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 do DNS servers get added to the DNS tree?
I recently decided to start researching the Domain Name System, and I was wondering. How does one get their DNS server onto the DNS Tree? From what I understand about unregistered domains, people make ...
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Is this possible to set up in the dns register other than the web hosting? [closed]
My domain is hosted in a domain name registry cloudflare and the website is hosted in the shopify. We have QR code tagged with each product selling in the shopify. If a customer scan it it will go to ...
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Google Domains redirecting website
I bought a domain using Google Domains (let's call it newdomain.com). I also own olddomain.com (bought via register.com) which is hosted on a dedicated server I'm paying for.
I bought newdomain.com ...
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Why does CNAME Cloaking enable cross domain tracking?
Recently, as browsers start blocking 3rd party cookies, a risky technique known as CNAME Cloaking emerged. It is said that this technique enables trackers, especially those in the online advertising ...
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Does Google Domains offer path fowarding (as opposed to redirecting the entire domain)?
I have a URL www.first.example and I want to forward www.first.example/test to www.second.example. Is this possible to do in Google Domains?
UPADTE:
https://example1.com (OG site)
https://test....
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Minimal DNS for domain pointer/redirect
I need the minimal DNS records to either point/redirect a domain at an existing web and email service. I am looking at some existing redirection DNS records and there seem to be many more than ...
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How to play musical chairs with registrars for a .tech domain?
Every registrar I've looked at seems to charge a bit much for a dormant .tech domain I have registered.
There's no web hosting.
I happen to use the e-mail service which comes with the domain ...
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How are GoDaddy DNS settings manually configured?
What are the mechanical or technical steps to use GoDaddy strictly for domain registration for a dormant domain?
At present, not looking for hosting. E-mail service is preferred, I'm currently using ...
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redirect emails from [email protected] to [email protected] using DNS
Is it possible to apply the domain redirection to the email domain also?
for example:
abc.com has a CNAME record that points to abc.net
if I receive an email at [email protected] is it possible to ...
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Is it possible to point my DNS record to the same IP address as another domain?
I recently bought a domain from Europe Registry for 1€.
And I'm hosting a Server at home that needs to be reachable from the internet, which if done so previously through a domain provided by the ...
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Do web hosting companies typically charge extra for custom MX records?
I bought a domain from one hosting company then I bought a email account from Namecheap and I want to set the email there so I need the mx records from the hosting company where I bought the domain. ...
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Prevent subdomains created for minecraft from directing to the webserver on the machine
So I have my own windows server, and on it I am using Multicraft to host multiple Minecraft servers. I have also purchased a domain through google. I have a subdomain set up for each Minecraft server ...
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Why is CNAME pointing to IP instead of URL?
My CNAME setting is
I expect ms.fbny.org to be an alias of music-school.fbny.org. However when I go to ms.fbny.org, it actually goes to music-school.fbny.org's IP instead of music-school.fbny.org ...
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How to correctly point a subdomain to my local server?
I have been using No-IP.com's free service and a subdomain they provided to access my local server, which is on my computer. I use EasyPHP devserver as my local server.
In order to not continue to ...
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Webform Email Does Not Pass DMARC
I am setting up DMARC, SPF and DKIM records for the first time. I'm using WordPress, Elementor, SiteGround, and Google Workspace.
When submitting a Form from my website, sent from arandomemail@mysite....
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DNS Settings and the TXT record for authorizing email sending from the domain
Last night, I added a DNS record to my domain to allow Mailchimp to send emails as an official/authorized source.
It doesn't seem to have totally worked, Mailchimp is sending emails but they are not ...
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Is "Updated On" date on WHO.IS is affected by change in a DNS notes (changing servers)?
so the question is: Is "Updated On" date on WHO.IS is affected by change in a DNS notes (changing servers IP address)? Or "Updated On" is just about changing the registrar ...
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Site fails FCrDNS and HELO/EHLO tests
I have a client who complained that his email has increasingly ended up in his contacts' spam folders.
I performed a mailserver test using multirbl.valli.org and detected a couple of issues.
The ...
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Do I need to change CNAME record for email redirecting?
Simple question.
We have been asked by a third party to update the CNAME record for a client site, in order to facilitiate email redirects.
My understanding is that this is what MX records are for.
My ...
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WHM and Domain name provider custom name server setup
I have a domain address registered on Google. (For ex. www.examp.tld )
I have a Reseller Hosting on www.examp.tld.
I have Dedicated IP address for my own WHM.
What I want to do is set the custom name ...
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Making WWW. work for subdomain with no hosting?
We have a domain, example.com for instance. In our DNS settings for this domain, we've created a forward for give.example.com subdomain to redirect to another website which works great. (It's ...
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Wildcard redirects for some paths but not others in Google Domains
The Goal: redirect www.example.com/product/* to www.example.com/product using Google Domains
Background: I'm using github pages to host my site so I cannot add an .htaccess file like a more ...
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Google Site third party domain verification fails | The required DNS TXT record is propagated even then verification is failing
Similar question has been asked here and many other places. However, it doesn't match my issue exactly. I am first describing the situation with screenshots, then below it I mention my question and ...
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Can you set an IP address to a top level domain?
I was wondering if you could set a DNS (A type) that points a top-level domain to an IP address (e.g. https://com points to an 8.8.8.8). Is this possible?
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How to add to Shopify site on different host
My friend has a website with Shopify. She wants some changes to her website which will entail me adding a database and some web pages. We can't have very technical conversations so from my research I ...
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How do I install an SSL certificate on Namecheap when it asks me to "Edit methods" for DNS validation?
I am at the screen above when adding SSL certificates for my domain in Namecheap, but I am completely lost on what to do next. I think it is saying to get a CNAME record, but there is no explicit ...
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SEO - Google select a another domain at canonical url
I have a problem with my domain for selected canonical url by google.
I have a vps for my website with apache. I created a redirect for website ip, but some domains have my ip in DNS and redirect to ...
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Is it true to say that the terms DNS server and Nameserver are generally synonymous?
Is it true to say that the terms DNS server and Nameserver are generally synonymous?
I don't think that in 100% of the cases when someone says a "DNS server" they necessarily mean to a name(...
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G Suite says to use five MX records but my DNS host (123-Reg) only allows me to enter one
I'm trying to change the MX records for my domain (with 123-Reg) so that it points to my G Suite email.
I have the following MX records from Google's support page:
But in my 123-Reg control panel, ...
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How to point the domain apex to ghs.googlehosted.com or redirect it to www from an external DNS host that doesn't support ALIAS records?
We are running a google hosted website (google apps).
According to this guide we can set www.exawple.com using a CNAME this part this clear
https://support.google.com/sites/answer/9068867?hl=en and ...
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How to find the DKIM selector without being the owner of the domain? [closed]
it seems the emails of my client are always landing in my Spam folder. I suspect his DKIM TXT record is missing (or even the subdomain at all). I would like to validate this before suggesting help on ...
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How are domain names taken/used
So I am trying to make a website when I start to look into getting a domain, I am going to run this on a server I have build and I realise that I have to rent a domain, so I put my wanted website name ...
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Auto redirect Cloudflare protected site to ifastnet.com by Using infinityfree hosting
My username and others detail of my id is shown below (Username epiz_27970030):
I have bought one domain by the name of http://vip42.ir/
and I am trying to add this domain to the infinityfree account ...
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point CNAME record to A record
On my domain example.com, I want to have a generic subdomain test.example.com that point to the folder test, and various cname (es. bar.example.com, foo.example.com) that all points to test.example....
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Service/Method for forwarding A record
I am setting up a WordPress multisite with numerous subsites. Some of these subsites will have a custom domain. I may end up switching hosting providers down the road and want to avoid having to get ...
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Is it usually better to establish hosting for a domain based email account with a domain registrar or web host?
When a domain registrar and a website hoster are not the same entity, than generally a website owner can choose on which of the two to establish a Domain Based Email Account (DBEA).
There can be pros ...
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How to set up DNS records / domain files on aplus.net for a custom domain for Heroku?
Aplus.net is not listed as one of the DNS providers by Heroku for setting up a custom domain for your Heroku app. And you can't delete the default A record for your domain. How can you configure Aplus....
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Where to get name servers' addresses?
I bought hosting and a domain from the hosting company and they messaged me asking for "name servers for them to point to". I am new to all this DNS stuff and don't really know where to get ...
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DNS, Nameserver(s), Virtualmin/Webmin Configuration with GoDaddy
I'm in the process of migrating all of my websites and DNS to my own local webserver. I've opted to use Webmin/Virtualmin after trying out all the various Open Source options. I'm having some trouble ...
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When moving my web hosting but keeping mail hosting, how do I change the SPF TXT DNS record with an IP address?
My website was previously on a windows server A with ip 79.137.24.248 but my mail server was on a Linux hosting with ip of 185.81.99.111. There were three DNS record that were connecting these two ...
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Can't access the website which is on and working with only one device (PC) [closed]
Around 2 weeks ago I suddenly became unable to use my university's classroom website from my PC. My PC is the only device having problem, I can freely access it from my phone or laptop. Website url is,...
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Why custom resource records in Google DNS panel is not working?
I bought a domain from domains.google.
Then I went into my panel, connected it to Google Sites, and then I went on to create custom DNS resource records for my subdomains.
Google Sites works perfectly....
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Why is CNAME record being ignored - setting up Hostgator to use new Google Sites? [closed]
So far, I have:
Registered a domain name with a registrar
Purchased a hosting plan with Hostgator
Updated the DNS records with my domain registrar with the values provided by Hostgator
Signed in to ...
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What SEO considerations and/or improvements (if any) are realized when "SVCB" DNS RRs are added?
The primary purpose of SVCB records is to decrease the time and complexity of the client lookup by providing the origin IP address directly rather than forcing the client to fetch the A/AAAA or CNAME ...
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Access sub-domain with www
I successfully have sub.example.com pointing to an IP address using an A record.
However, www.sub.example.com does not resolve.
How do I fix this?
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Should I worry about exposing my server's IP address?
I currently use Cloudflare for DNS, and they advertise that they will hide the IP address of my server if I proxy through them. Should I worry about this since the IP points to a dedicated server (not ...
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CNAME works for nslookup but not curl
I have created two CNAMEs for my (CloudFront) domains, like this:
nslookup works, giving me the correct values for both www and d-test — but when I actually get the data, using curl or a browser, all ...
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Should I specify CAA records for www subdomain too?
I pre-paid 5 years of AlpiroSSL Premium (English info here), it's from Sectigo originally, but the certificate provider told me the right CAA is (or should be) trust-provider.com as per my current ...
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Creating an A record and then a CNAME to point a subdomain to a different server gives an error message
I am trying to point a subdomain to a different server. The A Record changed without issue but the CNAME won't save in cPanel.
I get this error:
Error: sub.domain.com. already has a A record. You may ...
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How to point subdomain to AWS Amplify?
I have domain registered on porkbun suppose example.com
I have landing page hosted on wix.com,from which I used their nameservers in porkbun's setting and www.example.com is working fine.
Now I have ...
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