[RESOLVED] Fresh install - Virtualmin & Nameservers

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#1 Sun, 09/16/2012 - 03:48
PureLoneWolf

[RESOLVED] Fresh install - Virtualmin & Nameservers

Hi all

I have a VPS (with 2 IP addresses) that my provider has set a default installation with Debian 6 64bit and Webmin.

I have purchased Virtualmin Pro and want to confirm a couple of things.

I need the server to act as Nameservers (ns1.domain.tld and ns2.domain.tld).

How do I go about setting this up?

So far I have:

  1. Re-installed the server completely fresh (Debian 6 64bit and Webmin provider installed)
  2. In Webmin, added Virtual Interface to eth0 with 2nd IP
  3. In Webmin, set hostname to ns1.mydomain.tld and search domain to mydomain.tld
  4. Run install.sh command line (provided by Virtualmin support) to install Virtualmin Pro

Firstly, does this seem ok and secondly, what else should I do to ensure that this server acts as the nameservers that I need it to..so that I can start setting it as nameservers for my domains.

Many thanks

Dave

Sun, 09/16/2012 - 04:35
PureLoneWolf

I just ran into a potential problem as well.

The server has been purchased to run a number of domains that already exist on a webhosting package.

Currently, each domain has it's nameservers registered to the ns1.webhost.tld and ns2.webhost.tld

I have configured the server with one of these domains set to be the primary. Can I point it at itself?

For example, let's say I have dave.com that is a currently accessible website with CrapWebHosting Inc. The registrar setup right now for dave.com is ns1.crapwebhost.inc and ns2.crapwebhost.inc

I have named my new server as ns1.dave.com and want to be able to use it as a nameserver (along with ns2)

To make this go live, I need to change the registrar config of dave.com to ns1.dave.com and ns2.dave.com.

Will this work?

I hope my issue is clear, my mind is melting right now lol

Sun, 09/16/2012 - 08:46
andreychek

Howdy,

Welcome to the forums!

I need the server to act as Nameservers (ns1.domain.tld and ns2.domain.tld).

There's some details on how to setup nameservers available here, in the article at the end titled "How do I setup nameservers for my server":

http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/dns/faq

The steps that you've described thus far all look great! You're off to a good start.

To make this go live, I need to change the registrar config of dave.com to ns1.dave.com and ns2.dave.com.

Whenever you create a domain in Virtualmin, as long as you enable the "BIND DNS Domain" feature, Virtualmin will generate DNS records for it.

If you also setup your server as a nameserver, as described in the link above -- you can then go to the registrar for any domain, and set the nameservers for that domain to point to your server.

Does that answer your question?

-Eric

Sun, 09/16/2012 - 08:59 (Reply to #3)
PureLoneWolf

Thanks for responding Eric. The bit I was missing was the Glue Record update to register my server as actual nameservers. I kept hitting my domain registrar control panel and only saw the ability to update the nameservers for a domain, with nowhere to specify the IP addresses of my dedi box.

Having just spoken to the registrar, they removed this facility from the control panel...due to a lot of people not understanding it and setting it up incorrectly. They now do it, on request, from their support system.

So, once populated - The internet will believe that my box is two nameservers :)

Am I right to think that I just need to create the A records now??, and it should be up and running in a day or so.

Cheers

Sun, 09/16/2012 - 10:05
andreychek

Howdy,

Am I right to think that I just need to create the A records now??, and it should be up and running in a day or so.

Just about!

Check out the last 2 paragraphs of the "How do I setup nameservers for my server" doc above -- you just need to add 'A' records, as well as make a tweak to your Server Template... but after that you should be in good shape.

-Eric

Sun, 09/16/2012 - 12:24
PureLoneWolf

Thanks Eric

I updated the template and created the A records...fingers crossed, in a couple of days it will be up and running

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