# NewRegistrar

NewRegistrar activates a Registrar Provider specified in `creds.json`. A registrar maintains the domain's registration and delegation (i.e. the nameservers for the domain). DNSControl only manages the delegation.

* `name` must match the name of an entry in `creds.json`.
* `type` is deprecated. The provider type is read from the `TYPE` field in `creds.json`.
* `meta` is a way to send additional parameters to the provider. It is optional and only certain providers use it. See the [individual provider docs](/provider/index.md) for details.

This function will return an opaque string that should be assigned to a variable name for use in [D](/language-reference/top-level-functions/d.md) directives.

{% code title="dnsconfig.js" %}

```javascript
var REG_MYNDC = NewRegistrar("mynamedotcom");
var DNS_MYAWS = NewDnsProvider("myaws");

D("example.com", REG_MYNDC, DnsProvider(DNS_MYAWS),
  A("@","1.2.3.4"),
);
```

{% endcode %}


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