NOTE: The forum software will not let me submit this question because it thinks I have two links in the post. So I’m trying to figure out how I can submit this question and make the forum software happy. I don’t have any links in this post so I’m kind of baffled here. I replaced all the periods in domain names to colons so I can submit this post.
I followed the setup instructions as best I could, but when it came to specifically changing the DNS records it had a link to GoDaddy and the links did not help me.
Also I looked in the forum for posts about GoDaddy but none of the post addressed the problem I’m having.
The first thing I attempted was to simply change the Name Server records on GoDaddy to
ns1:box:mydoman:com
ns2:box:mydomain:com
GoDaddy does not give you the option of also assigning an IP address to the names
ns1:box:mydomain:com
ns2:box:mydoamin:com
So since GoDaddy’s system could not resolve the names
ns1:box:mydomain:com
ns2:box:mydomain:com
to an actual IP address it rejects them: It will not let you put them in there.
So now I’m thinking how do I get these two names associated with my digital ocean droplet IP. So this is what I did.
I went to GoDaddy and made these changes to my DNS record.
Type Name Value
A @ 000:000:000:000 <— digital ocean IP
CNAME box @
CNAME ns1:box @
CNAME ns2:box @
This fixed some of the problems in the MIAB status screen: However, the status still says,
The nameservers set on this domain at your domain name registrar should be ns1:box:mydomain:com; ns2:box:mydomain:com. They are currently ns15:domaincontrol:com; ns16:domaincontrol:com
If you are using External DNS, this may be OK.
And GoDaddy still does not let me change the Name Server records.
I would like MIAB to manage the DNS records for this domain just as the documentation suggests.
What exactly am I doing wrong?