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Setting up Private Nameserver with cPanel
Posted by admin on 17 September 2009 11:34 PM
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Setting up Private Nameserver with Cpanel This will allow your site to point to your own nameservers: ns1.yoursite.com and ns2.yoursite.com. 1. Registering domain (if you don't have one already) Register your domain if you do not have one. This domain will be used as your nameserver. (eg. ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com) 2. Will need 2 available IPs Lunarpages provides 3 IPs with the dedicated server. One is for the server itself, and the other 2 can be used for the nameservers. 3. Register the nameservers. You will need to contact your registrar to register your domain as a nameserver. In most cases, you can login to your domain management page to set this up. An example can be found at the following link: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=237604 note: registrations can take up to 3 days to propagate. 4. Fix NDC SSH into your server as root and run the following: /scripts/updatenow /scripts/fixndc In WHM, restart DNS/Nameserver (BIND) - it is on the left window pane. 5. Setup nameservers in WHM In WHM, select Edit Setup near the top in the left window pane. Set the Primary Nameserver to ns1.yourdomain.com (the domain you registered). Then click Assign IP Address. Repeat this for the Secondary Nameserver section, using ns2.yourdomain.com. On the bottom of the page, click Save. note: the IPs will be set incorrectly, this must be changed in shell 6. Edit files in Shell SSH into your server as root and open the following 2 files and edit (you can open a file using nano). Check the key below. file 1 - type: nano /etc/resolv.conf The file should be edited to look like this: domain yourdomain.com search yourdomain.com nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver IP1 nameserver IP2 Save (ctrl+o and enter) and close the file (ctrl+x). file 2 - type: nano /etc/nameserverips The file should be edited to look like this: IP0=0 IP1=ns1.yourdomain.com IP2=ns2.yourdomain.com Save (ctrl+o and enter) and close the file (ctrl+x). IP0=server ip yourdomain = main domain of your server IP1 = ip of nameserver 1 IP2 = ip of nameserver 2 ns1.yourdomain.com = nameserver 1 that you registered ns2.yourdomain.com = nameserver 2 that you registered 7. Setup nameservers in WHM - final In WHM, select Edit Server near the top in the left window pane. Set the Primary Nameserver to ns1.yourdomain.com (the domain you registered). Then click Assign IP Address (should be the correct IP now). Then click Add an A entry for this nameserver. Repeat this for the Secondary Nameserver section, using ns2.yourdomain.com. On the bottom of the page, click Save. In WHM, select Manage Nameserver IPs. You should see the correct 2 IPs and 2 nameservers. 8. Reboot server SSH into server as root and type: reboot When the server comes back and is set to your liking, you will have to contact your registrar and point your domain to your nameservers. Until then, your domain will not point to the dedicated server. | |
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