SERVFAIL with dns challenge rfc2136

Dynamic updates aren’t directly written to the zonefile in bind. They are first written to a binary log file called a journal.

The issue on your system is that bind doesn’t have the permissions to create the journal file. The SERVFAIL is a result of that failure.

You should check what user/group bind is running at, and check that /etc/bind has the right permissions on it in order to enable the journal file to be created.

Apart from directory permissions, SELinux may also be a culprit.

See these previous threads:

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