Changing default nameservers

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Hi,

I installed the virtualmin recently and add “mydomain.com” in main name servers during the post installation wizard.

Now i wanted to change them to “ns1.domain.com” and “ns2.domain.com”

i read some threads where it was mentioned to go to System Settings > Server Templates > Bind DNS domain and add “ns1.domain.com” in M"aster DNS server hostname" and “ns2.domain.com” in “Additional manually configured nameservers”

I did this but got an error that additional ns2 nameserver dont exist

I searched again and find that i have to add ns1.domain and ns2.domain in Webmin > Networking > Network Configuration > Host Address

i added new host record and add “ns1.domain.com” and “ns2.domain.com” to the IP.

Now I can see the ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com in DNS records but its showing me the error that ns1.domain.com doesn’t resolve to any IP address.

any one can help please

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Did you create an A record for name servers? NS records are only pointers to A records, and so they merely delegate authority for the zone to the servers listed. They don’t actually define the name to IP mapping.

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Hi joe,

I am not talking bout the PRIVATE NAME SERVERS where you have to manually put A servers against the NS records.

I am talking about the default config. In my new server I just added ns1.domain.com as primary nameserver in post installation wizard and ns2.domain.com as additional nameserver.
Its working fine.