Setting the dns for an add-on domain

March 1, 2015 7.8k views
albasiero
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I added an add-on domain (a wordpress blog) and tried to use in my domain registrar panel the digital ocean nameservers (ns1.digitalocean.com, ns2.digitalocean.com, ns3.digitalocean.com as per https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean), but it doesnt work.

So I set up a cloudflare account and use it to direct the A and cname DNS settings so that they point to my DigitalOcean IP. Not a problem per se (now it works), but is it not possible to use directly DO nameservers? I still do not have a working primary domain on Do, just an add-on domain.

4 comments
  • sierracircle March 1, 2015

    when you change the nameservers on a domain, it can take anywhere from one to three days to take effect.

    how long did you wait?

  • tolkienwasp March 11, 2015

    Hi Sierra,

    I'm having a similar issue to albasiero. In the tutorial it mentions the domain should still appear under whois immediately. This hasn't been working for me even though I followed the GoDaddy example to a T at this tutorial. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-point-to-digitalocean-nameservers-from-common-domain-registrars

    Do I need to wait, or is godaddy dropping the ball?

    Additionally if you wouldn't mind explaining the purpose of the IP address for the DNS new Domain I would really appreciate it. If we are selecting our droplet, then shouldn't that be the IP its pointing to (and therein pointing to the server)? A bit confused by this.

    Any advice would be really appreciated!

    How To Point to DigitalOcean Nameservers From Common Domain Registrars
    by Josh Barnett
    by Kathleen Juell
    DNS is the naming system that is used to bind a domain name to a web server. In this guide, we will change the nameservers for a domain that we have registered and point it to a DigitalOcean Droplet.
  • uang46 September 28, 2015

    I found another problem, I tried to addon domain by using webuzo addon domain, It has been hours but it still cannot be accesed. My domain was a installed at blogger. I have replace the name server into the new ones

    ns1.digitalocean.com
    ns2.digitalocean.com
    ns3.digitalocean.com

    My domain is http://www.toyotareferences.com

    Are they the correct name server? or I have other name server because it is add on domain to VPS hosting? My Main domain is http://toyota-release.com/

  • uang46 December 28, 2015

    My websites works Well now, including this website (audi price release)

    Thank you

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2 Answers
kamaln7 MOD September 29, 2015

@uang46 it looks like your domain's name servers are still set to Namecheap's:

$ whois 
...
Name Server: DNS1.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS2.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS3.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS4.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS5.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
...

Take a look at the following tutorial for instructions on how to point your domain to DigitalOcean's name servers:

How To Point to DigitalOcean Nameservers From Common Domain Registrars
by Josh Barnett
by Kathleen Juell
DNS is the naming system that is used to bind a domain name to a web server. In this guide, we will change the nameservers for a domain that we have registered and point it to a DigitalOcean Droplet.
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lotemarina November 18, 2015

I found another problem, I tried to addon domain by using webuzo addon domain, It has been hours but it still cannot be accesed. My domain was a installed at blogger. I have replace the name server into the new ones

ns1.digitalocean.com
ns2.digitalocean.com
ns3.digitalocean.com

My domain is Car sport Review

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