How to point your domain name to a dedicated server's IP address
To point your domain name to your dedicated server's public IP address, you need to create an address record for the domain — an A record. An A record is part of the DNS system and maps a domain name to an IP address.
An A record is stored as a DNS entry on the domain's name servers. To add an A record for your domain, you can use your domain registrar's name servers or switch to the name servers provided by Servers.com.
Creating an A record using name servers of a domain name registrar
Before you can add an A record for your domain, find the public IP address of your server in the Dedicated Servers → Manage section of the Customer Portal.
Use the obtained IP address to add an A record for your domain by following the instructions provided by your domain's registrar. Here are the links to instructions by several popular domain name registrars:
- GoDaddy: Add an A record
- Name.com: Adding an A record
- Namecheap: How can I set up an A (address) record for my domain?
Please note that the domain needs to be configured to work with the default registrar's name servers.
Creating an A record using name servers of Servers.com
You can change your domain's name servers to those provided by Servers.com, and then use the DNS section of the Customer Portal to add an A record for your domain.
Changing your domain's name servers
Before you can manage your domain's DNS entries using the Customer Portal, you need to set the following name servers for the domain:
ns01.srvrsdns.comns01.srvrsdns.netns01.srvrsdns.orgns01.srvrsdns.co.uk
To change name servers of your domain, follow the instructions provided by your domain's registrar. You may need to wait up to 72 hours for your domain's new name servers to propagate.
You can use the following commands to verify that the new name servers have propagated.
In Linux:
host -t NS [yourdomain]In Microsoft Windows:
nslookup -query=NS [yourdomain]Adding your domain in the DNS section of the Customer Portal
In the DNS section of the Customer Portal, click Add new domain. Enter your domain name in the displayed form and click Save.
Creating A and CNAME records for your domain
Find your recently added domain in the DNS section of the Customer Portal and click View details, then click Add A record. Leave the Domain field blank, enter your server's public IP address in the IP field and click Add record.
You can also add a CNAME record to make a WWW subdomain alias for your domain.
Use the following command in Linux to view your domain's A record:
host -t A [yourdomain]Use the following command to verify that your server is running and can be accessed using the domain name:
ping [yourdomain]