How do I Edit DNS in a particular domain name ?

Web Hosting Control Panel Allows the user to edit the DNS file of one particular domain. This procedure will make you undersand the DNS file in Linux Web Hosting.

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Procedure

Editing The DNS Procedure in Linux Hosting

cPanel Web Host Manager(WHM) edit Domain Name System allows you to edit the records in a particular domain’s “Domain Name System” zone file or view zone information.
Please follow the below procedure as,

1. Login in to your WHM by using user name and password.
2. Click the “Edit DNS Zone” in DNS Functions feature which is present in the left side of your WHM.
3. It will show your zone records of name server, mail server,web server, ftp server, and corresponding IP address
4. If you want to change the server name and IP address modify it.
5. If you want add additional records also add in “Add New Entries Below this Line”.
6. Click the button “Save”.

Screen Shots

Refer Screen Shots

Login page of WHM
Login Interface of WHM
Click on Edit functions
Click on Edit DNS zone
Choose the domain name which you want to edit
Add your DNS entries

Troubleshooting FAQs

Basic DNS Troubleshooting FAQs

How to set mail server to remote in my DNS settings

Solution :

Login to WHM >> Click on DNS functions >> choose the Domain Name >> Set the remote server records >> scroll down to ” Email Routing ” >> set ” Remote Mail Exchange ” >> save.

How to Add CNAME record in my Domain

1.Kindly login to your WHM >> Click on DNS functions
2.Choose the domain >> Click on edit
3.Give the domain name in the new text box
4.Choose the record type as CNAME
5.Give the value and click on save.

How to Add TXT record in my Domain

i)Login to your WHM using user name and password

ii)Under DNS Functions link, click on Edit DNS zone

iii)Choose a domain name to edit

iv)Then you can point the the desired MX Record in the text box against MX and TXT Record in the text box against TXT.

Click on Save button

I am getting Name Server Mismatch after setting custom nameservers

You have created the personal name servers in your domain control panel, but you have pointed the default name servers in your DNS zone. Hence the site wont resolve in some ips. You need to point the same name servers as in your whm panel also. Login to your whm>>DNS functions>>Edit DNS zone>>click on the domainname to edit>>change the SOA record ,NS1,NS2 to below and save.

SOA –
NS1 –
NS2 –

2.Click on DNS functions>>Add DNS zone>>Enter the name servers ip and ns1.domainname and save.Proceed for ns2.

My Domain not Working after nameserver change

The nameservers change will take 24 to 48 hours to reflect properly. Kindly check after some time. You can check the domain status under http://megaproxy.com/freesurf till the nameserver reflection.

How can I set my default NameServer in WHM ?

To set the default name servers in WHM,

Login to WHM >> Home>> Server Configuration >> Basic WebHost Manager® Setup >> scroll down to Nameservers and set your default NameServer >> click ” Save Changes “.