First, we need to make sure your domain name resolves correctly - that is, we need to make sure it's sending your website traffic to your new server. The easiest way to do this is to use Dot Internet Solution's nameservers for your domain.
Note: You might want to get everything else set up on your server first, before updating your nameservers. That way you can preview your website before going live.
If you registered your domain with us, your nameservers will be set up automatically, and you can go to the next step.
If you registered your domain elsewhere, you will need to visit that registrar and update your nameservers (also called Servers of Authority or SOA) to the ones shown below:
Dot Internet Solution’s nameservers are:
| Primary Nameserver | ns6.dotinc.net |
| Secondary Nameserver | ns7.dotinc.net |
| Tertiary Nameserver | ns8.dotinc.net |
| Quaternary Nameserver | ns9.dotinc.net |
Note: It can take up to 48 hours for updates to your domain name to take effect. During this time your website traffic and email may be disrupted. If you want to minimize this disruption to your website traffic and email, you may be able to first, before making any other changes to your nameservers, lower your TTL with your current registrar. Once you lower your TTL, wait 48 hours, and then update your nameservers. The change should now happen more quickly.
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For more about TTL (time to live), please see this article.
