Have just installed ISPConfig 3 and managed to to make it work to ~95%. When it comes to DNS configuration, I'm just a newbie. Made some self-studies on the internet about DNS and got some sort of grip on the matter. But thats all. My ISPConfig server is hosted on VPS from a ISP. They also provides their DNS server for my domain, where I can configure records through a panel. I have only changed the IP-address in the default ISP settings, where "123.456.789.12" is the IP for the server which runs ISPConfig. They look like this: Code: Subdomain Type TTL Data @ A 3600 123.456.789.12 www A 3600 123.456.789.12 (IP adresses are fictive) In the DNS records in the ISPConfig 3 panel, I have the following entries: Code: A domain.com. 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A mail 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A www 123.456.789.12 0 3600 MX domain.com. mail.domain.com. 10 3600 NS domain.com. ns1.domain.com. 0 3600 NS domain.com. ns2.domain.com. 0 3600 (Domains and IP adresses are fictive) I can reach the website on www.domain.com without problems. But when I make a ping to the mail.domain.com, ns1.domain.com, ns2.domain.com from an "outside" computer, I receive the "Unknow host" message. So something is not properly configured for sure. Any suggestions, please...? Kind regards
Hi Milleman, Before doing the stuff below, add A records for your name servers: Code: A ns1 123.456.789.12 A ns2 123.456.789.12 If that doesn't work, try this.... Even though you setup DNS records, you still have to setup your glue records with your registrar. domail.com is registered with someone, so go to that someone and make sure you set this for domain.com: Name Servers: ns1.domain.com ns2.domain.com Also, the ns1 and ns2 servers must be available publicly, which means they will have some IP that can be seen by other external computers. If your name servers are not on the Internet, check out dnsexit.com. They provide name server services at no charge. My guess is that's your problem, since you can reach them via IP ping. Darin
Hello Darin, Thank you for your reply! I tryed setting the following in my ISP-provider's DNS panel: Code: Subdomain Type TTL Data ns1 A 3600 123.456.789.12 ns2 A 3600 123.456.789.12 The DNS settings in ISPConfig 3 (123.456.789.12) are the same as behore: Code: A domain.com. 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A mail 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A www 123.456.789.12 0 3600 MX domain.com. mail.domain.com. 10 3600 NS domain.com. ns1.domain.com. 0 3600 NS domain.com. ns2.domain.com. 0 3600 Now I can ping ns1.domain.com & ns2.domain.com and receive a response back. But I have lost the response from www.domain.com instead. The mail.domain.com isn't reponding either, just like before. To me it seems like the ISPConfig DNS settings doesn't have any effect, even though everything is there.
Hi Milleman, With domain registrar, you should place ns1.domain.com, and ns2.domain.com as your name servers. This is called a glue record for your domain.com domain. In ISPConfig3 you need these: Code: ns1 A 3600 123.456.789.12 ns2 A 3600 123.456.789.12
Hi Darin, I changed the following: In my registrars DNS-panel: Code: Subdomain Type TTL Data ns1 NS 3600 domain.com ns2 NS 3600 domain.com The DNS settings in ISPConfig 3 (123.456.789.12) are the same as behore: Code: A domain.com. 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A mail 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A www 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A ns1 123.456.789.12 0 3600 A ns2 123.456.789.12 0 3600 MX domain.com. mail.domain.com. 10 3600 Is this correct? Can't ping anything on that domain now. Sorry if I can't understand your suggestions correctly...
Okay, I now understand what you meant! I found the Domain Setup page at my domain registrar control panel, which is different from the DNS records panel. I will put the glue record "ns1.domain.com" and "ns2.domain.com" in place, instead of my ISP:s default glue records for their DNS server. Hope this works better. Many thanks to you Darin!
Not quite there yet. If I check the ISPConfig www from outside, I get the following: Host www.domain.se not found: 5(REFUSED) Could it be that the ISPConfig DNS doesn't allow queries from outside? Do I need to set "allow-query { any; };" to the DNS? If yes, is it possible to do it in the ISPConfig Panel or do I have to make it in the Bind configuration file manually?
