You've created a Zone File and uploaded it to your Name Server. You've edited named.conf.local, added the Zone and uploaded the edited file to your Name Server. All that's left now is to reload BIND and check you Zone is resolving. This article documents how to reload BIND.

Connect to your Name Server, you will probably need to use PuTTY or any other SSH application. In this example I will use PuTTY.

Click Start, Run, cmd and click OK

At the command prompt type cd \PuTTY\PuTTY (assuming you placed the PuTTY application in c:\PuTTY)

Type in the Host Name or the IP address of your Name Server and click Open

Enter your user name and password

Reload BIND

At the Bash ($) prompt type rndc reload

Check your Zone is resolving

At the Bash prompt type host www.yourdomain.com, (replace the domain name with your domain name). BIND should respond with the IP address you've entered into your Zone file.

You can also use dig or nslookup to check your zone is resolving.