I follow above instruction and it work perfect for me except if db.%domainname%.txt file in c:\windows\system32\dns\etc\zones then in named.conf directory you have to give path c:\windows\system32\dns\etc\zones. i try first on windows server 2003 and i found its work perfect in server 2003 but since server 2008 webserver is more secure and has more option i install on server 2008.

i was getting error message 1067 after i change directory path to c:\windows\system32\dns\etc\zones (i have db.%domainname%.txt file in zones directory) ISC BIND service start with out error message.

I replace Sun Solaris 8 name server with Windows base name server.

Really helpful article.

But I have a few basic queries:
1] Is Windows 2008 Web Server a requirement? Can I try this on Windows 2008 Enterprise Server instead?
2] I tried these steps on a 64-bit Windows 2008 Enterprise Server and was not able to start the bind service (named.exe).
I got a 1067 error.

I uninstalled and installed 9.5.1 and the rndc-confgen file works perfectly.

thanks.
Dave

Can anyone please advise what to do if rndc-confgen is no working ? On running either of the below commands

rndc-confgen –a
rndc-confgen > C:\windows\system32\dns\etc\rndc.conf

I get the windows popup “rndc-confgen has stopped working, with options to search online for a solution, or close the program ?

The end result is that the conf and/or key files are not created.

I have 2 windows 2008 web servers, and am having this issue with both!

Any advice / help greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the article. It’s written pretty nicely.

One more thing, you can stop and start BIND inside the cmd.exe prompt so there’s no need to close the cmd.exe prompt.

net start “ISC BIND”
net stop “ISC BIND”

And two easy ways to create the named.log file from inside the cmd.exe prompt include:

copy con C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\etc\log\named.log
CTRL+Z [ENTER]

or

notepad C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\etc\log\named.log

then answer YES when asked if you want to create the file.

Thank you. And I think this information would work better if the document above gets edited and this gets placed into HTML rather than sitting at the bottom. You do not need to add my name, this here gets placed into the public domain.

No problem! Just glad you got it working.

Dave

Can you check the application log on the server and see what exactly is being generated and post it here or send it to Kasia through the contact form. I will take a look at it and get back to you.

Dave