opendkim.sock file not being created or does not exist

I'm attempting to configure opendkim on my raspberry email server that has a dovecot/postfix setup already configured. I have followed some tutorials and some forum posts to further diagnose my issue. Excerpt from my syslog: Apr 16 08:55:06 raspberrypi postfix/smtpd: warning: connect to Milter service unix:/var/run/opendkim/opendkim.sock: No such file or directory When I go to check if the file exists. It is not there. This leads me to believe that either my opendkim.conf file is either being ignored, or there is a permissions issue. However i have not been able to resolve this with my attempts. Tutorial I Followed Below is a question I referenced unix:/var/run/opendkim/opendkim.sock: No such file or directory I can't find the forum post that lead me to believe that this is an OS issue (Raspbian/Stretch), however there was one out there dated at SEP 2017 Another post I tried: https://serverfault.com/questions/796742/connect-to-milter-service-unix-var-run-opendkim-opendkim-sock-no-such-file-or **EDIT 1:** The result of attempting to manually start the opendkim.service Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : opendkim.service: Unit entered failed state. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : opendkim.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : opendkim.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : Stopped OpenDKIM DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Milter. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : opendkim.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : Failed to start OpenDKIM DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Milter. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : opendkim.service: Unit entered failed state. Apr 18 15:49:29 raspberrypi systemd[1] : opendkim.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.