BIND : DNS Issue #4

1. Issue - resolving a local domain name to an IP address fails with:

> 192.168.1.3
Server:         127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

3.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa      name = server.domain.site.
>  server.domain.site
Server:         127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

** server can't find server.domain.site.: SERVFAIL

2. Check Server log

In /var/log/messages the following errors can be observed:

Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone domain.site/IN: journal rollforward failed: journal out of sync with zone
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone domain.site/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: running

3. Resolution

This issue may get experienced if the binary zone journal gets corrupted. To solve this issue: locate and delete the *jnl files for the corresponding zone files in /var/lib/named or its subdirectories

Source:

• https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7009661