Bind: configuring key 'ddns_key': bad base64 encoding \ bad base64 encoding

Code:

Feb 25 20:38:49 bigboy named[4593]: /etc/named.conf:99: configuring key 'ddns_key': bad base64 encoding
Feb 25 20:38:49 bigboy named[4593]: loading configuration: bad base64 encoding

The above two errors will occur when bind(named) runs for the first time, unless you generate a valid base64 string and add it to named.conf:

Code:

# /usr/sbin/dns-keygen
H1Pl33tksEAXbEHq9rEfsVqxS7cCm8ie2W2Aa6UYTIGEGtXuhVFRGaIkjd6B

Copy the above string and updatenamed.conf, section key ddns_keyas follows:

Code:

key ddns_key
{
        algorithm hmac-md5;
        secret "H1Pl33tksEAXbEHq9rEfsVqxS7cCm8ie2W2Aa6UYTIGEGtXuhVFRGaIkjd6B";
};

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Bind: configuring key 'ddns_key': bad base64 encoding \ bad base64 encoding

Bind: configuring key 'ddns_key': bad base64 encoding \ bad base64 encoding