I have a domain name (somename.com) registered at godaddy and i am using godaddy DNS Manager. But i am hosting my website with hostinger.com. So i have created a subdomain (sub.somename.com) on hostinger which by default points to same IP as a domain.
Now i have entry on godaddy DNS for my domain and subdomain name which points to hostinger server address where my website hosted. But when i access my subdomain (sub.somename.com) it goes to my somename.com. I have to refresh it to load sub domain page correctly.
Godaddy DNS Entry
domainname -- somename.com -> IP address of hostinger.com
subdomain -- sub.somename.com --> IP address of hostinger.com (same as above)
Hostinger DNS Entry
subdomain -- sub.somename.com --> IP address of hostinger.com(same as above)
Is above entries is correct ?
Should we need to have entry for domain and subdomain both on godaddy DNS ?
Do we need to have a entry for subdomain in hostinger.com also ?
In order to create a subdomain correctly you have to go through 2 steps:
1. Update your DNS records, so they accept your subdomain (sub.somename.com).
You should have these records for your setup:
A: # -> IP of hostinger.com (this is to connect the domain with hostinger)
A: sub -> IP of hostinger.com (only put the subdomain name)
CNAME: * -> somename.com (so that everything before somename.com goes to somename.com)
CNAME: *.sub -> sub.somename.com (so that everything before sub.somename.com goes to somename.com)
There are different types of DNS Records, the one's you mentioned are all A Records, you have to use CNAME Records as well.
2. Creating a virtual host (on the hosting provider)
The previous step was so that the Domain Name Servers know to which ip to point when the subdomain is used. From this side we have to point the subdomain address (sub.somename.com) to a specific folder that contains the different website. Most host providers, when you create a subdomain automatically create a new folder you can put your content at and point at it.
So to answer your questions.
No you have to change your DNS Records so they match the information above. Let me remind you that changes in the DNS Records might take a while to take effect (1-2 hours).
Your DNS entries should be at one place. Usually they are provided by the hosting provider (hostinger in this case), but since they are also provided by GoDaddy as well feel free to update them there.
There is no need to have a DNS entry in hostinger if you update them in GoDaddy.
P.S. Since I haven't used hostinger before, feel free to update me if you have more info, like if you're using CPanel.
If you intend to host a subdomain at an IP different than your main site, the records should look like this.
Main Site (mysite.com)
Type: A
Name(Host): #
Value(Points To): 192.168.1.1
Blog Site (blog.mysite.com)
Type: A
Name(Host): blog
Value(Points To): 192.168.1.2
As a reference, you only need an A record to host a subdomain. CNAME record is an alias. www records are usually CNAME records to the root domain as they are the same page.
Hope this helps!
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Hello I will get a access to a subdomain division.company.com and I will have to name where to point it in contract. I don't want request for contract update because where subdomain has point to every time I need to switch a server.
I am looking to have a top level DNS like control for a subdomain.
a) Do I use some kind of routing/proxy server?
b) Is there a way to have a dynamic DNS assignation (single time minimal configuration on the top level domain side)?
c) Is what I am looking for possible with DDNS providers like https://www.dynu.com/ ?
I tried using dynamic with a test domain but it did not seam to function properly.
On test domain I added CNAME DNS record b.a.com pointing to b.dynamicdns.com and then on dynamic DNS'es DNS records I pointed a CNAME record of www.b.dynamicdns.com to a website's server then on website server side I tried www.b.a.com but it did not seam to work.
Top level domains has to add NS (name server) records for the subdomain pointing to a DNS management provider
https://www.dynu.com/ has and add own domain where subdomain can be entered and configured but other providers should work too.
NS b.a.com NS1.provider.com
NS b.a.com NS2.provider.com
That will delegate subdomains DNS record management to it and will allow for full control of it. Including adding CNAME records pointing to any server.
I have domain on Bigrock and i want to point my subdomain on different server of hostinger hosting,
how i can be possible ?
you need to create either A record (for IP address destination) or CNAME record (domain name destination).
I have been figuring out how to accomplish this for a day now and read through a bunch of tutorials but could not make it work the way I wanted.
So my current set up is that I have a website that I registered the domain with Namecheap, let's call it mywebsite.com. The main app is hosted on Heroku, so both mywebsite.com and www.mywebsite.com is set up as URL redirect and CNAME to point to the heroku address. For example I have a CNAME record for www pointing to www.mywebsite.com.herokudns.com. This works fine and I would like to keep it that way.
I recently registered for a SiteGround service to set up my wordpress blog. I would like it to be accessible at blog.mywebsite.com. Most of the tutorial I have seen is to either migrate the domain to siteground so the wordpress site can point to the main domain or to point the namecheap DNS nameservers to the siteground one which I don't want to do neither because I do not want to redirect the traffic away from the heroku app.
I have tried to set up NSRecord according to Namecheap doc, I added the record for blog to point to ns1.siteground1111.com (the nameservers siteground provided) but when I entered blog.mywebsite.com it said server not found. I am on a SiteGround shared IP plan and I can see the blog if I visit ns1.siteground205.com/~myusername. However creating A record or CNAME requires bare IP and domain so I wonder if that's the issue.
My question is if my approach was correct in trying to set up the subdomain by creating a NSRecord on Namecheap pointing to SiteGround's nameservers. Or is it necessary for me to pay extra and get a dedicated IP address from SiteGround for me to point my A record for blog to.
Alternatively, I also have extra domains I am not using and I could set SiteGround blog to those domains and perhaps create a CNAME record for blog.mywebsite.com to www.myotherwebsite.com? That sounds like an overcomplication of the issue but I am not sure what to try at this point.
Really appreciate any help!
In Namecheap admin for your domain name mywebsite.com:
(1) Create an A record:
[type, host, value, TTL]
A, #, 1.2.3.4, 1min
where 1.2.3.4 is the Siteground IP address of your account.
(2) Create another A record:
A, blog, 1.2.3.4, Automatic
Lets say I have ordered domain name abc.com from GoDaddy.
I want to point the domain to my web site that I am hosting locally on my computer via IIS. Lets say that to hit this website currently, you would go to '123.123.123.123/mysite/'.
I am trying to setup the DNS Zone File to do this, but I cannot figure out how to get it to point to the "/mysite/" directory.
How can I properly set my GoDaddy DNS Zone file to point to '123.123.123.123/mysite/'?'
You have got your concepts a little mixed up there. What you are looking for is a HTTP Redirect. DNS is simply a way to map an IP Address to a domain name, it doesn't care what the traffic does once it gets to your site.
Think of DNS as a Postcode (Zipcode). It puts a letter in your letterbox. There is no way for it to know that Betty is on the second floor, because that's not what the Postcode does.
DNS will point a domain name example.com to an IP Address 123.123.123.123. You can have multiple domain names, www.example.com and mysite.example.com all pointing to the same IP Address, and the server can be configured to figure out what to do with each individual domain name.
So what you could potentially do is have the server detect that you are requesting mysite.example.com and have that redirected to www.example.com/mysite. This would be the standard way of achieving this.
My client have a dedicated server on liquedweb cloud service and we my web app is hosted on that server. We want our users to map their domain to our server. So they can enjoy our web app by using their domain name. What information I need to provide to my user so he can map domain and what information I need from them?
I don't know much(in fact anything) about domain mapping
thanks
It depends if the server has a dedicated IP address or is natted.
If the server has a dedicated IP address you can ask your clients to point their entire domain to you server by adding the following A records:
Host TTL Protocol Type IP Address
# 300 IN A 1.1.1.1
www 300 IN A 1.1.1.1
Not all domain hosts ask for TTL,if not dont worry about it.
If you want just their subdomain to point to your server (subdomain.website.com)
subdomain IN A 0.0.0.1
TTL is optional in some systems, in this case the default will be used.
Generally it is recommended that you use an IP for the Apex record and not a domain name. EG: example.com is the apex, www.example.com is the www subdomain.
A typical configuration would be below:
Host TTL Protocol Type Result
# 300 IN A 1.1.1.1
www 300 IN CNAME example.com
This is the same config as the top example but using CNAME example.com. It is the same as using A 1.1.1.1, it just means you only need to change one record.
If your server details are a hostname and not an IP address, most systems will not let you use the hostname for the apex so you will need to find out the IP address. (A simple method is to use the nslookup command or dig command).
TTL is how long in seconds a record last before it expires. If you are unsure what you are doing I recommend lowering this so you can correct mistakes more quickly.
Different methods for the different servers. For most of the servers, you have to change the nameservers of your domain.
This mostly needs when your domain registrar and hosting provider both are different.
First Login into your hosting account, navigate to the account details,
then copy the nameservers from there...which would be like :- dns1.hostingprovider.com
dns2.hostingprovider.com
After that, Go to control panel of your domain. Navigate to the nameservers
You will see the link:- dns1.domainregistrar.com
dns2.domainregistrar.com
Paste the above links at the place of below links.
They need the IP address (and possibly instructions on how to configure their DNS servers (which means a variety of different sets of instructions for different servers and control panels)).
You need the domain name.