Custom nameservers question
Posted by emmzee, 09-14-2007, 08:47 PM Hi everyone, (x.com = replacement for my actual domain) I am currently in the process of transferring my sites to a new host (Liquidweb). On my old server I used my host's nameservers, whereas Liquidweb STRONGLY recommends (two or three times in the "account info" email) that I create custom ones on their server. So for one of my domains, I created an account in WHM, created ns1 and ns2 nameservers in WHM, created the nameservers for the domain (in Tucows/Opensrs) and changed the domain to use it's own nameservers. (ie x.com uses ns1.x.com & ns2.x.com) That all seems be working fine now; ie, typing x.com in my browser resolves to the new server. This would lead me to believe that the new nameservers are ready to use and that I should be able to start using them for other domains too. But when I try to change the nameservers for any of my other domains in Opensrs I get this message: "Unable to update nameservers: Nameserver ns1.x.com doesn't exists in the registry" I would normally assume that the new nameservers just haven't propagated yet. (It's been 24-36 hours since I originally created them in Opensrs.) However, x.com is currently resolving correctly, and it's using ns1.x.com & ns2.x.com ... so why wouldn't I be able to change other domains to also use ns1.x.com & ns2.x.com??? Here's a WHOIS I just ran on completewhois.com for ns1.x.com: I don't mind waiting if the nameservers just have to propagate (is that why it says "not found" there??), but if that's the case why is my x.com site already resolving correctly using the new nameservers?! Is it just because its using its own nameservers? (If that makes any sense ...) Thanks, I'm not a total noob to servers nstuff, just to this nameserver stuff! PS. I have WHM/CPanel installed, that's what I used to add the nameservers and so on. Last edited by emmzee; 09-14-2007 at 08:52 PM.
Posted by Domainitor, 09-14-2007, 08:54 PM You have to create the nameserver(s) in all of the registries that you're using. Creating them in the .com/.net registry is only part of the task. If you're wanting to use your .com nameservers with a .biz domain, you'll have to declare the nameservers there, too.
Posted by emmzee, 09-14-2007, 11:11 PM The original domain that I set up as the nameserver is .com, and the one I'm now trying to change to use that nameserver is a .org ... are you saying I need to take additional steps to use those nameservers with a .org domain? Both domains are with the same domain registry (OpenSRS). I guess the question is, after I have created the nameservers in OpenSRS' online control panel, are there other steps that I'm supposed to take? (other than setting it up on the server etc) One of my other domains (that I haven't yet moved) is a .vg domain ... what does it mean to "declare" the nameservers there (ie I assume the .vg registrar, adamsnames.tc???)? I shoulda just used Liquidweb's nameservers ... EDIT I was just looking around the OpenSRS site and came across this: Even if a nameserver is functional, it may not be allowed by a certain registry. Most registries keep a list of valid nameservers and any foreign nameserver host record must be added before it can be used. Your Tucows Reseller can add the required nameserver to all foreign registries for you. So I'm supposed to contact my OpenSRS reseller (Tera-Byte.com) and tell them ... what? To add the ns1.x.com and ns2.x.com to all registries?? Last edited by emmzee; 09-14-2007 at 11:16 PM.
Posted by emmzee, 09-15-2007, 10:51 AM Just an update for anyone who finds this thread in the future: I contacted Tera-Byte.com who is the OpenSRS reseller for the domains I was trying to change. After the added the nameservers to the .org registry I was able to change the .org domain's nameservers, so that seems to have been the problem.
Posted by david510, 09-16-2007, 03:29 AM emmzee, Yes, you need to register your custom nameservers at the registrar as child nameservers.