Configuring reseller cPanel to use external DNSOnly cluster

autumnwalker123

• May 16, 2014 09:11

Hello, I am currently using a reseller account (shared server) to host my small business. I'm looking at moving to a VPS cluster within the year and am wondering about the best migration path. Is it possible to setup my own DNSOnly name servers on my new VPS's now and point my existing cPanel reseller account to use these servers as its DNS cluster? How will this affect my current hosted sites / domains? Is it possible to use the same subdomains for my new name servers as I am using today with the reseller (i.e. ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com) or will I have to create new domains (i.e. ns3.example.com, ns4.example.com) and reset the default name servers for all existing accounts?

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 16, 2014 15:52

  Hello :) Yes, it's possible as long as your hosting provider grants the "Clustering" feature to your reseller account. You can use the same name servers, provided you update the name server IP addresses at the registrar. Thank you.

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  autumnwalker123

  • May 16, 2014 16:20

  Thanks Michael! So I can see in my WHM that I have access to the clustering feature, but it says the following on the page: [quote]If you wish to use different DNS peers than the super-user, then you should enable this option. (Note: For security reasons, the super-user will need to add the servers that you wish to use as DNS servers to their Cluster Manager with a Standalone DNS Role before you can add them here.)
  Does this mean I have to spin up my DNSOnly servers and then give the IP addresses to my current host to add to their cluster manager or can I simply follow the instructions provided from cPanel? [url=http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/ConfigureCluster]Guide to DNS Cluster Configuration

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 16, 2014 16:28

  Yes, please provide that notice to your hosting provider and give them the IP addresses of your DNS-Only servers. You can access the DNS-Only servers as "root" and ensure you add the hosting server IP address in "Configure Cluster" and set the role to "Standalone". Thank you.

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  autumnwalker123

  • May 16, 2014 17:59

  [quote="cPanelMichael, post: 1646371">You can access the DNS-Only servers as "root" and ensure you add the hosting server IP address in "Configure Cluster" and set the role to "Standalone".
  I thought it was the other way around - that I would log into the hosting server and add the DNSOnly cluster IPs as standalone?

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 16, 2014 18:07

  [quote="autumnwalker123, post: 1646451">I thought it was the other way around - that I would log into the hosting server and add the DNSOnly cluster IPs as standalone?
  No, the setup should be as defined here: Guide to DNS Cluster When accessing Web Host Manager for the hosting server, you want to add the DNS-Only server and ensure the role is "Synchronize Changes" or "Write-Only". This way, changes made to the hosting server are synced to the DNS-Only server, not the other way around. Thank you.

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  autumnwalker123

  • May 16, 2014 18:15

  Ah - I'm glad I followed up then! So I want to add the web server IP in both of my DNS servers as "standalone" and add both DNS server IPs to the web server as "synchronize changes"? WHM > NS1 sync WHM > NS2 sync NS1 > WHM standalone NS2 > WHM standalone

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 16, 2014 18:30

  Yes, that is correct. Thanks.

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