Bind failing to start on new 9.9.4 server

[Robert Moskowitz]

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:

● named.service - Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS)
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/named.service; enabled; 
vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-02-09 09:08:25 
EST; 14min ago
   Process: 1851 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/named -u named $OPTIONS 
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Process: 1847 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c if [ ! 
"$DISABLE_ZONE_CHECKING" == "yes" ]; then /usr/sbin/named-checkconf -z 
/etc/named.conf; else echo "Checking of zone files is disabled"; fi 
(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com named[1855]: automatic empty zone: 
view internal: 74.100.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com named[1855]: automatic empty zone: 
view internal: 75.100.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com named[1855]: automatic empty zone: 
view internal: 76.100.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com named[1855]: automatic empty zone: 
view internal: 77.100.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com named[1855]: automatic empty zone: 
view internal: 78.100.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com named[1855]: automatic empty zone: 
view internal: 79.100.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: named.service: control 
process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: Failed to start 
Berkeley Internet Name Domain (DNS).
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: Unit named.service 
entered failed state.
Feb 09 09:08:25 onlo.htt-consult.com systemd[1]: named.service failed.

Not very informative with all those auto empty zone messages.  Is there 
a way to suppress those messages, or is this part of the problem?

I worked at viewing /var/log/messages, digging through all those auto 
empty zone messages and found the following:

Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
101.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
102.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
103.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
104.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
105.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
106.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
107.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
108.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
109.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo systemd: named.service: control process exited, 
code=exited
  status=1
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
110.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo systemd: Failed to start Berkeley Internet Name 
Domain (DNS
).
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
111.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo systemd: Unit named.service entered failed state.
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
112.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo systemd: named.service failed.
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
113.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
114.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
115.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
116.100.I
N-ADDR.ARPA
Feb  9 09:08:25 onlo named[1855]: automatic empty zone: view internal: 
117.100.I



named enters failed state and no reason why is given.  Perhaps it is the 
number of empty zones generated?

Thank you for your help on this.