Creating Private Nameservers

Here are the ways to setup private nameservers. Private nameservers should be updated in both domain control panel and also in hosting cPanel.

In domain cPanel

• Login to domain reseller cpanel
• Select the domain to which the private nameserver to be created
• Select Child Nameservers option
• Add hostname as ns1 and corresponding ip as Provided and ns2 with Provided
• Now Select Name server option
• Enter the new nameserver created (ns1.somedomain.com and ns2.somedomain.com)
• If you are getting error in saving the nameserver, then check the child nameserver is configured correctely.

In hosting cPanel

• Login to WHM
• Select Edit DNS
• Select the same domain name
• Add a DNS record as follows

ns1                   A       Ip as Provided from Us
ns2                   A       Ip as Provided from Us

• Select save.

You have completed.