How To Get BIND Started - Linux

Setting up your DNS server is easy to do, but the procedure differs between Linux distributions.

Redhat / Fedora

You can use the chkconfig command to get BIND configured to start at boot

[root@bigboy tmp]# chkconfig named on

To start, stop, and restart BIND after booting, use:

[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/named start
[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/named stop
[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/named restart

Remember to restart the BIND process every time you make a change to the configuration file for the changes to take effect on the running process.

Debian / Ubuntu

You can use the sysv-rc-conf command to get BIND configured to start at boot

[root@bigboy tmp]# sysv-rc-conf bind on

To start, stop, and restart BIND after booting, use:

[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/bind start
[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/bind stop
[root@bigboy tmp]# /etc/init.d/bind restart

Even though the startup script and installation package name refers to bind, the name of the daemon that runs is named just like it is with Redhat / Fedora. Also remember to restart the BIND process every time you make a change to the configuration file for the changes to take effect on the running process.