Help with DNS problem and Webmin

debbb · 09-29-2014, 08:52 AM

Hi, I have a problem with DNS of my VPS.

I bought a VPS and I would like my domain.com on this VPS.

My domain.com is registered with other hosting and I changed nameservers to ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com

With Webmin I have installed BIND DNS and followed this tutorial: http://www.serverpronto.com/kb/page....S+Using+Webmin

In create master zone:

Domain name / Network: domain.com
Master server: domain.com
Email address: my gmail address
IP address for template records: IP of my VPS
Check "Add NS record for master server?"
Refresh time: 30 minutes

I follow all guide but I don't see site with mydomain.com..always and only with IP of VPS..
I have to create a Virtual Host?

Thank you in advance and sorry for my English

Habitual · 09-29-2014, 11:02 AM

Welcome to LQ:

Quote:

Originally Posted by debbb

I changed nameservers to ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com

Change the A Record of those 2 at the IP of your VPS.
Are ns1 and ns2 on your VPS?

Example:

Code:

host -t ns domain.com
domain.com name server ns3.domain.com.
domain.com name server ns2.domain.com.

The A Record (VPS IP) has to be correct on both ns3 and ns2.domain.com

wrt:

Quote:

Originally Posted by debbb

I have to create a Virtual Host?

Yes, apache needs to be configured for domain.com on the VPS.

debbb · 09-30-2014, 10:10 AM

Thank you very much, then I have used only A Address from manage DNS page of the registrar, because I have registrar different from hosting of VPS.

Is it the same thing?

Thanks

Habitual · 09-30-2014, 01:04 PM

Debbb:

Regardless of Registrar you use, if you want the site to resolve to your VPS then there has to be the VPS's IP as the A Record entry in each of the (up to 3) nameservers. Most configurations only use 2 nameservers and this is OK.

Let's use an example to illustrate what needs to happen.

I'll 'ask' the internet for the nameservers of debbb.com

Code:

host -t ns debbb.com
debbb.com name server dns11.hichina.com.
debbb.com name server dns12.hichina.com.

and now I'll ask each of the nameservers for the A Record of the domain called debbb.com (getting fancy here with code)

Code:

host -t ns debbb.com | while read dom ns server; do dig +short $dom; done
223.7.1.107
223.7.1.107

Each nameserver says the IP of debbb.com is 223.7.1.107.

Next I'll use the "host" command from a terminal for the record for debbb.com

Code:

host debbb.com
debbb.com has address 223.7.1.107

The process will contact (simplified) the first nameserver and if it can't reach the first one, it will ask the second one for the A Record.

223.7.1.107 is the A Record from each of the nameservers and this is where the internet gets pointed to when it asks for debbb.com

This A Record should be the IP of your VPS.

With regard to nameservers, You can use the nameservers provided by the Domain Registrar. Most, if not all Domain Registrars will allow you to point the A Record to any host you desire. Yours should be the assigned public IP of your VPS.

Take my domain, for example: bournetoraiseshell.com, you'll see that I registered at GoDaddy and my nameservers are the ones provided by GoDaddy.
Each of those 2 nameservers has an A Record for bournetoraiseshell.com that points to my actual server.

Please refer to http://www.dashsystems.com/TIP_DNS-explanation.cfm for further explanation.

I hope that's helpful.

Edit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by debbb

Thank you very much, then I have used only A Address from manage DNS page of the registrar

That A Record for the domain (at the Domain Registrar) for both ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com should be the public IP of your VPS.