Anywhere that a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is used, never forget the trailing period. The Domain field should be the domain name followed by a trailing period (.). These are significant fields for the function of the DNS, and within each area, specific nuances tend to raise questions from people, but the fundamentals remain very simple. Many parts of the zone file will never get changed, so we will focus on the three fields you are most likely to edit: Once you enter the zone file, none of the changes you make will take effect until you save them, so you can back out at any time and start over, a good tactic if you think you have messed up the syntax. Once highlighted, select “Edit” to update records on a particular domain. There are several different kinds of DNS records that you can set up, but the most essential of the records, and the one I am going to focus on for this article is the A and CNAME records.Īfter logging into WHM navigate to “Edit DNS Zone” under “DNS Functions,” and select the domain you want to edit DNS. If you’re setting your records through WHM/ cPanel and your WHOIS information reflects the correct name servers, then you are ready to make changes to your DNS. Once you’ve set up your custom nameservers and created a cPanel account, the final step is to edit the DNS in your WHM/cPanel account. Any updates that you want to take place have to be done so on the authoritative server for DNS (which in this case is Liquid Web), as this is the actual server responding to DNS requests.
There is not much use in updating the records you see in WHM if your name servers are not looking to the Liquid Web server. Knowing your DNS provider is imperative in guaranteeing that you’re pointing your name servers to your Liquid Web server.
If you are questioning who your registrar is, learn how to locate where your domain’s DNS is by following the instructions in our article, Where Is My DNS Hosted? Additionally, access to your registrar’s control panel is necessary to update the name servers. It is critical to have created a cPanel account and to add the domain to your WHM panel, if you haven’t already, follow our article, How To: Create a cPanel Account in WHM. If you are unsure how to do this, you can see how in our article Setting Up Private Name servers in WHM/cPanel. To use custom name servers, you must update the nameservers at your domain’s registrar to match your Liquid Web server’s hostname. When using custom name servers, it is essential to update the DNS in cPanel/WHM, doing so, is a component of hosting your own DNS.
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