Completed setup of my own DNS

[Kevin Darcy]

Richard wrote:

> As a learning experiment I'm setting up my own web server.  The idea is to
> setup a "Virtual Server" environment so that I can host multiple domains on
> one system.  This involves me creating my own DNS, which I think I've
> managed without too much hastle.
>
> Here's the problem, I have two permanent IP addresses assigned by my ISP
> (For arguements sake we'll say 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2), a domain name, two
> DNS servers ready to go (ns.domain.com and ns1.domain.com), but when I
> assign those server names to domains that I've registered, how are they
> going to know to resolve to my IP addresses?
>
> Do I have to register the nameservers somewhere first, if so how and where?

Usually you register the nameservers at the same time you register the domain.
But you can do it after-the-fact if you want. Go to your registrar and have
them create "host" records for these boxes. The exact procedure will vary
depending on what registrar you're using.


-Kevin