DNS Changes for go live

Owned by perry bird
Last updated: Aug 16, 2022
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DNS stands for Domain Name System (DNS) and works as an address book for pages on the internet. It is used to link domain names to different IPs (server addresses) to make navigation simpler.

To make changes to your DNS and point your domain name to your new site follow these steps:

  1. Login to your DNS provider, the website you purchased your domain from(e.g go daddy, name cheap etc.)

  2. Find your domain name in your account and select DNS settings.

  3. Change your A name record, or create one like the following:
    A record 
    Name: yourdomain.org (your website domain) without www.
    Value: ip address of new website

  4. Repeat this step and add
    A record 
    Name: www.yourdomain.org (your website domain) with www.
    Value: ip address of new website

To configure a subdomain such as dev or staging:

  1. Login to your DNS provider, the website you purchased your domain from(e.g go daddy, name cheap etc.)

  2. Find your domain name in your account and select DNS settings.

  3. Change your A name record, or create one like the following:
    A record 
    Name: dev.yourdomain.org (your website domain) or add “@"
    Value: ip address of dev website

 

Congratulations you have pointed your DNS at your new website. This will now begin to propagate with the servers across the world to connect. This can take up to 48h to complete but usually takes 1-2.

 

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