Creating an AWS cPanel Network

Travis Vogel

• August 06, 2015 19:10

Hello. I am creating an AWS hosted network for my company website(s). I am having issue with the DNS, and how to set them up. Do I need a separate server for each nameserver? i.e. ns1.mydomain.net, ns2.mydomain.net, they each being their own AWS EC2 Instance? If so, how would I go about setting them up internally? Do I do the following, [LIST]

set the HOSTNAME to the correct FQDN ns1.mydomain.net and ns2.mydomain.net

create an A Host Record at mydomain.net, and point ns1 & ns2 to the Elastic IP of the AWS EC2 Instances

and create a final EC2 instance for cpanel/whm, cluster the ns1/ns2. Or am I doing something wrong? Best Regards, Travis Vogel

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 07, 2015 15:34

  Hello :) I see no problems with the steps you listed. The following document should help you get started:

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  Travis Vogel

  • August 07, 2015 15:41

  I tried to follow that, but that was awhile ago. What confuses me in the setup is this. The DNS Servers ns1.domain.com, ns2.domain.com. The cpanel/whm nameservers during setup, are they the registar nameservers i.e. (godaddy or aws route 53), and is there anything else I have to setup locally in configs or etc on the server itself for it to work?

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 25, 2015 14:54

  The cpanel/whm nameservers during setup, are they the registar nameservers i.e. (godaddy or aws route 53), and is there anything else I have to setup locally in configs or etc on the server itself for it to work?

  
  You will still need to configure the name servers like you would on any other server. There's a tutorial on this at:

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