How and where do I make a glue record? godaddy says I need one for a .de tld. Since I dont know what a glue record is I am not sure what forum to post this in. A mod may move it to the right forum please.
The following is from dnsreport.com The only way that I can see around it, is to have a nameserver in denmark (.de) WARNING. The parent servers (I checked with f.gtld-servers.net.) are not providing glue for all your nameservers. This means that they are supplying the NS records (host.example.com), but not supplying the A records (192.0.2.53), which can cause slightly slower connections, and may cause incompatibilities with some non-RFC-compliant programs. This is perfectly acceptable behavior per the RFCs. This will usually occur if your DNS servers are not in the same TLD as your domain (for example, a DNS server of "ns1.example.org" for the domain "example.com"). In this case, you can speed up the connections slightly by having NS records that are in the same TLD as your domain.
Glue records are used to make records for nameservers (ns1.yourdomain.tld). Where is the domain registered at?
he said it's GoDaddy told him to, not sure if it's registrered there though.. I found this about your problem: I read it, i think its quite easy to understand...
Its stupid godaddy, they are not helpful. Their support tell me to use my favorite search engine to find the answer of my question to them. Suckers, I dont know why I use them. (.de is germany, not denmark) Thanks for your help, but I dont understand it. I suppose I will have to pay somebody to fix it for me.
At godaddy just look for a section under the domain management called "create nameservers" or something along the lines. You then will enter a nameserver subdomain such as ns1 and ns2 along with the IPs on the server that will handle all NS requests.
Godaddy tells me this: Thank you for contacting Online Support. There are 3 things to keep in mind when entering nameserver information for .DE domain names. • The first 3 bits of the IP address (C-class) is different for each nameserver. • A glue record is necessary for the domain on the nameservers. • The SOA (Start of Authority) must be within the following guidelines: refresh : 10000 - 86400 retry: 1800 -28800 expire: 604800 - 3600000 ttl: 180 - 345600
That stuff is all setup on the actual DNS server. The actual glue record is the NS entry you create at godaddy. Mark
Ok. So if I create the name servers ns1.mydomain.de and ns2.mydomain.de, how can I use my shared hosting account at hostgator ?
A glue record is not needed for shared hosting. Only time a glue recorded is needed is when you want to setup/operate your own nameservers.
Tell that to the germans Have you been using .de domains before? Some more info from Gopdaddy: The .de registry has set regulations for the nameservers that can be applied to the domain names. The requirements are listed below: All .DE domains must have: At least two name servers, which must be authoritative . Its two name servers on different class C networks (e.g. the first three octets cannot be the same, 216.1.69.1 and 68.42.99.120 would be valid.). A SOA (Start of Authority) Refresh value between 10000 and 86400 seconds . A Retry value between 1800 and 28800 seconds . A Time to Live (TTL) value between 180 and 345600 . An MX record that resolves to a valid mail server for the life of the domain registration, not just for the registration itself. The serial numbers for all name server zones for the domain must also match. If you are having any issues getting the nameservers to be accepted for the domain name you will need to contact the host provider to have them look into the issue as to whether their nameservers meet this criteria or not.