Private Nameserver Questions

[TroyD]

I am a little confused about how private ns work. I hope this is the correct place to ask these questions. I read below in the RC message board how to create them. But my private nameservers were already created.

Before coming to H9, I tried another company. My domain was/is registered through that company. And I created my private name servers there.

When I moved my site to H9 I updated the ns to the default H9 ns1.speedydns.net & ns2.speedydns.net. Everything is working but now I want to redo the private ones.

So my questions are;
1- Does it matter where you create and register your private name servers as long as they point to the correct IP addresses?

2- Once I have them working and showing up under my main domain can I then go to my regitrars of my other domains and point them to the same private ns?

3- Lastly, I may end up getting an SSL cert, which requires a dedicated IP address. Are there any factors I should know there? Will I have to update the private dns?

Thanks for any help. Sorry if this sounds confusing, but I just can't get my brain wrapped around this process for some reason.

Troy D.

[espmartin]

Any replies to this? I'm also interested.

[TroyD]

Originally Posted by espmartin

Any replies to this? I'm also interested.

No, nothing posted here or sent directly to me. It's been several days. It must be a confusing issue to a lot of people.

I know H9 has their hands full right now updating things, (which is great), but maybe when things calm down, they can write some step-by-step instructions for these types of issues and include them in the getting started guide.

TroyD.

[DeanClinton]

yes,
yes,
no

[TroyD]

Thanks Dean.


TroyD.

[DeanClinton]

You can have anything as your nameservers, as long as they point to the correct IP's.

Once they are all working, you can change your domain to the ones you registered.

If you move to dedicated IP&SSL, you don't need to change anything. Imagine all the H9 RC servers linked together, with the DNS entries being served from one node - that way nothing ever needs updating - it does it all itself

[espmartin]

So I can use an existing domain I have, or just a made up name (I'd use one of my real domains, this is just for example) and use that name as a nameserver - which point to the correct IPs (that ns1.speedydns.com uses)?

[DeanClinton]

No you need a real domain, you can use

whateveryouwantnameserver1.yourrealdomain.tld (using the ip of ns1.speedydns.net) and
whateveryouwantnameserver2.yourrealdomain.tld (using the ip of ns2.speedydns.net)

[espmartin]

One last question, which is so nOOb it's embarrassing! Does that domain have to be hosted on H9, or at minimum registered through H9?

[jrawly]

Originally Posted by espmartin

One last question, which is so nOOb it's embarrassing! Does that domain have to be hosted on H9, or at minimum registered through H9?

Not really, most domain registrars now give you the option of adding custom nameservers.. eg 123-reg and enom