--- title: How to Create Your Own NS in VestaCP description: "To set up your own (child) NSs for a domain like ns1.your.domain.name and ns2.your.domain.name follow these steps: The dig (domain information groper) utility can be used to verify the entry. 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How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://help.ishosting.com/en) 2. [Server Administration](https://help.ishosting.com/en/server-administration) 3. [VestaCP](https://help.ishosting.com/en/server-administration#vestacp) # How to Create Your Own NS in VestaCP To set up your own (child) NSs for a domain like ns1.your.domain.name and ns2.your.domain.name follow these steps: 1. Go to the **VestaCP panel** at **https://ip.of.your.server:8083/** 2. If the domain has not been created yet, go to the **WEB** tab, and create it. 3. Click the **DNS** tab. Click **EDIT** to the required domain. ![Click the DNS tab and click EDIT](https://help.ishosting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/help/vestacp/add-ns/1.png?width=624&name=1.png) 4. Change the **NS-servers template** to **child-ns**. Click **Save** to save your changes. ![Change the NS-servers template](https://help.ishosting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/help/vestacp/add-ns/2.png?width=612&name=2.png) The dig (domain information groper) utility can be used to verify the entry. The dig utility installation depends on the OS version: | **CentOS** | ``` sudo yum install bind-utils ``` | | --- | --- | | **Ubuntu/Debian** | ``` sudo apt install dnsutils ``` | Check example: **dig name.of.your.domain @** **ip.10.20.30.40  ** You will get something like this: ```  ; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4 <<>> name.of.your.domain @10.20.30.40  ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:  ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096  ;; QUESTION SECTION:  ; name.of.your.domain.                       IN      A  ;; ANSWER SECTION:  test.dom.                14400   IN      A       10.20.30.40  ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:  name.of.your.domain.                14400   IN      NS      ns2.name.of.your.domain.name.of.your.domain.                14400   IN      NS      ns1.name.of.your.domain.  ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:  ns1.name.of.your.domain.            14400   IN      A       10.20.30.40  ns2.name.of.your.domain.            14400   IN      A       10.20.30.40  ;; SERVER: 10.20.30.40#53(10.20.30.40) ``` Here you can see that the request for the domain **name.of.your.domain** was made to the server with the IP address 10.20.30.40. The response contains an A-record with the value 10.20.30.40 (;; ANSWER SECTION:) and NS records (;; AUTHORITY SECTION:) with value ns1. name.of.your.domain. and ns2. name.of.your.domain. Here you can see the IP addresses of NS servers – 10.20.30.40 and 10.20.30.40. [More about CNAME](https://blog.ishosting.com/en/what-is-cname-record). So that ns1.name.of.your.domain and ns2.name.of.your.domain are on different IP addresses (requirement of some registrars): 1. Go to the **DNS** tab, select a domain, and click **LIST xx RECORDS**. 2. Press **EDIT** on one of the ns1 or ns2 entries 3. Enter the new IP address in **IP or Value**. Click **Save** to save your changes. [Dedicated IP hosting features](https://blog.ishosting.com/en/dedicated-ip-address-benefits-for-your-website-and-vpn). 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