Bind failing to start on new 9.9.4 server

[Ray Bellis]

On 09/02/2017 14:28, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I am migrating to Centos7 from Centos6.  Going from Bind 9.8.2 to 9.9.4,
> I am building this on a new server.  I currently do not have DNSSEC
> enabled, and not enabling it for the initial migration work.
> 
> I have looked over changes in named.conf and believe I have made the
> necessary changes.  My named.conf is  loading as are the zone files. 
> This is what 'systemctl -l status named' shows:

I'd suggest that you try starting named manually with the '-g' flag so
that it sends all output to stderr without forking.

This should hopefully reveal why it's failing to start.

Ray