How do you update reverse dns?

January 16, 2013 12.5k views
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In the DNS section it states: To update your PTR record please update your Droplet's hostname through the control panel I don't see any place to change the hostname of my droplet. Please advise. Thank you.
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dcolon January 16, 2013
Nevermind. I found the rename link.
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thewindows7site January 24, 2013
what do we rename it to :\
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moisey MOD January 24, 2013
You just rename it to the DNS entry you want such as mail.domain.com or whatever you want the rdns to resolve to.
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barry157586 October 14, 2013
Can their really only be one reverse dns setup per server?
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kamaln7 MOD October 16, 2013
@barry: Yes, since reverse dns is specific to an IP address and each droplet has only one IP address, there can be only one reverse dns entry per droplet.
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jcartland November 12, 2013
OK, this has reassured me that there is a rename link, but i can't find it!
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kamaln7 MOD November 12, 2013
It's in the Settings tab.
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jb5531 February 7, 2014
So if I wanted to, could I rename my droplet, let's say "google.com" and that would work? Obviously I wouldn't do that but I need to know if the name needs to match an existing domain that's pointing to the droplet?
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kamaln7 MOD February 7, 2014
That would work however that wouldn't affect google.com at all. It's recommended that the hostname matches a domain name that's pointed to the droplet however it's optional.
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david158080 June 5, 2014
Kamal. DNS fully allows for multiple PTR records for an IP. That DO only allows one is DO's particular programming
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