I am using free webhosting server. and i purchased a domain name. now how to point a domain name to free webhost?.
ex. my webserver address is abc.uco.im,
and my purchased domain name is xyz.com.
now how to point xyz.com to abc.uco.im using dns. please help, thank you.
The best place to resolve these questions is with your web host, and with the entity where you purchased the domain name. Specific instructions will vary according to those host services you choose.
You need to go in your File Zone DNS and add a A host that point to the ip of your web server.
It will be like :
Host : #
Point : abc.uco.im
use webforwarding option in your purchased domain console . Go webforwading just enter your free host domain url there. Hence any one trying your new domain will automatically forwaded to your free domain address.
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I'm trying to map my ip to the domain name I bought but little did I know, it's more confusing than I thought it would be. Where exactly does the link between the IP and the domain name happens? Does it have something to do with nameservers or domain redirections?
You will need to update your DNS settings and point to the IP you want.
The company / website your domain is registered with will be able to help here / allow you to do this online.
be aware that a lot of residential addresses will have dynamic IP addresses which may change frequently causing you to need to update the DNS a lot.
Id recommend looking at a free web host (freehostia.com for example) if you are able to host your website / server online
I got WHM on our VPS and already set up some websites in it.
Usually, I only need to create new Account, fill out the form (domain name, setting, etc).
Then change the nameserver on the registrar's website, then wait for max 48 hours.
Then the website is live.
But now the website is not live yet. I have been contacting the hosting support, but they do not respond quick.
Could you guys please let me know what should I check to identify the problem?
Thank you!
First of all you have to check if you WHM hostname is a valid hostname and then if the hostname points back to the WHM server ip. Then you have to check with a tool like intodns.com if you DNS zone for the domain is correct and if the domain name points back to your server's ip. If you can, please post your domain name (the one that is supposed to load from your WHM server).
I don't know how well i am asking this question but can someone tell me how do i give a domain name to my server . I mean right now i can just access it by an ip . But i want it to be accessed by a name. When we purchase a hosting plan we already are give a domain name . But how to have a domain name when you already have your own server?
1]Login into Control Panel of your Domain Registrar
2]There you will have facility to Register Name Server.(ns1.domainname = IP of your server and ns2.domainname = IP of your server). Ask your Domain registrar to have step by step guide about How to register name server? and perform accordingly.
3]Open DNS manager with your Server and make entry of your domain.
4]Global propagation will take 24-48 hours time, and your domain
will start pointing to your server.
My first question ever. and newbie to webhosting.
I am trying navicosoft.com vps for the first time for webhosting. VPS just had centOS 7 on it. I installed ruby rails apache passenger etc and deployed my app. App deployed successfully. Here is the IP address http://88.198.121.97/ (site is still in production mode though). I also purchased domain dogtags.pk from http://pknic.net with its nameservers ns1.navicosoft.com | ns2.navicosoft.com. It has been over 72 hours since i registered for the domain.
I want to know what am I doing wrong? why is my site accessible via IP address and not by domain name? If i can get some link to a tutorial or documentation of some kind.
Customer support is very crappy. They are saying we dont provide any technical help for VPS. Help please. Thanks.
EDIT:
The best way might be to use a free DNS service (https://www.google.com/search?q=free+dns+service).
The setup would be as follows:
Use a free DNS service to point your domain name to the correct IP address.
Modify your domain name's nameservers to those of the free DNS service provider you've chosen.
For example, here's a link to how you can set this up with Namecheap's FreeDNS service: https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/536/51/how-do-i-set-my-domain-to-use-namecheaps-freedns-service
I'm totally new about hosting website and I register a domain in network solution and hosted by hostgator. I tried to register my name server by going to Domain name server option in network solution and enter my name sever's name.However,by going to leafdns.com, I found out that the name servers don't pointing to the right ip addresses as provided by hostgator welcome email. Besides, network solution does not prompt you for a ip input for those name servers, and the domain still point to a construction page.
What would be the problem?
It's not enaught to set up Name Servers for domain, you need add records in it. If you setup hostgator hosting NameServers for your domain, just park your domain on hosting panel and NS records add apear automatically.