Your own nameserver?
Want to have your own domain names showing up when doing a Whois Lookup?
Please follow the instructions as described below.
1. Adding Address Host Records
Start by adding A records to your domain. These A records will associate your vanity nameserver names with our nameserver IP addresses. You can use any naming scheme you want. If you're unsure, the most common schemes are ns1.example.com or a.ns.example.com.
While we have a number of nameservers, you may use only a subset of them if you prefer.
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dns-eu1.powerdns.net |
92.222.22.105 |
2001:41d0:52:d00::69 |
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dns-eu2.powerdns.net |
79.137.83.215 |
2001:41d0:401:3100::571e |
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dns-us1.powerdns.net |
198.50.146.97 |
2607:5300:100::260 |
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dns-us2.powerdns.net |
107.181.167.16 |
2607:f7a0:3:2::8918:2760 |
2. Enable Vanity Nameservers
Once you have mapped your vanity nameserver names to our IPs, then you'll just need to enable Vanity Nameservers for your domain.
Go to your control panel, delete the nameservers that are there, and add the nameservers you created in step 1.
For example, if you used the ns1.example.com naming scheme, and chose to use three of our nameservers, you'd enter:
ns1.example.com
ns2.example.com
ns3.example.com
3. Glue Records
Before you can assign your vanity nameservers as your domain's official nameservers, the central domain registry needs to know a little bit about your vanity nameservers. Basically, the registry needs to know each of the names of your vanity nameservers along with their IP addresses. These are called Glue Records.
Find the place at your registrar where you can configure these. Many registrars will simply refer to them as Glue Records. A few may label them more abstractly, referring to "configuring nameservers with IPs", "host summary", "nameserver registration", or something similar.
Whatever it's called, you need to enter each vanity nameserver name (eg: ns1.example.com) along with whatever IP you assigned to that address. It is important that the name/IP pairs match in both PowerDNSHosting and the registry.
4. Change Domain's Nameservers
Once you have the Glue Records created, assign your vanity nameserver names as the official nameservers for your domain. That should be everything. If you have additional domains you'd like
to configure to use one of your existing vanity nameservers, you just need to follow steps #1, #2, and #4.