Linux Centos OS: Start / Stop / Restart BIND DNS Server

CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux

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Type the following command to start BIND server:
# service named start
Type the following command to stop BIND server:
# service named stop
Type the following command to restart BIND server:
# service named restart
Type the following command to reload BIND server to reload zone file or config file changes:
# service named reload
Type the following command to see the current status of BIND server:
# service named status
You can also use the following syntax too:

/etc/init.d/named start /etc/init.d/named stop /etc/init.d/named restart