chushan
06-06-2002, 02:04 PM
I am hosting a dedicated server but I got problems with DNS records
I am wondering how to modify DNS record such as NS,A,CNAME,MX...etc
could you give me some examples what those are and how to setup those things via Plesk?
my ISP offer me 4 extra IPs and my default ip is x.x.x.162
I'd like to host two name servers by using IP x.x.x.163& x.x.x.164
so what should A,NS,CNAME,MX be?
THANKS!
Chicken
06-06-2002, 02:16 PM
Have you looked through: https://www.plesk.com/doc/psa_2.5_um/index.html ?
ckpeter
06-06-2002, 02:44 PM
By the way, it is best not to post your IPs publicly. This could invite trouble. You should edit the post to take them out.
Or maybe a moderator will be kind enough to do it for you.
Peter
chushan
06-07-2002, 01:50 AM
is my setting correct
abc.com NS ns1.abc.com
abc.com NS ns2.abc.com
abc.com A 10.10.10.1
ns1.abc.com A 10.10.10.2
ns2.abc.com A 10.10.10.3
www.abc.com CNAME 10.10.10.1
ftp.abc.com CNAME 10.10.10.1
mail.abc.com CNAME 10.10.10.1
abc.com MX 10 10.10.10.1
Chicken
06-07-2002, 02:22 AM
Few problems there...
These are OK:
abc.com NS ns1.abc.com
abc.com NS ns2.abc.com
abc.com A 10.10.10.1
ns1.abc.com A 10.10.10.2
ns2.abc.com A 10.10.10.3
These aren't:
www.abc.com CNAME 10.10.10.1
ftp.abc.com CNAME 10.10.10.1
mail.abc.com CNAME 10.10.10.1
abc.com MX 10 10.10.10.1
Should be something like:
www.abc.com CNAME abc.com
ftp.abc.com A 10.10.10.1
mail.abc.com A 10.10.10.1
abc.com MX 10 mail.abc.com
You don't use a CNAME for an IP, you'd use an A Record for an IP. CNAMES are used when you want to DNS a URL to another URL like your.domain.com CNAME www.yahoo.com (your.domain.com will show yahoo content).
chushan
06-07-2002, 03:27 AM
please check this page
https://www.plesk.com/doc/psa_2.5_um/ch16.html#N5502
i got that idea from there.
there are some examples in the middle page
which one is correct~
should i change back to what you just said?!
Chicken
06-07-2002, 10:35 AM
It doesn't say to CNAME IP addresses, there isn't an example that shows that, or set up MX like you did. I think you need to look closely at the examples.
The one variation they have is:
www.abc.com CNAME abc.com
ftp.abc.com CNAME abc.com
mail.abc.com CNAME abc.com
abc.com MX 10 mail.abc.com
instead of what I put above:
www.abc.com CNAME abc.com
ftp.abc.com A 10.10.10.1
mail.abc.com A 10.10.10.1
abc.com MX 10 mail.abc.com
Either way will work...
The examples show the same thing I wrote above, so errrr... you can do it either way (way I wrote or the examples shown on that page), just don't do it how you wrote it above.
StevenG
06-07-2002, 10:55 AM
hehe,
Chicken must have a soft spot for pleskies...... lol
Chicken
06-07-2002, 08:09 PM
Well I recently got a server that runs Plesk, does more than the Cobalt OS (RaQ3/4, can't speak for the newer stuff). I still have to sit down and really look at it, but too many other things pop up and by the time I get around to it, they will either have Plesk 9.3 or I'll try something else just to muck around with it.
