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As an advance note, I am EXTREMELY new to server management and I have had no real world experience doing this type of thing nor have I been professionally trained. This is mainly something I'm trying to do as a hobby more or less.
Anyways, my problem is that I want to add a domain that I've purchased from NameCheap to my Plesk 11.5 panel without hosting a website or redirecting the domain.
My main goal in this is using this domain to be used with an online gaming server, and I want to manage the domain THROUGH Plesk, where I can then forward it to route to my gaming server. I assume that to do this, I would need to add my domain without hosting in Plesk, which I am fairly certain I have done.
However, the issue is linking the domain into my Plesk control panel! I have no idea about how to set out about this, and any guidance as to how to do this properly would be much appreciated.
Thanks! Just ask if you need more details.
1Mayba what you need is an "A" record pointing your domain to the IP of your server ? – Alex – 2013-10-12T18:14:48.327
@Alex: I think I was actually incorrect in some of my wording in the question, and I will edit it after this comment. I want to handle all DNS records through my Plesk panel, where I can then point the domain to a port on my server. – Justin W. Flory – 2013-10-12T19:32:39.170
Now, maybe what you need is an "NS" record pointing your domain to the IP of your server ? – Alex 2 hours ago – Alex – 2013-10-12T20:17:07.180
@Alex - Yes, I think that is what I'm trying to do. I know my domain registrar provides nameservers, so would I just add those to Plesk? For example, I add "dns1.namecheaphosting.com" and "dns2.namecheaphosting.com" to Plesk for my domain? – Justin W. Flory – 2013-10-12T20:20:12.120
Additionally, I'm also seeing some NS records inside of Plesk for the domain that look like they were automatically generated. Rather, would I add those NS records INTO the domain registrar's side? – Justin W. Flory – 2013-10-12T20:21:16.170
You want to manage DNS records in your Plesk control panel ? – Alex – 2013-10-12T20:21:53.293
@Alex - Yes, that is my end goal. – Justin W. Flory – 2013-10-12T20:22:13.173