Nameservers hold the DNS records for a domain – which include information about where the web server is (using A recordS), where to direct email (using MX records) and other important bits of information which make the internet… well… work.
Namecheap allows you to host your own nameservers, and therefore point your domains at your VPS or dedicated server‘s IP address more quickly in future, by doing the following: Note you only need to do this once, for the domain with which you will host the nameservers. Your future domains (assuming they reside on the …
Are you looking to setup DNS records for Namecheap domains you may add in the future, so that your domain just resolves, and doesn’t go through that “free parking at Namecheap” phase, or the additional Nginx 500 response that sometimes happens? The instructions below will get you there. Preconfigure Namecheap DNS to Auto Add DNS …
