Bind9 stops automatically

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Hi,
My MIAB server’s bind9 stops automatically. And obviously when it happens leads to failure of email communication.
My server has 1 GB RAM. Do you think that could be an issue? At this time I could see free RAM is 600 MB.
How to debug?
Thank you.

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Have you made any modifications from how MiaB configured the server?

What version of MiaB are you on?

Is there anything in the logs?

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  1. No, not at all
  2. v0.52
  3. There are lots of logs. But I have no idea which log to share. Can you point me the direction.
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Usually issues like this will show up in /var/log/syslog, though I have to admit I’ve not had issues with bind.

How do you know that bind9 stops?

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Also, is there a reason you have not updated to .53a?

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Is there any regularity to this?

No, not at all.

The next time it happens do service bind9 status from the command line and share the result,

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Is your system clock reasonably accurate? If it’s way off, you’ll have trouble resolving names. This won’t stop the service, but will prevent it resolving. (I had this problem with a Raspberry Pi, which had no internal RTC and would wake up with an old date/time.)

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Usually, I receive system checks mail where it mentions bind9 not running.
Then, I login to the server and restart. Fortunately, it hasn’t stopped in the last 9 days.
I just updated the MIAB to 0.53a.

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No regularity.
Yes, I will share the logs and the status.

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I believe clock settings are accurate. Usually MIAB asks for time zone during installation itself. I don’t have trouble resolving names. I am using external DNS and website is running on main domain.

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