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02 Oct 2020

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	Nameserver Setup - New WHM Server.

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So you got a new server with cPanel/WHM installed on it. You want to use your own branded Domain Name Servers from this server. As these settings are not setup by default you will need to do some work to setup your name servers. Just follow these easy to use steps to setup your own name servers:

1) If you have never used your own DNS servers before you will have to register your name servers at your domain registrar (i.e the company you bought the domain from). In most cases an option to add DNS servers will be available in the domain control panel at your registrar. You will have been provided 2 IP addresses from us, so ask your domain registar to register - ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com to the IP addresses provided by us to you for your VPS.

Once you have registered the domain name servers at your registrar it will take anywhere from 6 – 36 hours before they are available on the Internet.

2) Logon to WHM on your new server. In WHM – look for the option to to add name servers. Now go ahead and input the nameserver names you used in step 1 - something similar like this:
ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com

2b) Assign the IP addresses for your new name servers. Each name server must have its own IP address. A preferred option would be to have 2 different IP addresses from different subnets. Some domain registries will require this for failover purposes (assuming that there are 2 different DNS servers in different locations).

3) Once the name servers have been setup and IP addresses have been assigned you want them to be added to the DNS zone of your domain. This step is needed to have the actual name servers available for Internet usage. cPanel offers a very easy way to do this. Just click on the available button to add the entry/entries to the DNS zone file. You can double check this step by looking into the DNS zone file for your domain in WHM.

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27 Oct 2020 07:54 PM

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