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changing dns nameservers
Greetings DNS Experts
I have been working with a temporary domain (www.test.com) on a virtual private server (a LAMP system). I have it running the way I want it. Now I want to point over the domain of the live website (www.test2.com) so that the live website will now point to the virtual private server that I have been setting up. The live website is php / mysql dynamically driven. test2 is hosted at godaddy. to do this redirection for test2, can i just change the ip that test2 points to and the nameservers to the same ip and nameservers of test? i think that is all i have to do but i am not sure.
I have been working with a temporary domain (www.test.com) on a virtual private server (a LAMP system). I have it running the way I want it. Now I want to point over the domain of the live website (www.test2.com) so that the live website will now point to the virtual private server that I have been setting up. The live website is php / mysql dynamically driven. test2 is hosted at godaddy. to do this redirection for test2, can i just change the ip that test2 points to and the nameservers to the same ip and nameservers of test? i think that is all i have to do but i am not sure.
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Chris , so you are saying I do not need to change the domain nameservers for what i am trying to do ? I just need to change the www record to the ip of the new server ? Thats probably right I don't know I struggle with dns
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That seems to be two seperate items.
You can change the www record within the test2.com domain so it points to the IP Address of your new web server. Or you can change it to a CNAME Record and point to www.test.com.
If you want to change the Name Servers for your domain you will have to do that with the Registrar (I assume that's GoDaddy?). And you will have to have a Forward Lookup Zone configured for test2.com.
Chris