restore virtual server - bind fails to start [#24121]

Submitted by kappler0 on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 23:20 Pro Licensee

Hi there, well, upon restoring a virtual server from my old system i am getting host errors which cannot seem to figure out. I believe its the hosts file from memory but i cannot remember the details... Would appreciate a pointer in the right direction here - this is from the logs:

Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: /var/named/scottkappler.com.hosts:33: localhost.*.scottkappler.com: bad owner name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: /var/named/scottkappler.com.hosts:34: webmail.*.scottkappler.com: bad owner name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: /var/named/scottkappler.com.hosts:35: admin.*.scottkappler.com: bad owner name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: /var/named/scottkappler.com.hosts:36: mail.*.scottkappler.com: bad owner name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: dns_rdata_fromtext: /var/named/scottkappler.com.hosts:37: near 'mail.*.scottkappler.com.': bad name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: zone scottkappler.com/IN: loading from master file /var/named/scottkappler.com.hosts failed: bad owner name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: zone scottkappler.com/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Nov 19 23:50:16 main named: _default/scottkappler.com/IN: bad owner name (check-names)
Nov 19 23:53:56 main php-cgi: PHP Warning:  Module 'mcrypt' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone localhost.localdomain/IN: loaded serial 0
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 0
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 0
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone fitmedwellness.com/IN: loaded serial 1352503486
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone nutritionwrx.com/IN: loaded serial 1352503509
Nov 19 23:56:17 main named: zone diabeteshealthsolution.com/IN: loaded serial 1352503533

and here is the hosts file:

$ttl 3600
@       IN      SOA     ns1.dealbent.net. root.ns1.dealbent.net. (
                        1353386990
                        10800
                        3600
                        604800
                        38400 )
scottkappler.com.       IN      A       98.142.218.110
www.scottkappler.com.   IN      A       98.142.218.110
ftp.scottkappler.com.   IN      A       98.142.218.110
m.scottkappler.com.     IN      A       98.142.218.110
localhost.scottkappler.com.     IN      A       127.0.0.1
webmail.scottkappler.com.       IN      A       98.142.218.110
admin.scottkappler.com. IN      A       98.142.218.110
mail.scottkappler.com.  IN      A       98.142.218.110
scottkappler.com.       IN      MX      5 mail.scottkappler.com.
scottkappler.com.       IN      TXT     "v=spf1 a mx a:scottkappler.com ip4:98.142.218.110 -all"
cv.scottkappler.com.    IN      A       98.142.218.110
www.cv.scottkappler.com.        IN      A       98.142.218.110
cv.scottkappler.com.    IN      A       98.142.218.110
www.cv.scottkappler.com.        IN      A       98.142.218.110
ftp.cv.scottkappler.com.        IN      A       98.142.218.110
m.cv.scottkappler.com.  IN      A       98.142.218.110
localhost.cv.scottkappler.com.  IN      A       127.0.0.1
webmail.cv.scottkappler.com.    IN      A       98.142.218.110
admin.cv.scottkappler.com.      IN      A       98.142.218.110
mail.cv.scottkappler.com.       IN      A       98.142.218.110
cv.scottkappler.com.    IN      MX      5 mail.cv.scottkappler.com.
scottkappler.com.       IN      NS      ns1.dealbent.net.
scottkappler.com.       IN      NS      ns2.dealbent.net.
*.scottkappler.com.     IN      A       98.142.218.110
www.*.scottkappler.com. IN      A       98.142.218.110
ftp.*.scottkappler.com. IN      A       98.142.218.110
m.*.scottkappler.com.   IN      A       98.142.218.110
localhost.*.scottkappler.com.   IN      A       127.0.0.1
webmail.*.scottkappler.com.     IN      A       98.142.218.110
admin.*.scottkappler.com.       IN      A       98.142.218.110
mail.*.scottkappler.com.        IN      A       98.142.218.110
admin.*.scottkappler.com.       IN      A       98.142.218.110
mail.*.scottkappler.com.        IN      A       98.142.218.110
*.scottkappler.com.     IN      MX      5 mail.*.scottkappler.com.
mail.cv.scottkappler.com.       IN      A       98.142.218.110
cv.scottkappler.com.    IN      MX      5 mail.cv.scottkappler.com.

Thanks a lot!

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Comments

Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 23:31 Comment #1

You may want to comment out or remove lines 33 - 37 -- I don't believe you can have a domain name that contains a wildcard in the middle, such as:

foo.*.example.com

I think it's objecting to the domains it's seeing in there with that format... the wildcard would need to be on the left of the domain name.

Submitted by kappler0 on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 23:50 Pro Licensee Comment #2

hmmm... interesting - i saw that as well.. that happened during the restore from the other server so i figured there was a purpose....

fyi: the primary server had two sub-servers cv.scottkappler.com and *.scottkappler.com (the wildcard was for a WordPress network site) - (i cannot remember how it was specifically set up now)

Submitted by kappler0 on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 00:20 Pro Licensee Comment #3

Well that fixed that issue but i ran a est with intodns.com and it tells me that my nameservers are not responding - i will however open a new ticket to keep it separate. thanks

Submitted by andreychek on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 08:04 Comment #4

Okay, I'm glad BIND starts now! I'll pass this along to Jamie, as it sounds like there may be a bug involved when restoring a Virtual Server containing a wildcard domain.

Submitted by kappler0 on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 12:06 Pro Licensee Comment #5

Hey,

There actually may be another issue i just discovered... -or- I misunderstood the restore process. The subserver cv.scottkappler.com did not restore with the main. it seemed to as it is listed as a server in the menu but the folder doesn't exist...

[root@host etc]# service httpd restart
Stopping httpd:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting httpd: Warning: DocumentRoot [/home/scott/public_html/cv] does not exist
Warning: DocumentRoot [/home/scott/public_html/cv] does not exist
                                                           [  OK  ]

Do i need to restore the subserver seperately as well? It seems odd that it only restored part of the deal or am i misunderstanding how it should function? (It is a wordpress network subdomain) - and it states in vMin:

Virtual Sub-Domain Summary   
In domain cv.scottkappler.com
Virtual server details
Domain name cv.scottkappler.com Created on  07/Feb/2012 01:09 by root
Administration username scottk  Administration group    None created
IP address  98.142.218.110 (Shared by all servers)
Home directory  /home/scottk/domains/cv.scottkappler.com
Description Migrated cPanel sub-domain
Parent virtual server   scottkappler.com

Thank you

Submitted by andreychek on Sat, 11/24/2012 - 22:20 Comment #6

I unfortunately don't know recall how Sub-Domains are handled as part of the backup process (Sub-Domain usage has been deprecated, so we don't run into it much anymore).

However, is there a separate .tar.gz file for that sub-domain in your backup directory?

If so, you'd need to make sure you restored that .tar.gz file.

However, if there isn't a separate file, that makes it sound like it may be (or should be) included as part of the parent Virtual Server's backup.