: "NS1" and "NS2" A records suddenly required? I have a VPS server that I host several sites on. One of the domain names I use for a site hosted on the VPS is registered through a different

@Hamaas447

Assuming your domain that went down is SomeRandomWebsite.com, where is the NS for that domain? ns1.MyAwesomeNameServer.com and ns2.MyAwesomeNameServer.com would be good examples.

Did the tech tell you that there were no A-records defined for ns1 & ns2 at MyAwesomeNameServer.com? Because the lack of those records would CERTAINLY cause your problem - if the nameservers cannot be found, then no one will know what the zone file entries are for SomeRandomWebsite.com.

If the tech told you that your website went down because there were no A-records defined for ns1.SomeRandomWebsite.com and ns2.SomeRandomWebsite.com, they misled you.

I am assuming that you have NOT configured ns1.SomeRandomWebsite.com and ns2.SomeRandomWebsite.com to actually be the nameservers for SomeRandomWebsite.com. Because that would be horrible :)

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@Barnes591

You have the static public IP for your VPS right ? that is called as A record for the DNS

If your domain service company is not providing the DNS manager , Use any cloud DNS manager , get the NS from that DNS provider , Set those NS in your domain manager and your VPS IP as 'A' record in DNS manager

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