Hi,

I am try to set the custom name servers for my domain.
I have two name servers with two different IP Address for ns1 and ns2
I have set the ns1 and ns2 record entry in my domain zone file
But still my domain name cant be resolved.
Here is zone file content:
$TTL 14400
@ 86400 IN SOA ns1.exampl.com. andyr.exampl.com. (
2013032202 ; serial, todays date+todays
86400 ; refresh, seconds
7200 ; retry, seconds
3600000 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds

exampl.com. IN NS ns1.exampl.com.
exampl.com. IN NS ns2.exampl.com.


exampl.com. IN A 12.12.12.12

ns1 IN A 12.12.12.12

ns2 IN A 12.12.12.12

localhost.exampl.com. IN A 127.0.0.1

exampl.com. IN MX 0 exampl.com.

www IN CNAME exampl.com.
ftp IN A 12.12.12.12

How can i check that my nameservers are working or not?
I have try to check with nslookp command :
root > nslookup ns1.example.com
It gives the following output:
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.1, trying next server
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53

** server can't find ns1.example.com: NXDOMAIN

What more changes i have to made?

Hi,

You can use dig to query any of your nameservers. Eg:
Since you got a SERVFAIL, you can use some bind utilities to do tests:

According to the zone file posted the 2 NS have the same IP (unless you put the same because the actual IPs are masked)
Also similar to the above, the zone file posted is for the zone exampl.com and you're using nslookup to resolve ns1.example.com. I guess you're testing for the same zone name

Regards

Hi,

thanks for the reply.
I run the following commands
>>dig exampl.com @ns1.exampl.com
dig ns1.exampl.com @ns2.exampl.com

It gives the following output
>>named-checkzone exampl.com /path/to/zonefiles/exampl.com

Should i have to put the other Ip in ns2 record?

I am unable to undestand the following:

Use the IPs instead

The zonefile is correct. That good.


Yes, for redundancy the 2 NS RRs are better to use different IPs


What I mean is that you mix exampl.com and example.com in your posts.

Hi,

>>dig ns1.exampl.com @12.12.12.12


Ok i understood that i mixed up with example and exampl.

You're supposed to replace 12.12.12.12 with the actual IP of your dns server