Hi, Can anyone point me to any articles explaining how I can set up a server on virtualmin using this newly bought domain name from namecheap. Especially how I set up the nameservers on virtualmin. Many thanks, Dion

You’re missing glue records if you want your Virtualmin server (and its secondary DNS server, since you really want two) to be the authoritative server for your domain. You need to delegate authority for your zone(s) to the Virtualmin server (and its secondary). How you do that is specific to the re…

Hello @dion and welcome to the community. This might help you get started: [image] I can't configure my email frowning Help! (Home for newbies) From what I have understood of our interaction thus far, I will tell you what I would have done on a fresh install of Virtualmi…

Hi @calport , Thank you. Thank you for the reply. Maybe I should rephrase the question. How do I configure Virtualmin to host my domain I bought from namecheap without transferring the domain. I understand that I have to specify nameservers on the namecheap side, but how do I set the nameservers up …

It is as simple as simple can be. To get Virtualmin to host your domain: use the Namecheap control panel to point the A record of the domain to the IP address of your Virtualmin server. use the Namecheap control panel to create all the sub domains that I have mentioned in my previous message a…

Thanks Joe. I now have it working.

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calport November 21, 2022, 5:24pm 2

Hello @dion and welcome to the community.

This might help you get started: