Domain Name Server Setup

A dns or domain name system is a convention that defines how computers swap data on the internet.

Domain name server setup. The domain setup on the dns server can be done after the domain is registered however the domain name will not work until the dns setup is completed. You have a hosting plan elsewhere and you were provided with the nameservers for your domain. Enter the ip address for that nameserver. Create a dsrm password and confirm it then click next.

It s a bit like a phone number. Once your domain name is registered you need to connect it to your hosting server. The ispconfig part of this tutorial assumes a multiserver setup has been installed with one host with everything but name service and two hosts for name service. Ignore the dns warning and click next.

Setting up a domain name may be easier than you may think. Click on it and select promote this server to a domain controller. A dns server maps a domain name to ip address es of the web server and mail server so that a client can connect to the webserver or mail server using the domain name and not the ip address. Select add a new forest and enter the domain name ending with local and then click next.

Repeat steps 2 through 6 for your second. Click register a domain name server. First of all check if your server is having domain name already set up or not using below command. A static ip for your server.

Enter the full name of your first nameserver for example. Click nameservers near the top of the interface. Click domain names on the right side of the interface. 21 231 89 78 hence giving each computer on the network a unique identity.

To set up your domain with microsoft 365 services like email you change your domain s nameserver or ns records at your domain registrar to point to the microsoft 365 primary and secondary nameservers. If your router has an ntp server on it just network access will do. A name for your domain see considerations above. If you provide name service only inside your own organization you do not need to register the domain and can have only one name server.

How to connect a domain to a server or hosting. A hostname for your server. Every time you access a website you enter a name then the request goes through a dns. You have a hosting plan with namecheap.

Confirm the netbios domain name created by default and click next.