Confusing with dns...

[kaydara]

Hello all!

I'm here trying to figure out how will i make this:

I have a domain that have the name servers like ns1.beubeu.com and ns2.beubeu.com, i have transfered all websites that i have in my previous host to my rimuhosting vps and now i need to point my nameservers to my rimuhosting IP.

My questions are:

How will i add these domains in my CP ?
By editing the /etc/hosts or something similar i can look at the websites with links before i point the name servers to rimuhosting ? just to check if everything is right ?


If these questions are noob questions i apologize, i am new to this webmaster "thing" and somethings are still very confusing to me :=)

[jgbillings]

If you want to make sure things are right before you change the dns over, you can add entries in your /etc/hosts file, assuming your using a Linux desktop. They typically look something like:

192.168.0.1 host.example.com

Then when you do something like

ping host.example.com

it will ping ip 192.168.0.1

Here's a good page on the host file:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file

You can set this in windows and other platforms as well.

If you still need any help put in a support ticket from you control panel.

[Lloyd]

Regardless of what nameservers you use (Rimuhosting has its own nameservers), you will need to set up DNS for your sites in the Rimuhosting Control Panel. Log in at https://rimuhosting.com/cp/, then click on the "dns" link, and "add domains." The "defaults" that it will offer to generate for you are sufficient to get you started.

Once this is done, as John said you can try out your sites before the nameservers are changed at all. This is a cool trick; I use it all the time. If you're running Windows at home (ugh), the equivalent of the Linux /etc/hosts file is at probably at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts