A Beginner's Guide to Name Servers
Setting up nameservers in WHM/Cpanel
1. Log into WHM
2. Goto Server Setup =>> Edit Setup
Make sure your primary IP is correct under Main Shared Virtual Host IP
Make sure your Hostname is correct under Hostname (server1.xyz.com)
Under Primary Nameserver enter your primary nameserver (ns1.xyz.com), click on Assign
Ip Address, then click on Add A entry for this nameserver
Under Secondary Nameserver enter your secondary nameserver (ns2.xyz.com), click on
Assign Ip Address, then click on Add A entry for this nameserver
Note: You can add a third and fourth name server if you wish, however this is not necessary. All
name servers will be automatically assigned to any accounts you setup later. You will have to manually
disable extra nameservers from each account.
Scroll to the bottom and click Save.
Goto DNS Functions =>> Edit a DNS Zone
Choose the primary domain for the server and click Edit
The beginning of your Zone File should look something like this:
Code:
; Zone File for ip-2-ip.net
$TTL 14400
@ 14440 IN SOA ns1.xyz.com. admin.xyz.com
In SOA add your primary ns (ns1.xyz.com.) and contact email (admin.xyz.com.). Put a period at
the end of your nameserver, and use a period in place of @ in your contact email and add a period at the
end too.)
In most cases you should have the following Record Types:
Code:
xyz.com. 14440 IN NS ns1.xyz.com.
xyz.com. 14440 IN NS ns2.xyz.com.
xyz.com. 14440 IN A 123.123.123.12 (primary IP Address)
localhost.xyz.com. 14440 IN A 127.0.0.1
xyz.com. 14440 IN MX 0 xyz.com.
mail 14440 IN CNAME xyz.com.
www 14440 IN CNAME xyz.com.
ftp 14440 IN A 123.123.123.13
ns1 14440 IN A 123.123.123.12
ns2 14440 IN A 123.123.123.13
server1 14440 IN A 123.123.123.12 (primary IP Address)
If you do not have A records for your Nameservers add them now. If you use Managed DNS for your
domain name, also add A records to your domain name with your DNS.
If you made changes to your zone file, scroll down to the bottom and click on Save
Goto DNS Functions =>> Perform a DNS Cleanup
Now log out of WHM and SSH to your server and login as root.
Note: You can download Putty by
Clicking Here. It's a clean
running application that will not require installation on Windows-boxes.
Once logged in...
At command prompt type: pico /etc/nameserverips
Make sure all of your nameservers are listed
123.123.123.12=ns1.xyz.com
123.123.123.13=ns2.xyz.com
123.123.123.14=0
123.123.123.15=0
123.123.123.16=0
Remove any nameservers that do not belong.
If you make changes to the file, then press the following keys on your keyboard Ctrl o
and then Enter to save the file, then Ctrl x to exit.
At command prompt type: pico /etc/resolv.conf
There should only be two records in the resolv.conf file... primary nameserver, secondary
nameserver.
nameserver 123.123.123.12
nameserver 123.123.123.13
Remove anything else and then save and exit.
At the prompt type: pico /etc/wwwacct.conf
Make sure all of the information is correct. Remove anything that does not belong, save, then
exit.
ADDR 123.123.123.12
CONTACTEMAIL admin@xyz.com
CONTACTPAGER
DEFMOD x
ETHDEV
FTPTYPE proftpd
HOMEDIR /home
HOMEMATCH home
HOST server1.xyz.com
LOGSTYLE combined
MINUID
NS ns1.xyz.com
NS2 ns2.xyz.com
ns3
SCRIPTALIAS y
ns4
At the prompt type: pico /etc/named.conf
Scroll down to the bottom of the file to the zone records.
Code:
zone "xyz.com" {
type master;
file "/var/named/xyz.com.db";
};
Make sure all domain zone records are correct. Remove any zone records that are old or do not
belong there. If you make any changes, save and then exit.
At the prompt type: pico /etc/host.conf[B]
This file should look like this:
[B]order hosts,bind
At the prompt type: pico /etc/hosts
This file should look like this:
Code:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
123.123.123.12 server1.xyz.com server1
127.0.0.1 localhost
Now your done and your nameservers will work like a pro.
Setting up Custom/Private Nameservers for your Resellers
This was the hardest topic to find clear and useful information on. I never did find any... but after taking a chance and experimenting with one of my dedis, it became clear.
Goto Server Setup =>> Tweak Settings
Scroll down to System and check Allow Sharing Nameserver Ips
When you setup a new reseller account...
Goto Account Functions =>> Create a New Account
Create new reseller account. Put a check in the Reseller box and Owner (only if reseller) box.
Goto Resellers =>> Reseller Center
Select the reseller and click on Edit Privileges/Nameservers.
Set account creation and feature limits
At the bottom enter resellers nameservers (ns1.reseller.com, ns2.reseller.com).
IMPORTANT
If you wish to assign private IPs click on Assign Ip Address, and then Add an A entry for this nameserver.
If you want the name server to use shared IP addresses do not assign an IP address.
Save your changes.
Goto DNS Functions =>> Edit a DNS Zone
Select reseller
Enter A entries for the nameservers along with their corrosponding IP addresses
Code:
ns1 14440 IN A 123.123.123.12
ns2 14440 IN A 123.123.123.13
Save your changes.
Your reseller's will have to create their nameservers at their domain registry as well. If they use Managed DNS, they will also have to add A records for the nameservers to their domain.
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