{"id":5330,"date":"2018-06-17T03:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T03:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5330"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:03:55","password":"","slug":"check-binds-zone-files-configuration-vps","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/check-binds-zone-files-configuration-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check binds zone files and configuration for your VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">After creating DNS zone files and configuring them, it\u2019s important to check if the syntax in the zone files is correct. Incorrect syntax may cause the files not to work at all.<\/p>\n<p>1. To check the configuration files run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"western\"><b>named-checkconf<\/b><\/pre>\n<p>To check a DNS zone files we can use named-checkzone command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"western\"><b>named-checkzone example.com \/var\/named\/example.com.db<\/b>\r\n\r\n<b>zone example.com\/IN: loaded serial 1<\/b>\r\n<b>OK<\/b><\/pre>\n<p>For the reverse zone file check<\/p>\n<pre class=\"western\"><b>named-checkzone 0.10.10.in-addr.arpa \/var\/named\/10.10.10.10.db<\/b>\r\n\r\n<b>zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa\/IN: loaded serial 2<\/b>\r\n<b>OK<\/b><\/pre>\n<p>2. Restart bind<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Mono, monospace;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>service named restart<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. You can test the bind server configuration using dig command<\/p>\n<pre class=\"western\"><b>dig @10.10.10.10 www.example.com<\/b>\r\n\r\n<b>; &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.6-ESV-R1 &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; @10.10.10.10 www.example.com<\/b>\r\n<b>; (1 server found)<\/b>\r\n<b>;; global options: +cmd<\/b>\r\n<b>;; Got answer:<\/b>\r\n<b>;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&lt;<\/b><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After creating DNS zone files and configuring them, it\u2019s important to check if the syntax in the zone files is correct. Incorrect syntax may cause the files not to work at all. 1. 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