Configuring DNS stuff for a new server

Heritz

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Hi all,

I just bought a dedicated machine with the LayeredTech guys. As you might know, this is a self-managed server, so I have to put everything in order by myself.

I am so confused with the DNS stuff so I dont know where to start.

I want "hostromo.com" to be the main domain for my server, and the hostname to be "server.hostromo.com". Also, I want to have my own ns1.hostromo.com and ns2.hostromo.com.

So, to start, in my domain registrar I set up ns1.hostromo.com as primary nameserver and ns2.hostromo.com as secondary nameserver.

Now... what should I configure in my WHM to make it work?

I am so damn confused with this DNS stuff, I could really really really use some link or good information to learn about this.

Thanks a lot guys for your help!
 

jrehmer

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Hello,

First you'll want to create A records for ns1/ns2.hostromo.com if you haven't done that. Then under WHM in Basic cPanel/WHM Setup you want to specify those are your primary and secondary name servers. It's also a good idea to have reverse DNS records (PTR) setup for the DNS servers as well.

That's all I had to do in order to get things working. Then just make sure that all the domains you have pointing to the server have ns1/ns2.hostromo.com set as their DNS servers with the registrar.

Regards,

Jesse
 

Heritz

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Oh... :D

And how do I create new A records for the NS1 and NS2?

Thanks for your help!
 

Heritz

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Ok, its done.

But its still not working. I think its because I have two nameservers IP that I cant delete. In WHM under "Networking Setup" / Nameserver IPs there are two names that I cant delete:

72.36.237.242 ~ NS1.YOUR-HOSTING-SUPPORT.COM
72.36.237.244 ~ NS2.AREA51-HOSTING.COM

Actually, the main IP for my server is 72.36.237.242. But when I try to delete those entries I got this message:

Sorry, the nameserver ip 72.36.237.242 cannot be removing since it is still registered with an ICANN register.

Any ideas?
 

jrehmer

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Under Tweak Settings there should be an option to disable whois lookups on name server IPs... give that a shot. And just so you know, there's no real use for that Nameserver IPs function that I'm aware of.
 

Heritz

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Excellent, now I can detele those entries and I just configured two A records for my 72.36.237.242 and 72.36.237.243. Lets wait and see how it works!

You have helped me a lot, thanks!!!
 

jrehmer

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Excellent, now I can detele those entries and I just configured two A records for my 72.36.237.242 and 72.36.237.243. Lets wait and see how it works!

You have helped me a lot, thanks!!!
Awesome! I hope it works for you, and I'm always happy to help!