Create custom or vanity nameservers

This article provides information on creating personalized nameservers for your domain at DreamHost.

Background

Nameservers direct traffic for your domain to the appropriate server. You can create custom nameservers for domains registered with DreamHost. For example, if your domain is example.com, the default nameservers are:

ns1.dreamhost.com
ns2.dreamhost.com
ns3.dreamhost.com

You can update these to use your own domain, like:

ns1.example.com
ns2.example.com
ns3.example.com

These nameservers work the same way but reflect your domain name. Follow the steps listed below to set up custom nameservers in your panel.

1. Navigate to the Manage Registrations panel page.
2. Click the Settings link located next to your domain registration.
   If you have multiple domain registrations, check the box under the Modify Settings column next to the domain you wish to modify.
3. Click the Settings button.

4. When the Contact Information page opens, click the DNS tab and then select Use another host's nameservers button to change your nameservers.

   If these new nameservers are hosted at another company, enter the non-DreamHost IP address for each corresponding vanity nameserver. If you want the new nameservers to be hosted at DreamHost, use DreamHost's Nameserver IPs.

5. Click the Save Changes button to save.