How to setup Private DNS or Child Name server or Custom DNS for Godaddy Domain

First login to your GoDaddy account.

Once logged in just follow these steps:

  • Go to Domains >> My Domains
  • Click on your domain you’d like to register nameservers for.
    • Click on ('Manage' link) under ‘Host Names’ on the bottom section.
    • For “Host Name:” you’ll input “ns1” (no quotes) in the box.
    • For “Host IP 1:” you’ll input your primary nameserver IP address
    • Click “Ok” - Your first nameserver has been created.
    • Click on ('Manage' link) under ‘Host Names’ on the bottom section.
    • For “Host Name:” you’ll input “ns2” (no quotes) in the box.
    • For “Host IP 2:" you’ll input your secondary nameserver IP address.(For Example: You received the ip: 213.133.101.66 when signing up, this would be your primary IP for ns1. For ns2 you would use: 213.133.101.69)
    • Click “OK

After you’ve registered the private nameservers, you can now set all of your domain names to use the private nameservers you just registered.

After custom DNS settings complete your DNS looks like below

For example, instead of having them point to our default nameservers, you can have them point to:

ns1.your-domain-name.com
ns2.your-domain-name.com

 

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