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

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  • 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
    @AhmedBalfaqih 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

  • @JimKernix
    @JimKernix ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @JasonParkerMagic
    @JasonParkerMagic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

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

  • @sylvesterfernandes8277
    @sylvesterfernandes8277 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @anirudhpatel6316
    @anirudhpatel6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate your work Tony 😊

  • @AtifShafiinheritance
    @AtifShafiinheritance 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @CodySchichtl
    @CodySchichtl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ampedandvolted
    @ampedandvolted ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @nikanzamani1545
    @nikanzamani1545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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
      @Angremaan ปีที่แล้ว

      that just refreshes the site

    • @connorspangler510
      @connorspangler510 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @weeseenman2248
    @weeseenman2248 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Tony. Very useful video for me 👏

  • @BadassMcGraw
    @BadassMcGraw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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!!!

  • @Nexus_Dawn
    @Nexus_Dawn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Tony, you are a life saver!

  • @simpambamark5584
    @simpambamark5584 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man 👋
    That was a good explanation!

  • @michalroesler
    @michalroesler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for this video Tony. It helps a lot.

  • @mohammedayyad1255
    @mohammedayyad1255 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this guide! Lifesaver.

  • @user-os1is5rz7t
    @user-os1is5rz7t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @XCai-xq8nn
    @XCai-xq8nn ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @Deesaigh
    @Deesaigh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @atacengiz7101
    @atacengiz7101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Thank you Tony

  • @adamfils
    @adamfils 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

  • @winningtech5
    @winningtech5 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @AchillesPlayzGG
    @AchillesPlayzGG 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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?

  • @HobTecCars
    @HobTecCars 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @adityaroy7085
    @adityaroy7085 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    HELPED A LOT THANKYOU SO MUCH 👍👍👍👍

  • @ssmiley2122
    @ssmiley2122 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You for this. It helped a lot.

  • @lioneldurant2115
    @lioneldurant2115 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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 ?

  • @christinegooddy1573
    @christinegooddy1573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @aimes_js
    @aimes_js ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @parmeshwarr
    @parmeshwarr ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks man really helpfull 👍

  • @techcheck3042
    @techcheck3042 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @edwrdp2133
    @edwrdp2133 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @bdshelt
    @bdshelt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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?

  • @CloudForce10
    @CloudForce10 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Tony

  • @UsefulWebsites-fj3yf
    @UsefulWebsites-fj3yf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @victorliradeveloper
    @victorliradeveloper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks man!!!

  • @xintongxue
    @xintongxue ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @meishajames7273
    @meishajames7273 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU!

  • @smedigitaltools3647
    @smedigitaltools3647 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @michalroesler
    @michalroesler 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This guy knows what he's talking about.

  • @melm4499
    @melm4499 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @pentears3099
    @pentears3099 ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @FameRK
    @FameRK ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @easthalldesignmiami
    @easthalldesignmiami 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video - thank you

  • @inandoutdoorssupply
    @inandoutdoorssupply 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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?

  • @xxgg
    @xxgg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
    @Sound_man73_Electronics ปีที่แล้ว

    TY, worked perfectly for PorkBun

  • @coldstreamreiver9870
    @coldstreamreiver9870 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @deciodasilva3960
    @deciodasilva3960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Any luck yet?

    • @deciodasilva3960
      @deciodasilva3960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @sprintcode1068
    @sprintcode1068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @WAQASPU
    @WAQASPU ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @mahdiehssani8017
    @mahdiehssani8017 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @amitsaha5247
    @amitsaha5247 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Can You explain all important DNS record in series? It will be very helpful.

  • @pokeripper9707
    @pokeripper9707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks, very helpfull!

  • @epic-game-play
    @epic-game-play ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tito-ace
    @tito-ace ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @reylyimo4513
    @reylyimo4513 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice explanation

  • @Punchmememe
    @Punchmememe ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @frantanovak6347
    @frantanovak6347 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for help works

  • @mdjakirhossain7125
    @mdjakirhossain7125 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ?

  • @faceliftpromotions2647
    @faceliftpromotions2647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @reidlab
    @reidlab 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    my dns updates aren't propagating on the dns checker

  • @slavichwalker9856
    @slavichwalker9856 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @momojingo4061
    @momojingo4061 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @TonyTeachesTech  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @momojingo4061
      @momojingo4061 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TonyTeachesTech Thanks a million!! 🙏🏽😊

  • @MaChi313
    @MaChi313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @SharronV
    @SharronV 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @SharronV
      @SharronV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @hotel1004
    @hotel1004 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @rkravikumar72
    @rkravikumar72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @chind0na
      @chind0na ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @razvanmisaras8009
    @razvanmisaras8009 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @asthaitsolutions6042
    @asthaitsolutions6042 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice presentation

  • @pameladelgado2348
    @pameladelgado2348 ปีที่แล้ว

    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??

  • @romayojr
    @romayojr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    are those ip's internal?

  • @Mrmuso357
    @Mrmuso357 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/ghZXFyIyK1o/w-d-xo.html

  • @wongxx5219
    @wongxx5219 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @marjorie.gabriel
    @marjorie.gabriel ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks a lot !

  • @sofiamaffioli8331
    @sofiamaffioli8331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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?

  • @RameshKumar-rt8xb
    @RameshKumar-rt8xb ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @hxphopepeter
    @hxphopepeter ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @indupriya8165
    @indupriya8165 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @divanvanzyl7545
    @divanvanzyl7545 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @thubbe9137
    @thubbe9137 ปีที่แล้ว

    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)

  • @SlightlyLifted420
    @SlightlyLifted420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @EnglishVocabularyChallenge
    @EnglishVocabularyChallenge ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @moforlarryson8021
    @moforlarryson8021 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @macsamson4682
    @macsamson4682 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro how can you make it https or secured version?

  • @artbyuniverse02
    @artbyuniverse02 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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?

  • @shawnschaworski2132
    @shawnschaworski2132 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @MohammedAly-jv6dm
    @MohammedAly-jv6dm ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks😀

  • @GospelipodTV
    @GospelipodTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Tony, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on "How to Set up Cloudflare Argo Tunnel" on Raspberry Pi (Portainer) to - Bypass CGNAT and ISP Port blocking, Thanks.

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi, sorry I'm not familiar with that topic

  • @DavidGomez-ym8df
    @DavidGomez-ym8df 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @anthonysantana4278
    @anthonysantana4278 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @keadeku
    @keadeku 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @hossainnh6733
    @hossainnh6733 ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @atulkhaire2856
    @atulkhaire2856 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can we do the same for Subdomain?

  • @Martin-ot7xj
    @Martin-ot7xj ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi there, at 5:08 why you have used A record for WWW, ?? why you didn't use CNAME for WWW ?? thnx

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  ปีที่แล้ว

      That is another option to accomplish the same thing

  • @samsudinimron5480
    @samsudinimron5480 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @sujoyinnovates
    @sujoyinnovates ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey dude tell us about mapping the www version of website using DNS mapping

  • @F00TB4LITO
    @F00TB4LITO ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @WadeAbout
    @WadeAbout 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you point in to a DDNS address instead ?

  • @olympustech346
    @olympustech346 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @The-D-Hoyt
    @The-D-Hoyt ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting stuff. Being the non tech savvy person that I am.
    I've never used an IP address to point any of my domains to hosting servers.
    I've always been given a server name to point my domain at.

    • @TonyTeachesTech
      @TonyTeachesTech  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Doug, happy you learned something!