Questions tagged [dns]
DNS is the Domain Name System, a hierarchical, distributed database to map various information together, such as hostnames to IP addresses. The name is also used as a synonym for nameservers, the specific servers delivering the DNS feature. This tag should be used for all issues about configuration of DNS systems or troubleshooting problems in names resolution.
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How to setup domain email for a site that uses Github Pages?
I've purchased a domain, built the site documentation in Jekyll but now I need email accounts for that domain I have forwarding to the Github Pages repo. Per research I did not see this question asked....
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Can’t access my website without adding http:// before domain
I forwarded my domain to my IP address using google domain. I can access my website using https://my.domain or https://www.my.domain but if I don’t add https:// to start the address like my.domain or ...
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Why is "googlehosted.com" in the DNS records for our website after signing up for DDOS protection?
Recently we had to get some DDOS protection for our website because of the large attacks we were seeing after getting a bit of popularity.
We handed over our domain and hosting information to our ...
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CloudFlare switching between non-fully-qualified and fully-qualified domain names; is this normal?
Over the past day or so, I've started seeing CloudFlare randomly oscillating its DNS responses between the FQDNs and non-FQDNs for my domain, as follows:
"Question": [
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"name": "...
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Can subdomains be hosted on a separate server?
Say there is a website, www.website1.example, that is hosted on a web server, web server A. Is it possible to have another website, www.something.website1.example on a different web server, web server ...
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IP ADDRESS request vs. DOMAIN NAME request?
Today I bought a shared hosting package. Then I added an index.html to it via FTP. When I enter my given IP address in Chrome, I'm always seeing Plesk's default page, instead of my index.html. But ...
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How to setup MX records for a static AWS S3 websites
Hi I've been trying to find an answer to this, but can't seem to.
Basically I have a domain name (registered at Namecheap) that (CNAME) points to an AWS S3 bucket endpoint/url (i.e S3-hosted static-...
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Should I have the same DNS entries with my domain registrar and on the hosting server?
I'm migrating away from shared hosting and had a question about configuring my new set-up.
I've transferred the domain to Google Domains. I'm using their name servers. And, I've moved the DNS records ...
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Setting NS for Subdomain to Another Hosted Zone with Same Apex Domain
Suppose I own example.com.
I delegate the subdomain www.example.com to a particular set of NS that is say a Route53 Hosted Zone. The rest of the example.com zone is not on R53 and contains important ...
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Can I use a third-party service to provide DNS for my site?
I'm setting up a new site, and my host uses a Cpanel alternative that only allows me to add A and CNAME records.
I need to add TXT records as well, for SPF settings and such.
I know I can do this ...
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Using Moss as a virtual sysadmin. Based on this image and text, is it creating DNS entries?
I've just set up a new site on a VPS using Moss as a virtual sysadmin.
In Moss' control panel, I can see A and CNAME records.
As an example, you can see them at the bottom of this image from their ...
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Is a CNAME from the domain apex to the www record the correct way to configure a site to use the WWW version?
Let's say I own example.com and want to use www.example.com as the default.
I thought I could do this by using an A record to point the www version to the IP and using a CNAME record to point the ...
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Cloudflare DNS: How to 301 Redirect all traffic from Sub Domain to Main Domain with URL path?
I am using cloudflare to manage my domain, and I wanted to add a subdomain. I tried to do this:
But it gives me an error. How would I add a subdomain like blog.example.com that sends to example.com/...
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Somebody else's domain name is pointing to my server IP address and Google is indexing my content on their domain
I am in the middle of updating to https. I changed our DNS A record to point to the new ip that was provided by the host on Oct 31st. Now when I google our company name, the first entry is our website ...
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methodology behind using cname to verify domain ownership for use with a host
Webhosting services, such as Squarespace, enable customers to connect their third-party-hosted domains to their site without transferring ownership or switching Nameservers. This is achieved by adding ...
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Would a preconnection of DNS, TCP and TLS stay open after being used?
Google Developers says that Google Chrome closes a preconnection established with HTML code such as <link rel="preconnect" href="https://example.com"> if the connection isn’t used within 10 ...
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Can dynamic DNS clients keep "URL Redirect Records" updated at Namecheap?
Can a URL Redirect Record at Namecheap be updated with a dynamic DNS client?
I would like to serve a website on a non-standard port, and thus cannot use a type A record. I would like it to work as ...
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Redirect all subdomains from one domain, to the equivalent subdomain of another domain using DNS and nginx?
I have foo.example and bar.example. I want sub.foo.example to redirect (not be aliased with) sub.bar.example, same for asdf.foo.example and asdf.bar.example, etc, for all sub domains.
I know I can ...
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can't transfer and register a Canceled+/Expired .Li domain (with incomplete WHOIS)
I contacted the registrant (I edited out his name out below) by finding his new email on the web, he emailed me that he don't own the domain anymore and sent photos he took of the paper forms he ...
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DNS A Record going back and forth, 48 hours after changing
I'm moving a website but keeping the email setting for now, so I changed the A Record on the current ISP to the new IP provided by the new ISP. And it has been more than 48 hours the domain is still ...
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Can I receive email for multiple domains using a single email server?
I have multiple domains in the form of abcd.com, abcd.it, abcd.eu, etc... My main mail server is set for abcd.com so all my emails are in the form of [email protected]
Now I would like to know if I can ...
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Correctly set up DNS for sending email via Wordpress and SMTP
I've recently moved my website to a new server.
I've changed the DNS record to use the new server for the website but, I'm still using the old one as a mail server. So, basically, the DNS is set up ...
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How to set DNS to send requests to the closer of two identical servers?
I have two servers which have different IPs and locations (but the same data). I want to set single domain DNS for them and when client send request to domain, DNS server offers nearest server due to ...
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Verify SSL Cert with Bind
My company renew our wildcard SSL certification today through DigiCert and I am trying to validate ownership of the domain through DNS. We manage our own DNS server using BIND. I have added the ...
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Making a DNS setup for 20+ domains hosted on the same IP-address more manageable
We've got about 20 localised domains for just one website, all of them point to the same IP address
The current setup is hosted with Google Cloud DNS and looks like this:
example.de. A 1.2.3.4
www....
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What happens if two people at the same host claim ownership of a domain?
I have all my domains registered through company A and they are hosted through company B. I set my nameservers at company A to point to dns.companyB.com and everything works great.
But couldn't ...
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Domain name only works with www. but not without the www
I have searched for this problem numerous times but I can't quite apply the solution to my problem. The usual solution I find is that I need to add an A-record to my dns, currently I only have a C-...
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How to have Nameserver records for a custom Nameserver, with said records on those nameservers
I've recently started hosting my own dns, I like being able to brand it on my own. The way I'm doing it right now, I still have the domain the nameservers are on hosted on external dns, so I can point ...
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Search Console unable to access website after DNS change
I recently switched hosting providers from Bluehost to Siteground and transferred and repointed my domain to Siteground. After this transfer, Google Search Console no longer works for me. When I enter ...
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Why don't CDNs reveal an IP to be used as an ANAME (alias)?
I've read through the docs on AWS CloudFront and CloudFlare CDN, and both of them appear to require either ownership (to be the registrar) of a domain, or at least to have their DNS pointed to as the ...
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How do I change NS records to my web host without breaking already set up email functionality with another host?
I bought 2 domains managed by Google Domains, the .CA and the .COM versions. Let's call them example.ca and example.com
I purchased GSuite for business for this domain and created a personal email, ...
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My root domain is not resolving to my server, but the www. subdomain works fine
I have the DNS configured like this:
So, my domain example.mx is working as http://www.example.mx. With www there is no problem, but with non-www like http://example.mx it's not working.
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Office365 subdomain on Cpanel
My domain is managed by Office365 - I want a sub-domain to point towards another hosting package I pay for so that I can setup a Wordpress site.
I have access to create A and CNAME records, however, ...
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How can I host a website on a dynamically-assigned IP address?
I recently upgraded my internet to the point that it is much faster and more reliable than my current webhost. I would like to move my current domain to be hosted at home, but my IP address is dynamic....
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When buying a domain what are the differences between nameservers (NS records) and other DNS servers?
When I buy a domain I always get confused between the two and manage to make a mess of the settings before I finally get it right, but still without clearly understanding what their roles are in ...
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Google Search Console: URL is not on Google (page with redirect)
I have just created a personal website which I host as github page and recently hooked it up with a custom domain. (In this post I changed the actual URLs to webmasters-example.com and webmasters-...
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What is the status of the .DATA TLD?
I see a few registrars allowing per-registrations, but can't find any dates for Sunrise, early access, GA, or any other information. Apparently the registry is Dish DBS Corporation, but that's not ...
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Point root domain to a subdomain of another site
How can I point my root domain example.com to a subdomain of another site subdomain.example2.com?
he subdomain is wildcard subdomain. I have cPanel root server access.
I just want to make it looks ...
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How to allow customers their own subdomain address to our web app?
We have a webapp and companies can customize the look and feel. Now we'd like them to be able to make the app part of their existing website by allowing them custom subdomains.
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Our app ...
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Subdomain to subdirectory forwarding with SEO integrity [closed]
I've set up a blog on webflow at blog.mysite.com. However, I'd like to have the blog live at mysite.com/blog for SEO purposes. See here for more detailed thought process.
Cloudflare solves this ...
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Configuring domain name to cover multiple hosts
Background:
I currently host my public-facing website on GoDaddy servers. I am developing the server backend of a mobile application.
The business logic and database are hosted on separate instances ...
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Basic DNS and URL Redirect for just a web server
I am unable to find the proper setup of DNS records with URL Redirect service for a basic web server where:
Any URL with www.Example.com should go to server with IPv4 address 192.0.2.4
Any URL for ...
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Point naked URL to www in cPanel
Simply I am trying to do this:
When a person types myurl.com it will convert into www.myurl.com and when person types www.myurl.com it stays www.myurl.com (mainly I want to do this for search engine ...
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cPanel on new host doesn't have cpanel.example.com and webmail.example.com like the old host did
Previously I had a cPanel shared hosting plan where I could login to cPanel admin area using cpanel.example.com and also colud login to my webmail using webmail.example.com. But recently, I have ...
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How do I create name servers for my VPS package?
I have recently signed up for a knownhost VPS package. My account has been set up on their end. They want me to create ns1.outsourcingnepal.com and ns2.outsourcingnepal.com in my registrar and point ...
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How to use DNS to set a subfolder of one domain to redirect to another domain
I have a situation where I need a subfolder, in one domain, to redirect to a second domain, so http://domain1.com/domain2/ would redirect to http://domain2.com.
I need the root folder of domain1....
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How to host two Github Repositories on a single domain?
I am using one Github repository to host a portfolio website on the root of my domain. Now I want a separate GitHub repository to host the blog section at the subdirectory of my domain "www.example....
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For SEO which should I use faster performing A records, or can I use CNAME?
It occurs to me, that hosting a website on www.domain.com will result in duplicate, unnecessary DNS lookups if www is a CNAME and not an A(AAA) Record. If the CNAME points to another CNAME, things ...
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How to point my domain to a my server's IP address and configure it to show my website? [duplicate]
I'm doing website on the Linux server (still learning) And I have on 1 IP address to host many web sites. I will have them separately. For example 104.000.0.000:203 for one website and 104.000.0.000:...
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How to add a DNS record to redirect a page of the website
Is there a way to add a cname or txt or whatever record to redirect a page on the same domain to another page. I don't want to redirect the whole domain to another one. Not sure how to do this.
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