How to Setup Private Name Servers for Reseller Accounts in WHM?

In this article, we will show you how to setup reseller accounts with their own private name servers like ns1 and ns2 for their own clients in WHM. Resellers can also have their own private name servers for their own clients making the server provider more anonymous and the reseller more credible.

We assume that you have already setup your resellers account and that you want to just add private name servers for them. To set the private name servers

What You Need is

2 free IP addresses
WHM root access to the server

Setting it up in WHM

Now that the name servers and IPs are registered we need to set them up on the server.

  • Login to your WHM account as root.
  • Click on Reseller Center on the left hand side.
  • Under Edit Reseller Privileges/Nameservers, select the reseller account you want to provide with private name servers.
  • Scroll down to the very bottom of the page until you see 4 entry boxes and it reads: Primary Nameserver:

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Setting Private Reseller NameServers

  • In the Primary Nameserver field enter: ns1.clientdomain.com
  • Click “Assign IP Address“
  • Click “Add an A Entry for this nameserver“
  • In the Secondary Nameserver field enter: ns2.clientdomain.com . Now, repeat steps 6 and 7 for the Secondary Nameserver.
  • Click Save
  • Write down your resellers IPs and what name servers they belong to, on WHM click on Manage Nameserver IPs to view all name servers running.

Register the name servers, have your reseller login to your domain management page for the domain you registered and  register ns1.newdomain.com and ns2.newdomain.com as nameservers (registries normally have a special facility for doing that). The registry may also have a facility to propogate these nameservers around the foreign registries – if so, you should use this facility.

These registrations may take a few days to propagate (often as many as 3 days).

Your resellers can now have their clients enter ns1.clientdomain.com and ns2.clientdomain.com helping your reseller look more professional and keeping them anonymous from you.

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This post was written by admin on May 29, 2009

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Things to Consider While Choosing Reseller Hosting Plans

Reseller HostingReseller Hosting refers to a kind of web hosting solution offered by a reseller, who is not the direct provider of hosting services. Under reseller hosting, an individual/reseller (who wish to create an e-commerce business) sign-up with a hosting provider to sell its server under the reseller’s brand.

In case of Reseller Hosting, big web hosting providers manages the data centers and servers. Any one can start the take the Reseller Web Hosting account start online business instantly.

In this article you will find information about Reseller Hosting, points to consider while selecting reseller hosting plans.

Reseller Web Hosting is a good business these days. If you take reseller web hosting account from good Hosting providers, then you can make big money. You also will be able to provide web hosting that support all scripting or application platforms to your end customers with your own brand and your own pricing. You should select a good Reseller Web hosting plan.

You should choose the Reseller Hosting Plan wisely. Your Reseller Hosting Plan should include:

  • Disk space: You should go for at least 10 GB of web space plan
  • Bandwidth: Bandwidth of your Reseller Hosting Plan should at least 100 GB
  • Private Name Servers: Your Reseller Hosting Plan should be with Private Name Servers
  • Backups: Your Reseller Hosting Plan should include the backups
  • 99.9% uptime guarantee: Your Reseller Web Hosting plan should be with 99.9% uptime guarantee
  • Unlimited Domains: Your Reseller Hosting plan should allow you to host unlimited domains
  • POP3 Accounts: Pop3 accounts should be unlimited on your sub-domains
  • Database support: Your Reseller Hosting Plan should include the MySQL Database
  • Programming Support: CGI, PHP, Perl, Python, SSI, Cron, FrontPage, ASP or JSP/Servlets should be supported by your Reseller Web Hosting account.
  • Streaming video and music: The video streaming and music streaming is plus point.
  • Web Mail: Your Reseller Hosting Plan should provide the Web Mail access facility to your clients.
  • PhpMyAdmin: phpMyAdmin is very important as it helps to manage the MySQL Database
  • E-Commerce Features: Your Reseller Web Hosting account should enable you to give E-Commerce features to your client accounts. Private SSL is also a plus point.
  • Shopping Cart: Your Reseller Account should include the shopping cart like Agora shopping cart.

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This post was written by admin on May 25, 2009

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