You can use manage to register a nameserver under "nameservers" there's a link at the bottom to "create/modify nameserver based on domain"
Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Liam Delahunty wrote: > > Firstly, please let me apologise for asking a question I know has been gone > over thousands of times, I sent a similar note to the OpenSRS list > yesterday and it hasn't turned up. I've also tried the various mailing lists > archives, other online resources have googled extensively and if anything am > more confused that when I began... > > I'm running a cobalt RAQ 4, I've passed the OpenSRS tests for full perl > version, and the perl bits-and-pieces are all working and happily doctored > to my sites design. I'm in the process of taking care of the payment side of > things, so I'm *almost* ready to start selling domains along side the > hosting space...(currently domains are bought elsewhere, such as > freeparking.co.uk and then pointed to my main IP address in their DNS > Manager.) > > My servers domain name was registered by my upstream/connectivity provider, > clara.net. A lookup on our domain name points to their name servers. > > NS0.CLARA.NET 195.8.69.7 > NS1.CLARA.NET 195.8.69.12 > > We have an individual IP aaa.bbb.cc.dd and an have an additional range of > aaa.bbb.ee.0 - 255. > > Anyway, I've set up DNS on the RAQ as per the Cobalt user manual > instructions. I want the RAQ to be the primary nameserver for domains I > register. I will possibly use granitecanyon for secondary. I just want to > register domains with the OpenSRS system, point them to my RAQ and job > done... > > I presume that for the RAQ to work as a nameserver I need to register with > some organisation. Who and how? Or is adding a nameserver on the OpenSRS > manage page enough? Currently if I try to add my domain as the nameserver it > refuses with an error: > "Unable to add nameserver: Command failed: unable to verify existence of > nameserver" > > I've had a look at netsol but can't find quite what I think I need in their > labyrinthine web site to register my nameserver...if that is necessary... > Also, while I'm based in the UK the main address for my web site is a dot > com, so do I register with netsol or should I be looking elsewhere? Indeed, > is this step necessary or do OpenSRS take care of this element too? > > Every one seems to use ns0.domain.tld, should I create a new virtual site > with a hostname of ns0 for a nameserver? Should I assign it the same main IP > as mydomainname.com or give it one from the range we have? > > I'm not sure if anything actually works at all, I've tried > http://www.mydomainname.com works as DNS is presumably handled from > claranet, but without the host http://mydomainname.com doesn't even though > I've added it to the Web Server Aliases under Site Management and in the DNS > parameters. > > Any guidance very gratefully received...and if you're ever in central London > I'll even buy you a beer ;) > > Kind regards, > Liam > >
