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How do I set up reverse DNS for my IP?

Posted October 6, 2012 71.1k views
Can I do this manually or do I have to submit a support ticket for this?
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robby_candra September 26, 2013
[SOLVED] I have successfully solved this issue. This what I do

Clidk droplet -> your droplet name -> Setting -> Rename
Rename your host to "domain.tld"
important thing is ----> we MUST WAIT for DNS update.

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support115839 April 26, 2013
I just renamed my droplet to FQDN, e.g. host.domain.com and now it works, i guess:
~$ host 198.211.121.70
70.121.211.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer host.domain.com.
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etel October 6, 2012
Reverse DNS is automatically configured for your IPs based on the hostname that you provide for your virtual server.
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djos February 1, 2018

Thanks, changed the dns of my customer and forgot to change the name of the droplet. All the best from France !

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pxrepreza November 2, 2012
hostname that we provide in as in running hostname in linux or the name of the droplet?

Thanks!
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moisey November 2, 2012
The name of the droplet during creation.
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gwillem April 18, 2013
This doesn't seem to work.

willem@navelpluis:~$ host 192.81.223.155
Host 155.223.81.192.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

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webfox April 20, 2013
Ditto, not working for myself either.
host 198.211.112.91
Host 91.112.211.198.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
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service April 23, 2013
Are you going to fix this? That's the only thing that prevent me to use your hosting.
Thanks.
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bullfn33 May 13, 2013
was this suppose to be fixed? Mine comes back not found.
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kamaln7 May 14, 2013
Please open up a ticket if you're still experiencing this problem. Thank you!
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robby_candra September 26, 2013
I have rename my droplet to FQDN, e.g. mydomain.com , it still not working.
I am sure that this is not a bug, but maybe we need more detail explanation how to do it.
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gigliozzi November 29, 2013
robby_candra,

yet this solution is not working. How long it takes to update the dns? Thx.
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kamaln7 November 29, 2013
@gigliozzi: What's the IP address?
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jb5531 February 7, 2014
I need clarify how this works - if I name my droplet example.tld (even if I don't have example.com or example.org, etc pointing to it) this will enable reverse DNS after it propagates?
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kamaln7 February 7, 2014
@Jason: Yes, however it would be an "invalid" PTR/rDNS record since it doesn't point back to the droplet.
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migmarshall March 31, 2014
How do I check if the reverse DNS is set up?
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kamaln7 April 6, 2014
@migmarshall: You can use http://mxtoolbox.com/ReverseLookup.aspx to query your IP for a PTR record.
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