Nameserver Setting, Domain DNS setting

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Hi all, I m newbie to virtualmin, I faced a difficulty and I hope anyone can help me, thanks a lot!

Here is my situation:

  1. I have a server which is Centos 5 and installed virtualmin.
  2. I have applied a domain “abc.com” from a domain provider, however, this domain provider has no DNS record management, so I can only add nameserver to this domain to point the domain to my server.

I have tried to do some research, I found this reference:
https://www.virtualmin.com/node/22091

But I m still confused, I hope anyone can guide me step by step.

First, for my server , what should I set? How do I setup a nameserver so I can provide this nameserver to my domain provider? Like ns1.myanotherdomain.com?
Q1) Should I use another domain which has DNS management, to create a DNS record called ns1.myanotherdomain.com? If yes, is it pointing to my server?
Q2) How do I setup a nameserver for my server?

Please try to explain me as detail as you can, thanks

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Howdy,

There’s actually some details regarding your questions at the following URL in the section titled “How do I setup nameservers for my server?”:

http://virtualmin.com/documentation/dns/faq

Let us know if you have any additional questions!

-Eric

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Hi Eric,

Thanks for your help.
From your guide, when I come to this line:
After registering your nameservers at your domain name registrar – you’ll want to log into Virtualmin, select your “example.com” domain, click Server Configuration -> DNS Records, and create a new “A - IPv4 Address” record for ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com.

I cannot find where to create the IPv4 record for my ns1.mydomain?

Can you please help?
Thanks

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Hi Eric,

Thanks for your help.
From your guide, when I come to this line:
After registering your nameservers at your domain name registrar – you’ll want to log into Virtualmin, select your “example.com” domain, click Server Configuration -> DNS Records, and create a new “A - IPv4 Address” record for ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com.

I cannot find where to create the IPv4 record for my ns1.mydomain?

Can you please help?
Thanks

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Howdy,

You would create the IPv4 record in the screen described above, Server Configuration -> DNS Records.

Is that option not showing up in your case?

-Eric

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Howdy,

You would create the IPv4 record in the screen described above, Server Configuration -> DNS Records.

Is that option not showing up in your case?

-Eric