How to Point a Domain Name to an IP Address (DNS A record example)

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3 жыл бұрын

Learn how to point a domain name to a VPS or server's IP address with a DNS A record. Although I use Linode in this video, the same concepts apply for GoDaddy, Bluehost, Namecheap, and pretty much any other hosting provider.
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@AhmedBalfaqih 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tony. I have never subscribed to a channel after watching less than the first 5 minutes of the first video. I appreciate that you took the trouble to show two different domain services.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Ahmed

@JasonParkerMagic Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your calm and peaceful explanation of how this works! Easy to understand. Thanks

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@JimKernix Жыл бұрын

Straight forward and make sense - that was excellent! Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Just subscribed.

@kwenzathanda4854 Ай бұрын

This video has helped me many times in many situations. this info is easy to forget and once you do a new project need a refresher. Spotting this one more time is such a relief...

@BadassMcGraw Жыл бұрын

I've struggled on my own for about two years on and off to get this to work with Google Domains, and never quite got it to work all the way through. using @ to specify root of the domain was the little bit that helped me complete this project, so thank you very much!!!

@sylvesterfernandes8277 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony. It was no rocket science indeed. Very lively explanation. Appreciate your work !

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sylvester

@ampedandvolted Жыл бұрын

Clear explanation. I stumbled upon this video because I had google domain forwarded (FROM WEBSITE SECTION) to the ip address so it forwarded fine but then the IP address remained in the browser URL instead of the domain name. I thought it was a nginx issue and I needed to translate the output path, spent like 4 hours playing with nginx config only to realise that I needed to setup a DNS record and not domain forwarding. What a nightmare haha, thanks!

@CodySchichtl 5 ай бұрын

Love your work! Had to leave a comment after you had the exact solution with no fluff for like the 5th time!

@TonyTeachesTech 4 ай бұрын

It's like I'm reading your mind :)

@TiffanySmith-pw4uh Ай бұрын

Thank you for the simple explanation- very helpful!

@user-os1is5rz7t Жыл бұрын

Hi, Tony Teaches Tech, This video is simply superb straight forward. You help me a lot, love you. Keep doing your explanation is simple even though without technical knowledge person can also understand very well.

@Deesaigh 10 ай бұрын

You’re awesome man, I did everything wrong and after watching this I redirected my dns the right way and it worked. Thank you 🙏 😂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@nikanzamani1545 2 жыл бұрын

hi there, it was a really good tutorial, I just wanted to note that you don't need to open a private window to avoid cache data, you could just press CTRL + SHIFT + R (or CTRL + f5 as far as I'm aware)

@Angremaan Жыл бұрын

that just refreshes the site

@connorspangler510 Жыл бұрын

@@Angremaan Yes but it performs the refresh with a corresponding cache clear.

@AtifShafiinheritance 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, i was so confused initially with A records, this made it

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that

@anirudhpatel6316 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your work Tony 😊

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@weeseenman2248 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tony. Very useful video for me 👏

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome

@adamfils 2 жыл бұрын

Quick Tip: I realized your TTL (Time To Live) was 1H. If you changed it to like 1M (1 Minute) the propagation will be a lot faster. Great Tutorial.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam!

@lstanford23 24 күн бұрын

Great Video man! Truly appreciate the info!!!

@winningtech5 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. I've been looking for this

@XCai-xq8nn Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, thank you for the video! May I ask how did you get the IP address at first? I accidentally deleted the IP address on my domain server page, now I don't know what to put there lol

@Nexus_Dawn 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tony, you are a life saver!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome

@michalroesler Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Tony. It helps a lot.

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@simpambamark5584 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man 👋 That was a good explanation!

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@ssmiley2122 4 ай бұрын

Thank You for this. It helped a lot.

@atacengiz7101 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you Tony

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing

@mohammedayyad1255 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this guide! Lifesaver.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@AchillesPlayzGG Жыл бұрын

Hey man, really love your tutorials, i've almost watched them all! Do you think you could make a video on how to host multiple and point multiple domains to the same server please?

@FameRK 2 жыл бұрын

quick question: my hosting provider gave me 2 Nameservers along with the Server IP. I changed the the A records as you said but I keep getting "Error 404 website cannot be found". Do I need to change those 2 Nameservers with my domain provider or should the Nameservers given by the domain provider stay the same?

@hotel1004 3 ай бұрын

How can i do If i want to add another domain in the currently runing website. I just point a second domain to running site. Not to be redirection.

@parmeshwarr Жыл бұрын

thanks man really helpfull 👍

@lioneldurant2115 Жыл бұрын

Perfect thanks, one more question, u added dns record on your Nginx and apache but for internal users i guess you had to add the same record on your DNS Server so that every local machine can communicate throught DNS and not IP right ?

@jonathan56750-w Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony.... If I want the domain name pointing to the synology server... but the synology has a local IP address.... Does the domain name has to point to the local IP address or there are other steps I have to do such as port forwarding etc.

@HobTecCars 5 ай бұрын

Big help for a 1st time web developer like me, thanks a lot

@TonyTeachesTech 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@mdjakirhossain7125 Жыл бұрын

If i add freenom domain to profreehost then in the cpanel is it to set "A" record dns here ? Then after installing wordpress on cpanel afterthat if i add cloudflare and replace profreehost nameserver in freenom by cloudflare nameserver then doing it to set dns on cloudflare "A" record so how can i findout that what is my ipv4 address to set it on cloudflare ?

@coldstreamreiver9870 9 ай бұрын

Plain and simple video. But one question: your sites don't have a secure (https) connection. If an SSL certificate was installed there, would it have to be re-issued after the A record DNS changes, or is what you've shown enough? Thx!

@xintongxue Жыл бұрын

Great video, Tony!!! Just curious, any way to point a domain name to a No-Ip service provider, since a web server located behind a router. Possible? Thanks!

@adityaroy7085 2 жыл бұрын

HELPED A LOT THANKYOU SO MUCH 👍👍👍👍

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@christinegooddy1573 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so very much, Tony for aiding my understanding. I’m a novice starting a podcast with a godaddy address. The only way is up! 🙏📈

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Christine. Goodluck with the podcast :)

@pentears3099 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for your tutorial. I want to ask what to do if someone points their domains to my site without permission? Should I be worried?

@mahdiehssani8017 11 ай бұрын

Hi bro, I have a question, how can I change my domain to pioneer from wix to a WordPress new website. The point is that I don't want to wix anymore but I need to my domain go to the new website I built in WordPress, but not sure how change it, really appreciate it if you could help

@sofiamaffioli8331 5 ай бұрын

I change the DNS record A www IP address and A @ IP Address go to DNS checker I'm getting 2 IP address instead of the forwarding IP address?

@Punchmememe Жыл бұрын

I am new to servers and domains, if i am right one domain can open diffent servers right? So i wanted a website, minecraft server, dayz server, and uhm for example rust, aslong it had different ports suggested to it right? Or is this totalt wrong?

@sprintcode1068 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! How do I get the IP thing in the browser instead of localhost or html file?

@pameladelgado2348 Жыл бұрын

Hi. I have a domain name in dreamhost that was pointing to a dreamcompute instance that was deleted, so I created another instance and changed the IP of the DNS A record. But dreamhost is showing this message: All changes that were made to DNS records for this domain will be applied after you change the nameservers. My ns are in other registrar. I dont understand much of nameservers but isn't it that they point to dreamhost nameservers so why should i change them??

@inandoutdoorssupply 11 ай бұрын

My Shopify store and domain was set up by someone else. I do not know the Domain Provider. How can I set up the A record and CName now?

@easthalldesignmiami 2 жыл бұрын

Great video - thank you

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Very welcome :)

@CloudForce10 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Tony

@UsefulWebsites-fj3yf 4 ай бұрын

THANKS FOR YOUR EXPLANATION IST WELL PUT KEEP IT UP THIS GOOD STUFF can you do one for how to point a regular dns to unstopable domains please

@thubbe9137 Жыл бұрын

After doing every step before changing config files on the server it worked fine but after doing it it stopped working. Unsure why as dns checker reports it's all there (doesn't even work in private window)

@melm4499 Жыл бұрын

finally, something I can begin to understand, thanks. When changing host, do I delete the old hosting DNS infos(@, www) or just leave it there? Also, my new hosting wants me to create 4(four) a records.

@WAQASPU 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video, please please help to understand the SSL implementation in this scnario. Even in your example it shows that Site is not secure. How to secure the session with SSL

@wongxx5219 2 жыл бұрын

hi...may i know why it's still unable to reach the ip site, even though it's already resolve checked by dns checker

@aimes_js Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, your videos are amazing and educative. What's brand of microphone are you using?

@faceliftpromotions2647 2 жыл бұрын

will that mess with the email address that is my server? I would like to keep the email with Google but point the domain name to another IP.

@RameshKumar-rt8xb 2 жыл бұрын

I want to use different domains for different things hosted on same server for eg- webmin, vscode cloud, normal website. How to do that?

@MaChi313 2 жыл бұрын

Now if i need to access this website url from outside my home network, how to do that?

@artbyuniverse02 4 ай бұрын

Tony, i just bought a domain and want to set it up to sell my art. It doesnt have an IP address it seems? What do I do?

@bdshelt Жыл бұрын

Hey, this was the best video explanation of this! So simple and so quick. Thank you. Question: my laptop ip address changes. What should I do to keep a steady connection even if it changes?

@darienmartinez4065 6 ай бұрын

Lmk if u find out

@victorliradeveloper 7 ай бұрын

Thanks man!!!

@frantanovak6347 Жыл бұрын

thanks for help works

@moforlarryson8021 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings Boss i bought a sharred domain and hosting on namecheap 4days ago but cant find it online and my cpanel on domains tells me the its not redirected so i dint know what to do

@epic-game-play Жыл бұрын

Hi, do you know how park domain on different server?

@tito-ace Жыл бұрын

Hello do you have a video how to configure apache to get that ip address..tnx

@pokeripper9707 2 жыл бұрын

thanks, very helpfull!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@meishajames7273 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

@techcheck3042 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, man. What do you use to record your screen? Crisp! Awesome channel. Definitely subbed 🤘

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub. I use QuickTime

@DavidGomez-ym8df 6 ай бұрын

What happends if I have two server and need to point the same domain to both servers?

@smedigitaltools3647 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, What happens to the nameserver section on the domain? Great Channel by the way.

@xxgg 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial video. Now can you do a additional update video on how to for those of us whos IP address may chance once in a while?

@Sound_man73_Electronics Жыл бұрын

TY, worked perfectly for PorkBun

@anthonysantana4278 2 жыл бұрын

I am having an issue, I am trying to get my home server to work outside my local network. I have punched a hole in my firewall and I am able to point my domain to my local ip. But I am unable to access it outside my local network.

@shawnschaworski2132 8 ай бұрын

I am trying to redirect localhost for Jellyfin at 8096. How do i do this with a port

@razvanmisaras8009 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Tony, i cannot access my NGINX hosted website from outside my house. What can i do?

@indupriya8165 8 ай бұрын

This is helpful. But despite setting up the DNS Zone, the domain is redirecting to ip. What could be the possible reason. I installed wordpress in GCP VM instance

@marjorie.gabriel 2 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot !

@michalroesler Жыл бұрын

This guy knows what he's talking about.

@hossainnh6733 Жыл бұрын

bro how can I change my web hosting ip. I want to change my Server location from the USA to Singapore so how can I do that?

@deciodasilva3960 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, trying to connect my home nextcloud ages will try this and will come back with some news...

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Any luck yet?

@deciodasilva3960 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech well I managed to do IP address there but then I still cannot connect to my server, the challenge fails to get a certificate

@SlightlyLifted420 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, your video help me a lot on understanding how to point my DNS to my domain name. But I don’t have a IPV4 for my website and I do not know how to get one. Can you please help me or guide me to how to obtain a IPV4 for for a website. Thanks

@F00TB4LITO 2 жыл бұрын

Could you point me in the right direction to create an SSL certificate so that the domain shows https

@divanvanzyl7545 2 жыл бұрын

Can you point to a specific port on that ip with an A record?

@rkravikumar72 2 жыл бұрын

can you forward the DNS names with different port numbers to a specific IP & port?

@chind0na Жыл бұрын

What you can do is tell the virtual host what its domain is and which port to listen to. domain1.tld on port 8080 Config would show Server name: domain1.tld Listen 8080 Don’t quote me on that. Check your server config docs

@MohammedAly-jv6dm Жыл бұрын

thanks😀

@reylyimo4513 6 ай бұрын

nice explanation

@TonyTeachesTech 6 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

@samsudinimron5480 2 жыл бұрын

After done with this tutorial, how we can setup ssl to domain that already point to IP Address, with free ssl like z*rossl for example, Thankyou

@olympustech346 Жыл бұрын

Hi, how do i map it to Iis and not ngx

@asthaitsolutions6042 2 жыл бұрын

Nice presentation

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@keadeku Жыл бұрын

Hello great video I need some help with my port forwarding in Ubuntu I have port forwarded to my domain but it does not respond from outside the network.

@slavichwalker9856 Жыл бұрын

"flow ryda" lmao its floor-ida Good video though. I couldn't figure this out for the life of me. thanks

@WadeAbout Жыл бұрын

Can you point in to a DDNS address instead ?

@anitalatour 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! I have been working on this for a few weeks and with no luck. I get an error message that I need to add/change the DNS A record for my website (currently just a landing page). It did work at one point but now it doesn't. I did the DNS Checker and it is ALL checked green. I do not know what to do next. Help!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Still not working Anita?

@hxphopepeter 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. please how can i find the ip address?

@Mrmuso357 2 жыл бұрын

Very very good tutorial, thanks.. I was wondering do you have a tutorial on how to secure this method with https. Cheers.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nc6Ki6mqrt-vYaM.html

@MacSamsonX 2 жыл бұрын

Bro how can you make it https or secured version?

@EnglishVocabularyChallenge 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video how to update phpmyadmin? I have a WD MycloudEx2 Ultra that has an app for phpmyadmin but it's outdated and there's no instruction how to update. Thanks for this video. It helps.

@momojingo4061 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! One quick question: why do you add the www as a type A record and not as a CNAME one?

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

They accomplish the same thing. I think it's just habit, but no worries if you do CNAME instead

@momojingo4061 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech Thanks a million!! 🙏🏽😊

@reidlab Жыл бұрын

my dns updates aren't propagating on the dns checker

@3rdtwirl494 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in a pickle .. I’ve recently found out my clients A address , IP with go daddy should be (xxxxxx) Yet Currently is (xxxxxx) After running tests on her server we found that my clients dns is still pointing to dream host and should be directed / pointing to godaddy . Problem is I build a wordpress site on what I’m guessing to be as the dreamhost ip. And now as my client tried to fix the situation, & deleted the domain… the site I was working on is gone, can this be true ?

@SharronV 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, will you also create a video on how to point email to an external IP address as well? Thanks in advance, and I love your videos!

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by "point email to an external IP address"?

@SharronV 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech Most of the time, email is delivered to the same IP address as someone’s website, but I know there is a way to route my email to a different website without pointing MX records to an IP address since they (MX records) do not point to IP addresses. However, they do point to A records- which point to an IP address, but I just wanted to know how do I manipulate my email subdomain by turning it into a valid A record? I apologize for not making myself clear in the beginning.