{"id":22020,"date":"2024-09-16T20:13:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T18:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000268854-can-i-keep-my-current-domain-registrar-and-switch-to-the-contabo-name-server\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:10:23","slug":"103000268854-can-i-keep-my-current-domain-registrar-and-switch-to-the-contabo-name-server","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000268854-can-i-keep-my-current-domain-registrar-and-switch-to-the-contabo-name-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Keep My Current Domain Registrar and Switch to the Contabo Name Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Can I keep my current domain registrar and switch to the Contabo name server?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although it&rsquo;s not recommended, <strong>you can keep the current registrar and just start using the Contabo DNS. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To do that, <strong>please access<u>&nbsp;<\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/dns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>DNS Zone Management<\/u>&nbsp;<\/a>page in the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Customer Control Panel<\/u><\/a> and create a new DNS zone. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Once the DNS zone has been created, you can simply perform a name server update for your domain name and configure the following name servers as authoritative name servers for the domain:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p><code>ns1.contabo.net (79.143.182.242, 2a02:c205:0:0882::1)<\/code><br \/><code>ns2.contabo.net (178.238.234.231, 2a02:c205:0:0891::1)<\/code><br \/><code>ns3.contabo.net (5.189.191.29, 2a02:c207:0:0842::1)<\/code><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In case that you are not sure how to perform a name server update for a third-party domain, we would recommend you get in touch with your domain registrar.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000268854-can-i-keep-my-current-domain-registrar-and-switch-to-the-contabo-name-server-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I keep my current domain registrar and switch to the Contabo name server? Although it&rsquo;s not recommended, you can keep the current registrar and just start using the Contabo DNS. To do that, please access&nbsp;DNS Zone Management&nbsp;page in the Customer Control Panel and create a new DNS zone. 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