How to Create Custom Name Servers for Your Dedicated Server
This article is provide as information only and Managed.com will be unable to provide traditional support for this type of configuration.
As a dedicated server client, you have complete access to your server environment. You have the ability to create your own name servers so you will need to either manage your domains through their registrar or create your own name server. If you would like to manage the DNS for sites on your server through the DNS Management page in the Plesk Control Panel you will first need to set up custom name servers to assign to domains on your server. Please note that if you are moving sites from our shared environment to your dedicated server, the temporary alias we initially assigned to the domains (tempdomain.com, dnnmax.com or yourappzone.com) will no longer work.
Note
This article provides instructions as if you purchased your domain name from GoDaddy.com. If you registered your domain elsewhere, you will need to check with your registrar for their specific instructions on this.
Step One: Create the Default Domain on Your Server
This default domain will be the basis for a temporary domain name for new domains on the server. You may skip this step if you have already added a domain in Plesk that you would like to use as your default domain.
Plesk's DNS template has custom nameservers already configured, you just need to add the subscription in Plesk that you wish to point the custom nameservers to.
Step Two: Create Custom NameServers
- Go to your registrar and log in with your credentials for your Default Domains account. Steps are provided for a GoDaddy account. Adjust as necessary for your specific registrar.
- Click on the Domains menu item and select My Domains.
- Click on Domain Management and the domain name that you want create a custom name server for. Supply the default domain you set up in the previous section.
- Under Host Summary click on Add if you have none, or view/modify if this has already been set up.
- Add the following hosts:
- Host Name: NS1.DefaultDomain.com
- Host IP: <DefaultDomain IP>
- Host Name: NS2.DefaultDomain.com
- Host IP: <DefaultDomain IP>
- Back on the main screen for that domain, click on the Set Nameservers link.
- Click on the I have specific nameservers for my domains radio button.
- Use these name servers:
- NS2.DefaultDomain.com
- NS2.DefaultDomain.com
- Now you may close out of GoDaddy.
You have created custom name servers which can be used by all the domains on your server.
Keep in mind that when you point your site(s) to your custom nameserver with your domain registrar, that you'll need to provide them with glue records (IP addresses for your custom nameservers), because the domain is the only nameserver for itself, and a glue record is the only way for anyone to find it.
Article ID: 679, Created: May 1, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Modified: December 19, 2020 at 8:58 AM