Some help on DNS Only please

[Kerrya]

I'm not understanding the setup of DNS Only servers.

I've installed it fine, but I think I'm confused on how it works. I searched cPanel docs, and YouTube in general and I can find nothing on how it works, only on how to install it.

For instance, lets say I want to have [email protected]

1) Can the hostname of the server be host.mydomain.com or does it have to be ns1.mydomain.com?

2) Once the cluster has been setup, how can I tell what domains are being controlled by this nameserver? I expected some sort of edit DNS or other DNS controls, but there is nothing.

Any help really appreciated.

Thanks

Kerry

 

[andrew.n]

The hostname can be host.mydomain.com however the DNS only servers are not standalone ones i.e you also need a cPanel server to control the DNS records, you won't be able to manage DNS directly from the DNS only servers alone.

 

[cPRex]

What @andrew.n said.

To expand on that, DNSOnly servers are designed for just that - they only run the DNS tools required to serve zone records. Actual management of the zones, such as creating and editing, is done through a WHM server that is connected to the DNSOnly machine.

To take advantage of the DNSOnly tools you'll want to setup a cluster. More details on that can be found here:

DNS Cluster | cPanel & WHM Documentation

This interface allows you to configure a DNS cluster and add servers to an existing DNS cluster.

docs.cpanel.net

but let me know if you have any questions!