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Guides - Configure Your Domain's Authoritative Name Servers

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To use Linode’s DNS Manager, you must add our name servers as the authoritative name servers for your domain. To do this, log in to your domain registrar’s control panel and set the name servers for your domain name to the entries below. See the instructions on your domain name registrar’s website for more information.

  • ns1.linode.com
  • ns2.linode.com
  • ns3.linode.com
  • ns4.linode.com
  • ns5.linode.com

The name for this setting various among registrars, but it is commonly called external or custom name servers. Follow the instructions for your registrar:

Note
DNS changes can take up to 24 hours to propagate throughout the internet, although the changes are usually visible within several hours.

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