{"id":8033,"date":"2025-06-26T07:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.cloudhostgeek.com\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:46:32","slug":"how-to-resolve-co-in-in-domain-registration-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigcloudy.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-resolve-co-in-in-domain-registration-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resolve .co.in &amp; .in domain registration issues?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got an error while registering .co.in &amp; .in domains.<br><code>php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo for whois.registry.in failed: Name or service not known<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unregistered domains were incorrectly shown as unavailable for registration.<br>The issue was identified during WHOIS checks and WHMCS domain availability testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Root Cause<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The default WHOIS server for .co.in and .in domains in WHMCS is:<br><code>whois.registry.in<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This server failed to respond properly or was not resolvable.<br>This meant WHOIS queries failed silently, returning invalid or no data to WHMCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resolution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fix was applied in the file:<br><code>\/resources\/domains\/whois.json<\/code><br>To fix this add following content in this file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&#91;\n    {\n        \"extensions\": \".ac.in,.co.in,.org.in,.ernet.in,.gov.in,.net.in,.res.in,.in\",\n        \"uri\": \"socket:\/\/whois.nixiregistry.in\",\n        \"available\": \"available for registration\"\n    }\n]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><code>whois.nixiregistry.in<\/code> is the correct WHOIS server for .in and its second-level domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got an error while registering .co.in &amp; .in domains.php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo for whois.registry.in failed: Name or service not known Unregistered domains were incorrectly shown as unavailable for registration.The issue was identified during WHOIS checks and WHMCS domain availability testing. Root Cause The default WHOIS server for .co.in and .in domains in WHMCS is:whois.registry.in This server failed to respond properly or was not resolvable.This meant WHOIS queries failed silently, returning invalid or no data to WHMCS. Resolution The fix was applied in the file:\/resources\/domains\/whois.jsonTo fix this add following content in this file whois.nixiregistry.in is the correct WHOIS server for .in and its second-level domains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[308,307],"class_list":["post-8033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whmcs","tag-domain-registration","tag-whmcs","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to resolve .co.in &amp; .in domain registration issues?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fix .co.in and .in domain registration issues in WHMCS with a simple WHOIS server update. 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