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do you know how to add glue records?
BecomeWebHost
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Hi,
I am developing this reseller panel for whm. I need help with ui.
How many people here can understand what to do on this page (without opening a ticket or googling).
Please also share: How can you understand it (if cant).
Do you understand.
- Do you understand what to do from this page?49 votes
- Yes, I know what to do67.35%
- No it's confusing26.53%
- I don't know what is nameserver, hostname and glue records.  6.12%
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Add a link where you explain it in details with steps for different registrars.
Thank you for idea
I will think about automatically detecting domain name registrar and providing link for help if most people don't get it...
No need to do the detection thing really. Just allow the user to select their own registrar and it would display the instructions. Above the dropdown state. Registrar = The website where you bought your domain from. Include an "Other" in the dropdown and have a link that they can contact you for help(some people might be using resellers other than registrars, you can't get all of them).
Yeah, OK!
I'd also suggest that you just tell them to use your nameservers directly, and not give them the option of naming their own.
Normies don't understand how this works, and giving them control over their own domain to the point of adding glue records to the registrar is a bad idea. Your target audience isn't us. They have no fucking clue, and don't care.
Let whoever runs the panel setup the IPs and DNS records for their DNS, and just give them that. Anything else will lead to tears.
word nameserver-glue.docx
If you're really dedicated you could also add integration with the APIs of each registrar to do it automatically. IIRC Cloudflare does that by letting you login through their panel (or was it something else?)
buy in home depot, super glue and then add it to server.
done.
word95 nameserver-glue.doc
No! That's insecure!
Btw. why does ms word still not offer a "save as flash file" option?
You need to use file->saveas->meme
They have no fucking glue then...
No, everyone will get their own nameservers.
I see, ~35% don't get this.... I will be adding some help interface. and step 4 will not open until they do step 3 correctly.
Thanks
Oh, that would mean doing api code for all registrars
Don't want to do that.
Thanks anyway
OK, then do it like this:
simpler. Just ask for their domain and auto-enter whatever their whois tells. Then give them only a "Yes, I want what my domain record says" or "No, I don't want that (yet) choice.
create a payed option to change those. It can be cheap, say 1$, but being a payed option a) keeps them (well, most) from mindlessly playing and b) creates a different legal context.
Thanks for suggestion
Thanks all others for participating in poll
This.
Signatures longer than most of your posts that fill significant portions of our screens. It should not be more than two lines.
is Glue record different than A record ?
Indeed it is
https://help.1and1.com/domains-c36931/manage-domains-c79822/dns-c37586/explanation-of-a-glue-record-a595844.html
Hey man! That's a nice sexy looking panel, is it a bootstrap panel? What did you use for the front-end?
Good job!
How do you add glue record ? or every provider automagically add glue record for every a record begin with "ns" ? Right now I am using cloudflare, does it support glue record ?
A glue record is only needed if your domain's DNS server is made reachable from a subdomain of the same domain. Like if example.com's DNS server is ns.example.com.
For cloudflare, it is the nameserver of your domain (usually). So, you don't need glue records there.
If I went in with the knowledge of a summer host, I would say that I've no clue what nameservers or glue records were. Of course, in the spirit of summer, that's what I picked.
@pixahex
The challenge is making this user friendly enough for people to get started, and I'd say you need more documentation to help the user.
Do I need to add A record in addition to glue record ? or the glue record is enough.
Yes, it is different.
Basically,
Glue records = Child Name Servers = Hostname
All different domain registrars are using different words!
Glue records are generally can only be added from domain registrar's panel. (not cloudflare, although you can still use cloudflare).
Glue records are only required when you're using whm reseller and you want to create custom nameservers for your clients. (ns1.yourdomain.com, ns2.yourdomain.com)
Goto your domain registrar, Click on Child Name Servers / Hostname / Glue records option.
And just add it like this:
So now I can give my clients ns1.pixahex.com and ns2.pixahex.com instead using provider's white label nameservers(ns1.privatens.com, ns2.privatens.com)
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Glue record is not A record so both are required
Thanks. Yes its bootstrap but modified haveli.
Yeah, I see it's confusing for lot of people. I will create a video and place it before this getting started section so everyone knows what to do.
Thanks
For example my domain is example.com
Should I add Glue record for
ns1.example.com 1.2.3.4
ns2.example.com 1.2.3.4
AND A Record for
ns1.example.com 1.2.3.4
ns2.example.com 1.2.3.4
Or only Glue Record is enough