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    How to Connect a Domain with a VPS (The Easy Way)

    When setting up a new VPS, one of the most common tasks is to link a domain name. The process is roughly the same as with a shared hosting account, although a VPS may or may not come with ready-made nameservers available.

    Often, you will need to configure your own nameservers on a VPS. To avoid this, and get started as quickly as possible, we will use an easy method to point a domain to a VPS (or other server).

    Requirements:
    • Domain name registered (.com, .net, etc.)
    • Using default nameservers and DNS system of the registrar (default settings).
    • IP address of your VPS or server.


    Here are the instructions:

    - Log in to your domain registrar*(where your domain was purchased), for example Namecheap or GoDaddy.

    - Locate the section for adding or modifying DNS Zones. Look for "Records" or "Zones."

    - Choose your domain (if not already selected), and proceed to Add a new DNS record.

    - Add a record of type "A" (Address Record). Fill in the fields like this:

    Subdomain: @
    Record/Host: 185.185.185.21 (Your server's IP address)

    - Additionally, add a CNAME record for subdomain "www" pointing to host "domain.com" (your domain) to enable use of www.yourdomain.com.

    Save the new settings, and exit. That's it!

    The crucial step is pointing "@", which stands for your root domain 'domain.com', to the IP address of your VPS. The registrar's nameservers will now host this record, and all traffic to your domain will be automatically routed to the server IP address. It may take up to 12-24 hours for the new DNS changes to propagate around the Internet, so you may not see the change take effect immediately.

    Note that if your registrar's format does not allow "@", you can usually leave the 'subdomain' field empty, because you are entering a record for the root domain.

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    Nice one! I am sure this will help out some new people
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    Good post for domain pointing

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    Love it. Thanks , this is really helpful

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    The easy way using your domain registrar control panel to manage A your ip vps.
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  6. Thank you so much for such a helpful tutorial.

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    That's a great and simple steps tutorial and will be much helpful for newbies. Your effort is really appreciated.

  8. #8
    Very helpful for new users. I have a friend that might need this - thanks for your time!

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    Thank you Gaiacom_LC! You've helped me immensely!

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    Haven't been on WHT in a long time and its good to see this helpful information.
    Such a simple thing that some of us take for granted. But we get a lot of new people that don't know how to point their domain to their IP address.

    We found another easy way for clients is to use CloudFlare it also keeps track of potential threats and blocks them before they get to your VPS.
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