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[jbiel]

I am helping a client turn up a new webserver that will be using cpanel.

So far, the client has registered a new domain with their registar, created A records for base.domain.com, ns1 and ns2.domain.com and pointed them to the server they have purchased. I'm not one for running two nameserver on one ip / one box, but hey, I do what they ask.

They do not want to use their registar for name services for the main domain, they want the zone to be ns1 / ns2 inside of cpanel.

Are they on the right steps to do this? Once cpanel is installed on this fresh server, I assume they'd just create a zone for the domain and matching records and then after propagation through nameservers, just swap what they have at their registar to point the domain at the new nameservers?

Thanks,
Jason

[logart]

I would use the registrar as the DNS server for the main domain name. You can still run DNS on the server as ns1.xxxx.com for any other domains, but at least the xxxx.com domain is separate in case of network interruption.

You are asking for trouble if you dont. If you MUST leave out the registrar as DNS, at least sign up for a free secondary DNS like rollernet.us or something.