I need some help resolving a problem and configuring my domain. As a note: assume that I'm completely new at everything. I may sound like I know something, but I probably don't.
So my First problem: I'm getting an email almost daily titled:
[ipcheck] problems with DNS setup on host.mydomain.com
Email states :
IMPORTANT: Do not ignore this email.
The hostname (host.mydomain.com) resolves to . It should resolve to ##.###.10.151. Please be sure to correct /etc/hosts as well as the 'A' entry in zone file for the domain.
I hope you don't mind I'm generalizing the actual domain and ip address. Anyway I don't know what this email is telling me to do. I think I have to edit something, somewhere but I don't know where etc/hosts and the 'A' entry are. Are these changes done on WHM and Cpanel or are they something I have to alter with my domain name registar?
Second Problem: I'm not sure I configured my domain correctly at the start. These were the instructions sent in the initial email when my VPS was first created:
You need to create the following name servers at your registrar:
ns1.mydomain.com using IP ##.###.10.151
ns2.mydomain.com using IP ##.###.11.151
To access cPanel WHM go to:
http://##.###.10.151:####
Your first steps should be:
1) Create the two name servers at your registrar
2) Point your domain at them
I"m a little confused with these steps. My domain is managed through enom. In the domain settings, I set it to custom DNS and added the 2 name servers: ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com.
(by the way, it appears that when you use custom DNS, you can no longer configurate host records. Isn't the "A" entry mentioned above a host record?)
Well I got stuck on the 2nd step.
"1) Create the two name servers at your registrar" I just did this, right?
"2) Point your domain at them" How do I do this?
I didn't finish the setup and left it at that. So here were my next steps. I went into WHM, created a package, and account and with the domain mydomain.com and ip: ##.###.10.151.
So now I'm getting that email notification almost every day. What should I do?
So my First problem: I'm getting an email almost daily titled:
[ipcheck] problems with DNS setup on host.mydomain.com
Email states :
IMPORTANT: Do not ignore this email.
The hostname (host.mydomain.com) resolves to . It should resolve to ##.###.10.151. Please be sure to correct /etc/hosts as well as the 'A' entry in zone file for the domain.
I hope you don't mind I'm generalizing the actual domain and ip address. Anyway I don't know what this email is telling me to do. I think I have to edit something, somewhere but I don't know where etc/hosts and the 'A' entry are. Are these changes done on WHM and Cpanel or are they something I have to alter with my domain name registar?
Second Problem: I'm not sure I configured my domain correctly at the start. These were the instructions sent in the initial email when my VPS was first created:
You need to create the following name servers at your registrar:
ns1.mydomain.com using IP ##.###.10.151
ns2.mydomain.com using IP ##.###.11.151
To access cPanel WHM go to:
http://##.###.10.151:####
Your first steps should be:
1) Create the two name servers at your registrar
2) Point your domain at them
I"m a little confused with these steps. My domain is managed through enom. In the domain settings, I set it to custom DNS and added the 2 name servers: ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com.
(by the way, it appears that when you use custom DNS, you can no longer configurate host records. Isn't the "A" entry mentioned above a host record?)
Well I got stuck on the 2nd step.
"1) Create the two name servers at your registrar" I just did this, right?
"2) Point your domain at them" How do I do this?
I didn't finish the setup and left it at that. So here were my next steps. I went into WHM, created a package, and account and with the domain mydomain.com and ip: ##.###.10.151.
So now I'm getting that email notification almost every day. What should I do?