- Login to your VPS via Remote Desktop
- Go to Start >> Administrative Tools >> DNS
- Right click on Forward Lookup Zones and click on New Zone, Click on Next.
- Select zone type as Primary zone and click on Next.
- Type your domain name in New Zone Wizard dialog box eg. yourdomainname.com.
- Select Create a new file with this file name option under Zone File.
- Check Do not Allow Dynamic Updates and click Next.
- Click on Finish.
Add A, MX and Nameservers Records to DNS Zone
A Records
- In order to add A records to DNS Zone, right click on DNS Zone name and select New Host (A or AAAA). A specifies that you are adding an IP version 4 (IPv4) host resource record type of the record. AAAA specifies that you are adding an IP version 6 (IPv6)host resource record type of the record.
- Go to Start >> Administrative Tools >> DNS
- Right click on Forward Lookup Zones and click on New Zone, Click on Next.
- Select zone type as Primary zone and click on Next.
- Type your domain name in New Zone Wizard dialog box eg. yourdomainname.com.
- Select Create a new file with this file name option under Zone File.
- Check Do not Allow Dynamic Updates and click Next.
- Click on Finish.
Add A, MX and Nameservers Records to DNS Zone
A Records
- In order to add A records to DNS Zone, right click on DNS Zone name and select New Host (A or AAAA). A specifies that you are adding an IP version 4 (IPv4) host resource record type of the record. AAAA specifies that you are adding an IP version 6 (IPv6)host resource record type of the record.
- In New Host Window, enter name of the record (If you will keep it blank it wil use the parent domain).
- Enter IP address of your server name. If you check the checkbox Create Associated pointer (PTR) Record and click Add Host, you may receive dialog box appears with the message You can only create PTR records if the corresponding reverse lookup zone is available. This error indicates that you have not created corresponding reverse lookup zone, created with incorrect zone name or network ID.
- To edit/delete existing records, select the DNS record your wish to edit/delete and right click on it. Click Delete button to delete it and click on Properties button to edit it.
MX Record
- In order to add MX records to DNS Zone, right click on Zone name and select New Mail Exchanger (MX)record.
- Enter IP address of your server name. If you check the checkbox Create Associated pointer (PTR) Record and click Add Host, you may receive dialog box appears with the message You can only create PTR records if the corresponding reverse lookup zone is available. This error indicates that you have not created corresponding reverse lookup zone, created with incorrect zone name or network ID.
- To edit/delete existing records, select the DNS record your wish to edit/delete and right click on it. Click Delete button to delete it and click on Properties button to edit it.
MX Record
- In order to add MX records to DNS Zone, right click on Zone name and select New Mail Exchanger (MX)record.
- Keep Host or Child Domain field blank. Enter Fully Qualified Domain Name (www.yourdomainname.com) of the mail server and set priority ( 0 = Highest priority ). Similarly, you can also add CNAME and other new records.
Update Nameservers
- Double click on Zone name, Click on Name Server (NS) type.
Update Nameservers
- Double click on Zone name, Click on Name Server (NS) type.
- Select the Name Server tab. Select Fully Qualified Domain name and click on Edit.
- Enter your desired nameservers and add IP address.
- Enter your desired nameservers and add IP address.
