I have a VPS freshly set up using: The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) So far I am still trying to figure out how to get rid of the error: root@server:/etc/bind# ls Code: bind.keys db.empty named.conf.default-zones rndc.key db.0 db.local named.conf.local slave db.127 db.root named.conf.options zones.rfc1918 db.255 named.conf pri.ns1.example.com.err the contents of the error file: Code: $TTL 3600 @ IN SOA ns1.example.com. mail.example.com. ( 2013062812 ; serial, todays date + todays serial # 7200 ; refresh, seconds 540 ; retry, seconds 604800 ; expire, seconds 86400 ) ; minimum, seconds ; example.com. 3600 A 173.333.222.105 example.com. 3600 MX 10 mail.example.com. example.com. 3600 NS ns1.example.com. example.com. 3600 NS ns2.example.com. mail 3600 A 173.333.222.105 ns1 86400 A 173.333.222.105 ns2 86400 A 173.333.222.105 www 3600 A 173.333.222.105 I also tried this Code: root@server:/# dig @localhost example.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> @localhost example.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 54614 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;example. IN A ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Fri Jun 28 22:41:11 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 33 And Code: root@server:/# dig @localhost ns1.example.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> @localhost ns1.example.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 22830 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ns1.example.com. IN A ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Fri Jun 28 22:44:56 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 37 I checked /var/log/syslog and it is empty. I can access the site via the ip address but when I point the browser to example.com I get "server not found" (on Firefox) and "This webpage is not available" (on chrome). Any help with resolving this issue is appreciated.
still no luck domain has yet to be resolved. Any ideas from the community wold be very helpful! any1?
There are many log files as shown below Code: root@server:/var/log# ls alternatives.log dmesg.0 lastlog nginx alternatives.log.1 dmesg.1.gz mail.* ntpstats apache2 dmesg.2.gz mail.err php5-fpm.log apt dmesg.3.gz mail.log pure-ftpd aptitude dmesg.4.gz mail.log.1 pycentral.log auth.log dpkg.log mailman rkhunter.log auth.log.1 dpkg.log.1 messages rkhunter.log.1 boot fail2ban.log mysql rkhunter.log.old boot.log fail2ban.log.1 mysql.err syslog btmp faillog mysql.log udev btmp.1 fsck mysql.log.1.gz upstart clamav ispconfig mysql.log.2.gz wtmp dbconfig-common ispconfig_install.log mysql.log.3.gz wtmp.1 debug kern.log mysql.log.4.gz dmesg kern.log.1 news I looked at syslog and it was empty, what log file I am to look at? Thanks
Do you have the server that bind is running on set up as a dns server in your /etc/network/interface flie ? auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 173.333.222.105 netmask 255.255.255.0 network X.X.X.X broadcast 173.333.222.255 gateway X.X.X.X dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 If you dont have 127.0.0.1 added, bind will only look up the external dns servers (eg: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in above case. ) to get an IP address and act as a dns cache. So any local records will not be looked up. check /etc/resolv.conf and see what the nameserver settings are.
Thanks for the reply. I am certain that you pin pointed where the problem is, but so far I couldn't correct it. So here is what I found: by running nano /etc/network/interfaces I got Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 173.333.222.105 gateway 173.333.222.97 netmask 255.255.255.240 and by running nano /etc/resolv.conf I got: Code: nameserver 208.xx.xxx.170 nameserver 64.xx.xx.2 where did these name servers ips come from? anyway I changed my network/interface to: Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 173.333.222.105 gateway 173.333.222.97 netmask 255.255.255.240 network 173.333.222.0 boradcast 173.333.222.255 dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 208.xx.xxx.170 64.xx.xx.2 then restarted networking /etc/init.d/networking restart but still site is not resolved yet! could you plz point out what I am doing wrong ?? Thanks again
What are those dns server you have listed, are they for your local isp? For testing you may want to use the 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (those are google dns). Can you post your server config Dns tab? In Sever config, make sure to set your gateway even though I doubt it'll make a big difference. Also, when you say you cannot resolv the website, are you testing inside the network or from the outside? (makes a big difference).
Here is my Server Config tab The snapshot was taken before I set the gateway to 173.333.222.97 (didn't make a difference). I rechecked /etc/resolv.conf and now it shows this: Code: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 127.0.0.1 my /etc/network/interfaces looks like: Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 173.333.222.105 gateway 173.333.222.97 netmask 255.255.255.240 network 173.224.222.0 boradcast 173.224.222.255 dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 I am testing from outside the network. ip address resolves, but not www.site.com
Code: options { directory "/var/cache/bind"; // If there is a firewall between you and nameservers you want // to talk to, you may need to fix the firewall to allow multiple // ports to talk. See http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113 // If your ISP provided one or more IP addresses for stable // nameservers, you probably want to use them as forwarders. // Uncomment the following block, and insert the addresses replacing // the all-0's placeholder. // forwarders { // 0.0.0.0; // }; //======================================================================== // If BIND logs error messages about the root key being expired, // you will need to update your keys. See https://www.isc.org/bind-keys //======================================================================== dnssec-validation auto; auth-nxdomain no; # conform to RFC1035 listen-on-v6 { any; }; }; /etc/bind/named.conf.local is empty file
Just to make sure, you have ns1.example.com registered with a glue record at your name register right? Also, please post your server config->DNS tab.
Yes my name servers ns1 and ns2 are registered with a glue record (used them before ispconfig on kloxo and worked) here is my dns server config Thanks
