The named service fails to start at boot with 'address not available'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The named service fails to start at system boot.

    Aug 14 18:17:58 node1.example.com named[4258]: could not get query source dispatcher (x.x.x.x#0)
    Aug 14 18:17:58 node1.example.com named[4258]: loading configuration: address not available
    Aug 14 18:17:58 node1.example.com named[4258]: exiting (due to fatal error)
    Aug 14 18:17:58 node1.example.com systemd[1]: named.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
    Aug 14 18:17:58 node1.example.com systemd[1]: named.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    
  • The named reports 'could not get query source dispatcher' and 'loading configuration: address not available' during system boot.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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