I have a Bind DNS server setup and running on windows. Im trying to set up my domain at namecheap to use my name servers but it keeps telling me that the nameserver isint registered.
I have the nameserver set up as ns1.domain.com and i can see that its listening on port 53.
I did a local test on the server and the DNS is working properly.
i had a webserver setup that worked perfectly, but due to circumstances i had to reinstall windows. so i reinstalled windows updated everything and installed bind again.
i configured it properly and the zone is also setup properly but when i try to connect to my url it wouldn't connect. so i did a dns lookup and i get SERVFAIL.
[www].dnswatch.info/dns/dnslookup?la=en&host=xeross.net&type=A&submit=Resolve
remove the [] from the url.
How can i solve this i reinstalled once again and it still doesnt work i forwarded all correct ports and added them to my firewall exceptions.
Attached are my named.conf, rndc.conf and my zone file.
I added .txt to the named.conf and rndc.conf so i could upload them.
Ive been learning alot about BIND and DNS, id like someone to check over what ive learn't to make sure my knowledge is correct.
A Zone:
A zone is basically 'similar' to a sub-domain but the domain google.com would not be a sub-domain, so a zone is not a sub-domain. In the domain google.com 'google' would be a deligated zone from the TLD 'com'. In another example: ny.google.com , 'ny' would be a zone for google's 'new york' department, if they had one.
Hosts:
The host name is usually the most left word in a domain or you can look at it as the leaves on an inverted tree in the DNS System. Examples:
www.google.com = 'www' would be the host
mail.sitepoint.com = 'mail' would be the host
ny.google.com = 'ny' would NOT be a host because its a 'zone' and does not offer a 'service' like ftp, mail, www ect. would. Unless 'ny' was intended to be a service then it would be a host, but it would have to become a leaf in the inverted tree, so you wouldn't ba able to create any zones from it like 'mail.ny.google.com' ... if that makes sense.
Nameservers:
If i used BIND on my server to manage my Zones and DNS information (which is pretty much standard), that would be my Nameserver. Its job would be to convert human recognizable names into computer recognizable names/numbers/ip.
My nameserver would only have authority over zones that are not deligated. So an example, 'com' deligate 'mydomainname' to me (mydomainname.com) they have no authority over that zone. So if i set up a nameserver on mydomain.com they have no authority over mydomainname or any zone under that.
Domain Namespace
The Domain Namespace was setup to replace the method used by ARPA (later DARPA) in the 60's in an effort to create a database of hosts that were easy to administer and reduced the time and server load on the old skool HOSTS.TXT method.
A domain namespace is a way to identify the different domains. Im not to good at explaining what i mean but basically ill illustrate this example:
google.com and google.net both have the same names, so the namespace in this example would the the TLD's 'net' and 'com' to seperate them.
Go a bit deeper for example:
cd.music.com and cd.disk.com , both have the same TLD and sub-domain's so the namespace here is the first-level domain 'music' and 'disk'.
Sub-Domains
Sub-Domains are similar to zones, in a way. A domain name: 'google.com' might have the sub-domain 'video.google.com' which links to the video section of google. 'video' is not a deligated zone from 'google' neither is it a host as such, so its a sub-domain.
Im probably slightly confused on some parts, and im open for comments. I dont fully understand alot of it, but what ive learnt so far took a good day to get my head around. If anythings wrong, id like to know.
trying to install nameserver in cPanel and getting errors about missing dependacies.
when I try and do it manually by running: yum install bind it goes ok for a while then I get the following:
Error: Missing Dependency: e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-10.el5 is needed by package e2f
sprogs
Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libblkid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-10.el5, this is not availab
le.
Error: Package elinks needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package cadaver needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package util-linux needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package pkinit-nss needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package openssl needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package nss_ldap needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package openssh-server needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package fetchmail needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package util-linux needs libblkid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package cryptsetup-luks needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package pam_krb5 needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package krb5-libs needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package parted needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package openssh needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package quota needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package readahead needs libext2fs.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package krb5-workstation needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package cyrus-sasl needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package mutt needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libe2p.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libext2fs.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package neon needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package openssh-clients needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package krb5-workstation needs libss.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package quota needs libext2fs.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package ipsec-tools needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libss.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package gnupg needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package curl needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package readahead needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package readahead needs libblkid.so.1, this is not available.
Error: Package nfs-utils needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
Error: Package readahead needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
I;m using centos 5
Just being doing a load of DNSstuff.com queries to try and get everything to "pass", I noticed that some big players in the hosting scene have either open or closed DNS servers.
Softlayer.com have closed, while liquidweb.com are open...?
I have changed all mine to closed, just because dnsstuff advises it, but is there any reason you would want them open..?
my datacenter says that they have not had power failures(lol yeh right) but i cant seem to figure out why my server seems to be rebooting randomly. so far its happened early 3-5am my times today and yesterday, just its happened 4x more times this morning.
im not sure if cpanel is sending me bind start failures because its not set to auto start up on reboot or if it might be related... but the server seems fine.
I have a what seems like a quick question. I'm hosting my own DNS servers via bind, and everything seems to be nice and dandy. However, I cannot seem to receive email, and when I do a check via pingablity it tells me there is a timeout error when trying to reach my MX record. I *am* able to access the POP/IMAP server (which is powered by Dovecot) through Outlook and other email clients.
I know it is an issue with iptables because as soon as I turn it off pingability is able to reach my mail server just fine. I do have port 53 open as well as 1024-65535 UDP ports open. I've scouted internet for hours trying to find the cause of the problem with no results.
i have strange problem in my server
in some times all sites stopped and didn't work
when i do restart to DNS Server (BIND)
after done it works good
I've had a VPS for a little over a month now, like with anything I guess hiccups are always apparent. But the VPS does starnge things even when I haven't changed anything...
For example I received an email from Watchdog, and noticed that DNS Server (BIND) and SpamAssassin is lways up and down... Thought people might have an idea as to why? Or if anyone has had these problems before?
Quote:
Events:
[Feb 3, 2007 10:46 PM] 'Plesk SpamAssassin' service started.
[Feb 3, 2007 10:41 PM] 'Plesk SpamAssassin' service stopped.
[Feb 3, 2007 10:11 PM] The 'Plesk Web Server' service was released from monitoring because it failed frequently.
[Feb 3, 2007 10:01 PM] The 'DNS Server (BIND)' service was released from monitoring because it failed frequently.
[Feb 3, 2007 09:46 PM] 'DNS Server (BIND)' service stopped.
[Feb 3, 2007 09:46 PM] 'DNS Server (BIND)' service stopped.
[Feb 3, 2007 09:46 PM] 'Plesk Web Server' service stopped.
[Feb 2, 2007 09:00 PM] The 'Plesk Web Server' service was released from monitoring because it failed frequently.
[Feb 2, 2007 08:50 PM] The 'DNS Server (BIND)' service was released from monitoring because it failed frequently.
[Feb 2, 2007 08:35 PM] 'DNS Server (BIND)' service stopped.
[Feb 2, 2007 08:35 PM] 'DNS Server (BIND)' service stopped.
[Feb 2, 2007 08:35 PM] 'Plesk Web Server' service stopped.
[Feb 2, 2007 07:49 PM] 'Plesk SpamAssassin' service started.
[Feb 2, 2007 07:44 PM] 'Plesk SpamAssassin' service stopped.
[Jan 29, 2007 01:00 AM] Security scanning report is in the file /usr/local/psa/var/modules/watchdog/report/security_2007-01-29.
Cpanel version 11.1.0
Fedora Core 6
This is a totally fresh install. I noticed bind was not running so I went to do a restart in WHM and I get the following error..
named has failed, please contact the sysadmin (result was "named is not running"). Jun 5 14:19:14 dts131 named: /etc/named.conf:65: open: /var/named/named.rfc1912.zones: file not found
i am trying to setup my dedicated server and when i try to add an "A Entry" for either Nameservers or hostname then i get the following error:
Code:
BBind reloading on server using rndc zone: [domainname]