Questions tagged [nameserver]
A name server is a computer server that hosts a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service.
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How are the NS records resolved?
Note: I'm aware of glue records and that DNS servers use them only in case the ns server domain is the same as the domain for which you sent the query.
Now my question was: Say you have example.com ...
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Is it possible to add "Prefixes" before namesers?
I've been looking at this website where you enter an input string and you get an output "some_random_string.1.nameserver.io".
Now, I'm not sure if this is possible for any nameserver. Say you have ...
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Redirect nameservers to specific IP address
I have a domain with 4 nameservers setup at the registrar. I have a reseller hosting account and have about 50 websites hosted there, all of which use my 4 nameservers at their respective registrars. ...
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NS server updated, but A record pulled from old nameserver
I use Amazon AWS Route 53 as both my DNS and Nameserver.
I want to use Wix as my name server.
I've updated my NS record on AWS Route to point to the Wix name server.
It's been 72 hours, and I think ...
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Using more then one service with multiple nameservers?
I purchased a domain from Namecheap and migrated it to a host at Hostinger.
With the following server names: ns1.hostinger.se, ns2.hostinger.se, ns3.hostinger.se ,ns4.hostinger.se.
However, I want to ...
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When listed nameservers for domain does not report the same set of nameservers
I was using DNSCheck and all my nameservers are correct.
But I noticed a warning for my domain:
The listed nameservers for gabrielfair.com does not all report the same set of nameservers
Since the ...
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Custom Nameserver
Ok, I've searched for the past 6 hours and can't figure this out.
I have several domains, in shared hosing I set the nameserver as ns1.my-hosting-company.com & ns2.my-hosting-company.com
Now I ...
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Multiple nameservers for multiple dedicated servers on a single domain
The first dedicated server I setup two custom nameserver at registrar to server 1 ips and set the whole domain to those two namservers. (lets just say my domain is server.com)
ns1.server.com
ns2....
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Changing IP behind custom name servers [closed]
I have 2 servers; 1 old and 1 new. I'm moving accounts between the two servers. What i have done until now is made a new custom NS for new server based on the new domain name I have used for the ...
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CDN: How is it possible that my DNS delivers a different IP depending on the visitors location?
I found this explanation how a CDN works. But there is one thing I don't really understand. Let's assume I setup multiple DNS servers at my location and they use the nameserver domains dns1.example....
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IP Address vs Name Server
I had an issue where we needed to change the IP address for a particular domain. This domain is externally controlled but the web hosting is provided by myself. However, the external company that ...
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My own nameservers don't work without adding glue records, why?
I don't understand this. Everywhere I read that glue records are only required to prevent circular dependencies, for example I want to set ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com nameservers for the ...
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How to fake DNS switch [closed]
So, I'm moving my website to another server and I had to change name servers for my domain.
It will take some time to propagate, but I was wondering if it were possible to trick my computer into ...
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Why is their no trailing dot for the zone name in a named.conf BIND config file?
When specifying the $ORIGIN directive in a DNS zone file if what you are specifying is a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) then by definition it should end in a trailing dot (for example $ORIGIN ...
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Why am I seeing IPv6 resolve errors despite having disabled IPv6 in bind?
I see lines such as
Feb 13 21:45:48 srv named[2355]: address not available resolving 'secure.gravatar.com/A/IN': 2a04:fa87:ffff::c6b5:7405#53
Feb 13 21:42:29 srv named[2355]: address not available ...
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Need help understanding what to "point" for DNS
I am just learning about DNS, so please bear with me and don't hesitate to correct me.
I own my domain example.com --- I have created two linux boxes that I am designating ns1 and ns2 .example.com. ...
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Can I setup DNS server on my server with dynamic ip ?
I bought recently a domain and I want to point it to my server. The provider ask me for name servers.
I am aware I need a DNS server and set-up name servers but I don't know if it will work with ...
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DNS does not resolve on certain ISPs
We are currently in the process of building a cloud service and we are having DNS issues.
DNS is resolving correctly via
- Cellular/LTE/Verizon
- Wifi/Cable (tested with different ISPs)
DNS is ...
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virtualmin - setting up private nameserver on VPS
I'm trying to setup my own nameservers like ns1.example.com on my VPS
I already setup the nameservers of my domain in Namecheap.com (ns1 and ns2, pointing to the IP address of my VPS). I can't seem ...
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how to add subdomain using route53 and godaddy
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I've already added a zone for an S3 bucket to host my static site (pointing to lobolabshq.com), now I wanted to do the same for mattermost.lobolabshq.com)
I followed the instructions here ...
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Domain users cannot change password if domain name is written before username
we have multiple sites every site has RODC and Headoffice has two RWDC 2008 r2 and 2012 std .
clients are win 7 and win 10 .
domain users cannot change their domain password error the security ...
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Server DNS not resolving on CentOS 6
i have CentOS 6 installed on VPS, where i have installed BIND and setup additional IP on VPS as well for nameservers
as ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com
i am unable to get the same resolved to ...
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How to use same domain name to access different servers?
I have a bank as my client. They have their internet banking website hosted on one server and corporate website they want to host on a different server, because the vendors managing them are different....
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Domain Name pointed to name servers in US and then forwarded to a public IP in Asia
We are trying to host our website in our office. We have a very fast server with a public IP and an opensource cPanel installed. Our domain name is registered with a different provider and I couldn't ...
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How to setup DNS to connect 2 servers with 1 Domain?
I have 2 Servers:
Server 1 IPs:
45.35.56.194
45.35.56.195
Server 2 IPs:
173.254.214.217
173.254.214.218
Each server has different clients, therefore, Server 1 client has nothing to do with Server ...
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Pointing DNS to the Web [closed]
So, I'm at my wits end here. I've been dealing with this issue off an on for months, and about a week this time around.
I have been using Fatcow as a Nameserver for some time, it started off as ...
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Website won't reach with a certain domain
I have a website named persianboneh.com , it is unreachable, but with another domain parked on this domain it works ok.
persianboneh.com
soulati.ir
both have same name servers , what is the problem ?
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DNS problems after switching to Custom nameservers
hope you can help me with this...
Last week I was required by my registar to switch from default to custom DNS servers (ns1.status2.com / ns2.status2.com) on my domain (status2.com) in order to ...
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Creating vanity nameservers without hosting DNS
We'd like to create our own vanity nameserver addresses to use with various domains that we host.
Our hosting provider gives us two options: use their nameserver addresses, or setup our own ...
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How to determine whether nameservers are working or not?
During waking up Vagrant VM I have some troubles with the network in one work space, and it works fine in another one.
I'm trying to determine automatically DNS troubles (and fix it adding ...
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How to manage DNS in NetworkManager via console (nmcli)?
I have CentOS 7.2 (guest in VirtualBox, vagrant box centos/7, no GUI).
I see there is a nameserver in file:
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 10.0.2.3
But how to add or ...
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How to use virtual DNS to lookup for VMs?
I have multiple qemu VMs dinamically rebooted. Each of them with DHCP in a NAT virtual network and a unique hostname. From any VM I can see that resolv.conf is using 192.168.122.1 as nameserver.
I ...
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Nameservers on ubuntu 14.04 server with VestaCP [closed]
I have a pretty annoying nameserver problem on this ubuntu server of mine... I tried altering resolv.conf, i tried altering network/interfaces, i tried altering it trough the control panel, i just don'...
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DNS servfail at some of Nameservers [closed]
I make tiny little Nameserver for my own just for fun.
Currently it serves *.iwanhae.ga sites. likes http://blog.iwanhae.ga
but the problem is some of nameservers can not get ip address of blog....
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DNS Glue Records and Dedicated IP Address
I have five domains and am on a shared hosting. I decided to purchase a dedicated IP address with my hosting provider today. I am also using their NS servers. My domain names are also on different ...
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hetzner default nameservers not always resolving
I have couple of Hetzner 'root servers' (as they call it - dedicated co-located linux machines) and all of them experience the same problem (which i simply do not fully understand).
The domain www....
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How to change name server and have least downtime?
I am currently hosting on Bigrock and my domain name is also from Bigrock.
I am facing many issues regarding the server memory and I need to conduct an important event on my website in about 50 hours ...
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Can I host the same domain I've used as a nameserver? [closed]
I've setup a domain I have as NS1.DOMAIN.COM for my other sites. But there seems to be an issue with actually getting it to be viewed as a website. I'm currently using VESTA and my registrar is ...
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Service named failed to start (bad zone)
I am trying to create a new master zone for the domain name innobignet.local but keeping getting errors.
I'm using WebMin to configure the new master zone, so it should be syntactically correct. I've ...
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What's the difference between FQDNs and Hostnames [duplicate]
First of all, I wanna say that I know how DNS Servers work and also I know about the records in a DNS Zone File!
I'm not an expert but I have some knowledge about them. I'm confused! why?! because I ...
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DNS - Difference between scavenge and clear cache?
Server 2012 R2, DNS Service:
In DNS Manager, what is the functional difference between "Scavenge Stale Resource Records" and "Clear Cache."?
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SSL certificate for AWS Route 53 NS record
I have a client who has asked me to set up a subdomain that delegates to a set of nameservers for handling email. This is a little bit ouside of the work I normally do.
They've explicitly told to me ...
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Create multiple custom nameservers on a single domain?
Our company domain is registered with Godaddy.com and we have 2 custom nameservers set up pointing at our server in Washington, which we use for our american websites.
ns1.ourCompany.com -> USA ...
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Pointing namecheap.com domain name to www.ovh.co.uk server
I have bought vps hosting plan-3 from ovh.com. My ip is 158.69.219.147 or server vps85119.vps.ovh.ca
I have installed my site on ovh, but my real domain name is www.free-sample-loop.com(typo ...
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Role of Authoritative NS record in bind9 compared with Non-Authoritative NS record in Registrar [duplicate]
Whenever we register a new domain name from a Registrar, we need to tell them what is the nameserver by providing them the dns server IP address.
But in the same time in the zone file of our dns ...
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How to configure bind9 in order to point server IP to nic?
Brief Introduction
I bought a domain name example.ir from my country domain name provider nic.ir and
a VPS from examplevps.ir.
My VPS gave me an static IP and let's imagine it's: 170.120.100.140
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Need help for configuring a dns server
I want to run a dns server to have my own nameservers :
ns1.radicalteam.ir and ns2.radicalteam.ir
I have a VPS and installed Centos 6.5 on it, and radicalteam.ir and soulati.ir domains
I've set ...
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Local DNS server is ignored on Windows
I've setup dnsmasq on a Linux box and setup the DNS address on another Linux by adding its IP to /etc/resolv.conf file.
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.9.105
nameserver 8.8.8.8
Now I can ...
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adding a domain name to my digital ocean droplet
I have a digital ocean droplet that I have no troubles accessing with the ip address. Now I bought a domain name and I am trying to add the domain name to my droplet.
I've added the NS records to the ...
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Nameservers chaining
I pointed my domain nameservers (in the regristrar) to a DNS provider (Cloudflare). Then I created two NS records pointing to my hoster nameserver.
Registrar -> DNS provider -> hoster.
But it doesn't ...