# Dns server not starting

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117>\
**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117 "2023-10-19T16:46:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![anuj9122](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@anuj9122](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/anuj9122)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117/1 "2023-10-19T16:46:21Z")

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| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
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| OS type and version | Rhel9 |
| Webmin version | 2.101 |
| Virtualmin version | 7.8.2 |
| Related packages | SUGGESTED |

I get this error

### Failed to start BIND : Job for named.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status named.service” and “journalctl -xeu named.service” for details.

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**Author:** ![anuj9122](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@anuj9122](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/anuj9122)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117/2 "2023-10-19T16:47:02Z")

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@Ilia @Joe Please help me.

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**Author:** ![calport](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/calport/32/44_2.png) [@calport](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/calport)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117/3 "2023-10-19T16:56:15Z")

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> [@anuj9122](#):
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> systemctl status named.service

What’s the output when you run this on the cli?

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**Author:** ![anuj9122](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@anuj9122](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/anuj9122)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117/4 "2023-10-19T17:48:15Z")

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Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone theetcher.cf/IN: loaded serial 2023062704  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone techsure.info/IN: loaded serial 2023102109  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone anujchadha.cf/IN: loaded serial 2023100217  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone [gyaandeepastrology.com/IN:](http://gyaandeepastrology.com/IN:) loaded serial 2023100300  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone workok.ml/IN: loading from master file /var/named/workok.ml.hosts failed: file not found  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone workok.ml/IN: not loaded due to errors.  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: \_default/workok.ml/IN: file not found  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) systemd[1]: named.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) systemd[1]: named.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.  
Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).  
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**Author:** ![Ilia](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/ilia/32/10185_2.png) [@Ilia](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Ilia)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117/5 "2023-10-19T18:14:42Z")

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> [@anuj9122](#):
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> Oct 19 22:38:41 [projectok.com](http://projectok.com) bash[18279]: zone workok.ml/IN: loading from master file /var/named/workok.ml.hosts failed: file not found

This error is self-explanatory. You should find which relevant BIND config file tries to embed **`/var/named/workok.ml.hosts`** and fix it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/dns-server-not-starting/123117/6 "2023-12-18T18:15:35Z")

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