🌐 HOW TO MOVE YOUR DNS FROM LOCAL HOSTING (ns1.nestict.net / ns2.nestict.net) TO CLOUDFLARE — WITH SAMPLES

Scenario

Your domain is:

billing.nestict.net

Your current DNS is:

ns1.nestict.net
ns2.nestict.net

You want to move DNS to Cloudflare.

🔵 1. CHECK YOUR CURRENT DNS RECORDS (LOCAL HOSTING)

METHOD 1 — WHOIS CHECK

Visit:
➡ https://who.is
➡ https://lookup.icann.org

Search: billing.nestict.net

You’ll see:

Nameservers:
ns1.nestict.net
ns2.nestict.net

METHOD 2 — Terminal / CMD

whois billing.nestict.net

METHOD 3 — DIG CMD

dig billing.nestict.net NS

Expected output:

billing.nestict.net.   3600 IN NS ns1.nestict.net.
billing.nestict.net.   3600 IN NS ns2.nestict.net.

METHOD 4 — Inside Your Hosting Panel

In cPanel / Webuzo / DirectAdmin / Plesk:

Look under:

• Domains → Nameservers
• DNS Zone Editor
• Server Info → Nameservers

Example you’ll see:

Primary Nameserver: ns1.nestict.net
Secondary Nameserver: ns2.nestict.net

🟢 2. EXPORT / COPY ALL LOCAL HOSTING DNS RECORDS

In most control panels, open DNS Zone and copy all records.

Example DNS zone (sample for billing.nestict.net):

billing.nestict.net. 14400 IN A 102.219.178.50
www                   14400 IN CNAME billing.nestict.net.
mail                  14400 IN A 102.219.178.50
ftp                   14400 IN A 102.219.178.50

; Email
billing.nestict.net.  14400 IN MX 10 mail.nestict.net.
billing.nestict.net.  14400 IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:102.219.178.50 ~all"
_dmarc                14400 IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@nestict.net"
autodiscover          14400 IN CNAME autodiscover.outlook.com.

; Verification
_acme-challenge       14400 IN TXT "random-value-here"

This is the record set Cloudflare must match.

🟠 3. ADD YOUR DOMAIN TO CLOUDFLARE (AUTO IMPORT)

Steps:

1. Go to https://dash.cloudflare.com/
2. Click Add a Site
3. Enter: billing.nestict.net
4. Choose Free plan
5. Cloudflare scans your DNS

🟣 4. VERIFY ALL IMPORTED DNS RECORDS

Cloudflare Dashboard → DNS → Records

👇 Your imported records should look like:

⚠️ Fix any missing records manually.

🔵 5. CHANGE NAMESERVERS TO CLOUDFLARE

Cloudflare gives you NS like:

lara.ns.cloudflare.com
tim.ns.cloudflare.com

Replace at your registrar:

❌ ns1.nestict.net
❌ ns2.nestict.net

With:
✅ lara.ns.cloudflare.com
✅ tim.ns.cloudflare.com

Propagation time: 5 min – 24 hrs

🟡 6. HOW TO MOVE EXISTING LIVE DOMAINS WITHOUT DOWNTIME

Steps:

1. Add domain to Cloudflare
2. Compare DNS with local hosting
3. Add missing records
4. Only switch nameservers AFTER everything matches
5. Test website + email
6. Then change nameservers

This prevents:
✔ downtime
✔ email failure
✔ broken subdomains

🟤 7. HOW TO EXPORT CLOUDFLARE DNS (FOR BACKUP OR MOVING BACK)

Cloudflare → DNS → “Advanced” → Export Zone File

This gives BIND format like:

billing.nestict.net. IN A 102.219.178.50
www IN CNAME billing.nestict.net.
mail IN A 102.219.178.50
billing.nestict.net. IN MX 10 mail.nestict.net.

🔴 8. MOVE FROM CLOUDFLARE BACK TO LOCAL HOSTING (ns1/ns2.nestict.net)

STEP 1 — Download Cloudflare zone file

STEP 2 — Import into hosting panel

STEP 3 — Change nameservers:

Replace:

❌ Cloudflare NS
With:

ns1.nestict.net
ns2.nestict.net

STEP 4 — Test DNS on dnschecker.org

🟢 9. HOW TO IMPORT ALL DNS RECORDS INTO THE TOP 10 HOSTING PANELS

1️⃣ cPanel / WHM

IMPORT DNS

WHM → DNS Functions → Add a DNS Zone
Or
WHM → Restore a DNS Zone (upload Cloudflare zone file)

EDIT DNS

cPanel → Zone Editor

CHANGE NAMESERVERS

WHM → Basic WebHost Manager Setup:

ns1.nestict.net
ns2.nestict.net

2️⃣ Plesk

IMPORT DNS

Plesk → Websites & Domains → DNS Settings → Import Zone File

EDIT DNS

Add A, MX, TXT, SRV

3️⃣ DirectAdmin

IMPORT DNS

Admin Level → DNS Administration → Import zone file

CHANGE NS

User Level → Account Manager → Nameservers

4️⃣ Webuzo

⚠️ Webuzo does not support zone file import
You must add manually.

Steps:

Webuzo → DNS Zone → Add/Edit Records
(manually add all from Cloudflare)

5️⃣ CyberPanel

CyberPanel → DNS → Create Zone
Then → Add Record

(Only manual)

6️⃣ ISPConfig

Tools → Import DNS Zone
Upload Cloudflare export
Assign to domain

7️⃣ HestiaCP / VestaCP

Hestia:

DNS → Add Record → Restore Zone (paste BIND format)

VestaCP:

DNS → Add Domain → Paste records manually

8️⃣ CloudPanel

Domains → DNS
(Manual only)

9️⃣ aaPanel

Website → DNS Manager → Add zone
Add records manually

🔟 CWP (CentOS Web Panel)

CWP → DNS Functions → Add Zone
Edit Zone → paste Cloudflare DNS one by one

🟣 10. REAL-LIFE DNS EXAMPLES (Before & After Migration)

BEFORE (Local Hosting ns1/nestict.net, ns2/nestict.net)

billing.nestict.net. 14400 IN A 102.219.178.50
www                   14400 IN CNAME billing.nestict.net.
mail                  14400 IN A 102.219.178.50

billing.nestict.net.  14400 IN MX 10 mail.nestict.net.
billing.nestict.net.  14400 IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:102.219.178.50 ~all"

AFTER (Cloudflare)

🟢 11. HOW TO TEST EVERYTHING

CHECK WEBSITE:

ping billing.nestict.net

CHECK DNS GLOBAL:

https://dnschecker.org/

CHECK EMAIL:

https://mxtoolbox.com/mx.aspx

CHECK DMARC/SPF:

https://dmarcian.com/