DNS Name Server Question?

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Posted by olddocks, 01-12-2008, 10:24 AM
i have a dedicated server installed with cpanel with 4 ips. i have enabled dns named in cpanel. i have few questions as i am beginner in deidcated server stuff. How many ips i need to run dns nameserver? i know i need atleast 2ips but if i have 4 sites (site1.com, site2.com) and i want to have own nameservers like (ns1.site1.com, ns2.site1.com, ns1.site2.com...for 4 sites) do i need 8 IPs? or just all can be accomodated with 2 IPs for nameserver. how do i set up this in cpanel? Please if any pro can help this newbie
Posted by ub3r, 01-12-2008, 10:47 AM
2 you can put more than 1 nameserver on an ip address. register nameserver at registrar-level, create A record for nameserver in the dns zone of the domain you're creating the nameservers for.
Posted by olddocks, 01-12-2008, 06:21 PM
are you saying that i can run nameserver with 1 ip address here i what i did Hostname: server.mydomain.com IP1: ns1.mydomain.com IP2: ns2.mydomain.com i have new domain xyz.com and wanted to have ns1.xyz.com and ns2.xyz.com i then created NS entry in DNS zone file of server.mydomain.com for ns1.xyz.com and ns2.xyz.com when i tried to add nameservers for xyz.com with godaddy, it is not accepting and says errors were detected. Last edited by olddocks; 01-12-2008 at 06:33 PM.
Posted by k3oni, 01-12-2008, 09:17 PM
If it is from Godaddy you may want to call them and tell them that you want to add the nameservers for that site to those IP's. Does not matter what the error would be related to you will get the same error from them. Usually you can even run 2 nameservers on only 1 IP but that is not recommended. But in the same time you can use 2 IP's for multiple domains nameservers, like suing same 2 IP's for ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com and in the same time for ns1.xxx.com and ns2.xxx.com .
Posted by psyxakias, 01-13-2008, 04:52 AM
As ub3r correctly said, you need to register the nameserver from Godaddy. So further than creating DNS entries on your server, you should login to GoDaddy and perform the following: - Create Nameserver #1: Domains > (yourdomain) > Host Summary (add) Hostname: ns1.yourdomain.com Host IP 1: (IP of ns1) [OK] - Create Nameserver #2: Domains > (yourdomain) > Host Summary (add) Hostname: ns2.yourdomain.com Host IP 1: (IP of ns2) [OK] Then you can go to "Nameservers", choose Custom nameservers and set: Nameserver 1: ns1.yourdomain.com Nameserver 2: ns2.yourdomain.com Thank you. PS: I must have written the above steps dozen times in forums & tickets in the last years, because nobody seems to figure easily that GoDaddy means "Nameserver registration" with "Host Summary". Maybe Godaddy should consider changing the name or make it more obvious? Last edited by psyxakias; 01-13-2008 at 04:56 AM.