How to use A records to connect your domain to a web host
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Hey this is Sam from pork button today we’re going to learn how to use a records to connect your domain to a web host so what is an a record anyway basically when someone types in a domain in a browser say WWE example calm that a record is what tells the browser which
Server on the Internet to connect to by sending back the server’s IP address IP address is usually have four numbers separated by dots for example eight eight eight eight or 192.168.0.1 since our domain is registered at pork bun will be using pork buns interface for this video however similar steps should work for
Most registrar’s to start we’re going to log in at pork bun comm you can log in using your username or email address once you’re in you’ll arrive on the domain management screen if you’re already logged in you can get to this screen by clicking your username in the
Top right corner then clicking domain management on the domain management page look for your domain and click the drop down button that says details on the far right this brings up a whole bunch of options we’re looking for the link that says edit next to DNS records this
Should bring up a screen that says manage DNS records from here we’re going to scroll down and locate any a records that have a different IP address from the one provided by your web host if you see any click the garbage can icon on
The right to get rid of it we’ll want to delete these a records so web traffic does not ever get sent to the wrong place for instance the pork bun landing page once we’ve got a clean slate we’ll scroll up to the top of the page and add
The correct a records before we begin make sure the type is set to a address record usually you’ll want to add to a records one that has W W as the host and one where the host field is blank we’ll start with a www record simply enter w w
In the blank host field enter the first IP address in the answer field and hit add pretty easy right for the second record we’re going to repeat the same steps only without the www we’re going to leave the host field blank you’ll want to repeat these steps for each IP
Address issued to you by your hosting company to finish scroll up and click the X icon in the top right to close this screen and that’s it your domain should start resolving after about five minutes okay so that was how to update your a records but a records aren’t the
Only way to connect your domain to a web host if your hosting company asked you to assign name servers instead of adding a records click here to learn all about it what you’re still here come on don’t you want to learn about name servers you want click here name servers hello
In this video, you'll learn how to connect your custom domain to a third-party web host using A records. You can check out our knowledgebase article on this topic below. How to Use A Records to Point Your Domain to a Web Host (https://kb.porkbun.com/article/54-how-to-use-a-records-to-point-your-domain-at- a- Webhost) Laughter sounds courtesy of Dave Rager (http://blog.fourthwoods.com/) Fretless Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by / 3.0/
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