead.

The thing is, BIND is already selected for my nameservers!
Why is the system attempting to run PowerDNS then?

Can I stop this from happening?

Thanks

Please read this here
seems it pertains to your issue

https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/1500002321241-PowerDNS-fails-to-start-with-status-218-CAPABILITIES-after-update-to-cPanel-WHM-version-94

 

[cPRex]

@Spirogg - he linked that article in his original post.

@jagonoja - could you let us know what kernel you're running? If it's very out of date, it's possible there may not be a good fix for this issue.

 

[jagonoja]

@Spirogg - he linked that article in his original post.

@jagonoja - could you let us know what kernel you're running? If it's very out of date, it's possible there may not be a good fix for this issue.

Thank you for your reply.

My kernel is: 2.6.32-042stab138.1
VPS running CentOS 7.9

Just to make myself more clear: I don't necessarily want to run PowerDNS. I can do with BIND.

But I certainly would like for the system not to attempt to run PowerDNS every few minutes, when it's using BIND perfectly well.

 

[cPRex]

Can you send me the output of this command?

rpm -qa | grep -i pdns

 

[jagonoja]

Can you send me the output of this command?

rpm -qa | grep -i pdns

Tried, but no output.

 

[cPRex]

Interesting - could you submit a ticket to our team so we can look at the system?

 

[jagonoja]

Interesting - could you submit a ticket to our team so we can look at the system?

I could, but I think I would deny server access. The issue is not worth the risk.

 

[cPRex]

Can you let me know the output of this command?

/scripts/setupnameserver --current

 

[jagonoja]

Can you let me know the output of this command?

/scripts/setupnameserver --current

Thank you for trying to help!

Current nameserver type: bind

the cPanel interface also confirms BIND is active.

Anyway, I looked at /var/log/messages again and the PowerDNS message is not coming up anymore.
So maybe it's not really an issue after all.

 

[cPRex]

That's odd, but I'm glad you're no longer receiving those notifications.