How to create vanity nameservers?

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Posted by Acroplex, 01-08-2008, 03:36 PM
What do I need to do in order to create vanity DNS for domains hosted on my server? E.g. I want to use the same IP's but declared them as a different name, that displays the domain being hosted. Example: My server's DNS is ns1.server.com and ns2.server.com I host domain.com I want it to use ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com as the DNS
Posted by domainworldaccess, 01-08-2008, 05:03 PM
That depends on what you are hosting them on?
Posted by Acroplex, 01-08-2008, 05:11 PM
Redhat linux.
Posted by rts2271, 01-08-2008, 11:53 PM
You could just need to delegate the name servers to the domains your setting up. It's different from registrar to registrar
Posted by Acroplex, 01-10-2008, 03:24 AM
I need some info on how to do the server side part. After this is done, then I can delegate them at registrar level. Thanks in advance.
Posted by omega36, 01-10-2008, 04:56 AM
Register the namservers at your registrar first, with whatever IP's you want to use, then on your side, add the A records for each of the namservers you've added... does this make sense?
Posted by Acroplex, 01-10-2008, 05:04 AM
Yes, but can I do that by using the same IP's that already exist under a different name? Or would I need to utilize 2 new IP's?
Posted by omega36, 01-10-2008, 05:16 AM
Yes you can use them.
Posted by mathew_p_a, 01-11-2008, 12:44 PM
Definitely you can setup independent customized nameservers to each domain that you host without needing independent new ips. Most registrars allow to specify the custom nameservers along with the ip. You just need to put in the new custom nameserver records in the respective domains and use the same ip as your servers nameservers.
Posted by Acroplex, 01-12-2008, 08:39 AM
Thank you guys, I appreciate all your help