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 A record for the domain. An A record is a DNS record that maps a domain name to an IP address and is stored on the domain's name servers.

To add an A record for your domain, you can use your domain registrar's name servers or use the name servers provided by Servers.com instead.

Using your domain registrar's name servers

Before you can add an A record for your domain, open the Customer Portal, go to Enterprise Bare Metal, select your server, and find its public IP address in the Manage section.

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.com: 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.

Using Servers.com name servers

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.com
• ns01.srvrsdns.net
• ns01.srvrsdns.org
• ns01.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.

Linux:

host -t NS [yourdomain]

Microsoft Windows:

nslookup -query=NS [yourdomain]

Adding your domain in the DNS section of the Customer Portal

In the Customer Portal, open the DNS section and click Add new domain. Enter your domain name in the displayed form and click Save.

Creating A and CNAME records for your domain

1. In the Customer Portal, open the DNS section and find the domain you added
2. Click View details
3. Click Add A record
4. Leave the Domain field blank
5. 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]