DomainNameService

Diginode provides full DNS service to our clients through our xdns system. This system is integrated with our digisBMS management system. Before you start, it is a good idea to have general knowledge on how the DNS system works (start with this wikipedia page). To add a domain follow the below instructions -

• Register your domain if you have not already with us or with another register. In our instructions here, we assume that the domain will be called testzone.com.
• Make sure the domain you registers is pointing to the diginode xdns nameservers - xdns1.diginode.net. and xdns2.diginode.net.
• Now add the domain you just added in digisBMS. First login to digisBMS with your client id and password, then click on the DNS Management. Fill in your domain name and leave the other settings if you are not sure, then press Add Zone.
• Now we need to add the domain resource records (RRs?). You will need at least 2 NS (nameserver) records, one A record and one MX (mail exchange) record. The NS records are needed to give a canonical record of your zone's nameservers. The MX record is to tell others which machine is to receive mail for that domain. To add a record, click on the zone you just created in the zone list. Now, you will be taken to the zone edit page, where on the bottom, you will see a form to add the resource record.
• First let us add the NS records, leave the first box from the left empty. In the middle pulldown box, select NS. In the last box, enter xdns1.diginode.net. Then press Add RR. The previous operation added a new RR for this domain (the empty box), the type of the RR is a NS or nameserver record, and the record points to xdns1.diginode.net. Now do the same thing for xdns2.diginode.net.
• Now we need to enter the IP address that "testzone.com" points to. To do this go back to the add RR form. Leave the first box empty, and select A from the pulldown menu. In the last box, enter the IP address of your server. Press Add RR.
• To add the MX record, leave the first box empty. Select MX from the pulldown menu. Now enter a MX priority number for this record. If you don't know what this means, just enter "10" here. Next, enter the mail server hostname for your domain. Normally you should enter your domain name in the last box and it will use the IP address of this domain you just entered above.
• Now add an A record for www.testzone.com by putting a www in the box and the IP address in the last box.

Now what you should get in the RR list of your zone is -

[            ] [86400] [ NS  ] [  ] [xdns1.diginode.net.    ]
[            ] [86400] [ NS  ] [  ] [xdns2.diginode.net.    ]
[            ] [86400] [ A   ] [  ] [65.110.15.50           ]
[            ] [86400] [ MX  ] [10] [testzone.com           ]
[www         ] [86400] [ A   ] [  ] [65.110.15.50           ]

The last line will make www.testzone.com point to the IP 65.110.15.50. The changes that you make here will be reflected immediately as our DNS records are served from a dynamic database by using mydns.