Website directs to 127.0.0.1

[astarmathsandphysics]

Obviously I don't want that.
I want it to direct to 111.90.150.93
How do I do this?

[Lars Noodén]

Can you give a little more detail as to what you do that leads up to the undesired results?

[astarmathsandphysics]

I had a server set up about 6 weeks ago.
#Now I have transferred some more moresites onto it and need to set up the nameservers to point to it.

At the moment they points to 127.0.0.1

[nerdtron]

Please post the contents of /etc/hosts file.

[guptesh]

All you have to do is restart bind to clear its cache:

# /etc/init.d/named restart

You can also use rndc command as follows flush out all cache:

# rndc restart

OR

# rndc exec

BIND v9.3.0 and above will support flushing all of the records attached to a particular domain name with rndc flushname command. In this example flush all records releated to example.com domain:

# rndc flushname example.com

It is also possible to flush out BIND views. For example, lan and wan views can be flushed using the following command:

# rndc flush lan

# rndc flush wan

[astarmathsandphysics]

Here is etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost
4545.6.7.21 server42.abc.com server35

Virtual Hosts

234.54.6.46 thexxxxxxxxxx.info

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

I was using external DNS and hadn't set up dns on my own server. Have done that now and am waiting for them to point the website. I may not have to deal with this until domain expires.

I am a bit confused here. Do I I need to install bind on my own server?

[SeijiSensei]

No, you can let the domain registrar maintain your records. What matters are the A records that map from www.example.com to an IP address.

[astarmathsandphysics]

theexxxxxxxl.info does map to 111.90.150.92

You can see it at http://111.90.150.92/theexxxxxxxxxl/

The server maps it to localhosr 127..0.0.1