after upgrade to Yosemite DNS will not start.

What version of OS X did you upgrade from?

First, try and see if the process is active in launchd:

sudo launchctl list | grep named

If the DNS service is running, you should get back a result like (your process ID will differ):

188 0 org.isc.named

If you get no result, try loading named manually using:

sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/name-f &

Watch the system.log for feedback.

You can also check your zone and config files for proper syntax. For example, use this command to check the conf file. If you get no results, the assumption is that the file is formatted properly:

sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/named-checkconf /Library/Server/named/named.conf

Use this command to check the zone files. Repeat for each zone and zone file. Here is for the forward zone. Obviously, replace my zone name and path to zone file with those for your server. Here you should get an OK status.

sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/named-checkzone carbontechnologies.com /Library/Server/named/db.carbontechnologies.com

zone carbontechnologies.com/IN: loaded serial 2014102701

OK

Let's start there. Check the files to ensure they are proper. Then try and start the service manually.

Reid

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It looks like you need to reinstall at least the Server app, and maybe the whole OS.

Hi Strontium90,

I am having this same issue, the DNS service will not start from the Server app or the CLI serveradmin command.

I followed your instructions and the configuration file and zone files check out OK.

I can get the "named" service to load manually using the command that you provided (slightly altered to change "name-f" to "named"), but after a reboot it won't load automatically, from Server app, or serveradmin command line. I have to manually start it again.

I enabled verbose logging and tried to start the DNS service using the serveradmin command and here are the errors that I get:

Mar 18 13:26:12 macmini.mydomain.com sudo[8789]: Andrew : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/Andrew ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/serveradmin start dns

Mar 18 13:26:12 macmini.mydomain.com serveradmin[8790]: Connected to the Notify Service

Mar 18 13:26:12 macmini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.system): Could not import service from caller: caller = smd.204, service = org.isc.named, error = 119: Service is disabled

Mar 18 13:26:12 macmini.mydomain.com com.apple.serverd[36]: ERROR: SMJobSubmit: The operation couldn’t be completed. (CFErrorDomainLaunchd error 9.)

Mar 18 13:26:12 macmini.mydomain.com configd[34]: preference: NAT disabled

Mar 18 13:26:21 macmini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.bundles[8793]): Could not find uid associated with service: 0: Undefined error: 0 501

Mar 18 13:26:21 macmini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.bundles): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

Mar 18 13:26:31 macmini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.bundles[8799]): Could not find uid associated with service: 0: Undefined error: 0 501

Mar 18 13:26:31 macmini com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.mdworker.bundles): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

Any additional help you can provide would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Andrew

If you are too invested in the server and don't want to reinstall or get too deep into digging, you can simply may your own startup item. Place it in /Library/LaunchDaemons and bypass whatever issue the server has.

Hi,

I quite new ta server.app - had various services woking fine - but have problem to have then all OK on same install - so I reinstall all the os a few time in the past month... Now:

My DNS service stopped itself I guess... I just constat this today...

If I try to switch it "on"... it goes back immediately on "off". So i tried to recreate it's configuration automatically from SERVER tab / host name etc... but the process can't finish - and i have to cancel to exit from this window...

FOR DNS probem:

1/ sudo launchctl list | grep named

RETUNS:

- 1 org.isc.named

SO i guess it's fine

2/ BUT:

xs:~ adminxs$ sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/named-checkconf

RETUNS

open: /Library/Server/named/named.conf: file not found

ANY HELP? thanks

(I also have an other issue = caching service is not caching anything - nor from server 'update' nor from any 'client ' update-or applestore download')

I finnaly reinstall server.app as suggested by Linc Davis and ok now it works again.

For caching service anyway - I still have a problem...

may post in an had-oc post

Same problem. Tried everything for about 8h. Nothing helps. :-(

Even tried resetting OS X server but even that isn't helping.

Worked fine for me with this advice. Thanks a lot !