Point your domain to hosting providers to make your website live online if you purchased your domain and hosting from two different companies.
How to Point Your Domain to Hosting or Server
There are two ways to point your domain to the server. These methods are explained underneath.
Method-1
Point Your Domain Using “A” record:
- Firstly, log in to cPanel of your hosting service providers.
- On the right sidebar of your cPanel, under “GENERAL INFORMATION”, there would be a Dedicated IP address, copy it.
- Or go to the “Server Information”, then copy the IP address (See the picture below).
- Now, log into your domain service provider. E.g. GoDaddy.
- For example, in the GoDaddy, Under My products, click on the “DNS” of your registered domain.
- When you navigated to the DNS management, click on the “Add” under the “Records”.
- Then select the type of record by clicking the drop-down arrow of the “Select”, then select “A”.
- Now under hosting text box, type “@”.
- Under the “Points to” text box, copy the IP Address that you have copied earlier of the hosting service provider.
- Then select the 1 Hour under “TTL”, and then click “Save”.
Method-2
Point Your Domain Using “Nameservers”:
- Login into your web hosting account.
- Search product list that you have ordered
- Under your hosting, click on the “Name Server details”
- Configure your domain to use nameservers provided by hosting your company in option 1.
- Now, log into your domain service provider. E.g. GoDaddy.
- For example, as in the GoDaddy, under “My products”, click on the “DNS” of your registered domain.
- Now scroll down and click on the “Change” under “Nameservers“, then paste your name servers that you have copied from your hosting provider.
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FAQ:
How to Point Your Domain to Hosting or Server
1. log in to your hosting account.
2. Search for the product list that you have ordered
3. Under your hosting, click on the “Name Server details”
4. Configure your domain to use nameservers provided by hosting your company in option 1.
5. Now, log into your domain service provider. E.g. GoDaddy.
6. For example, as in the GoDaddy, under “My products”, click on the “DNS” of your registered domain.
7. Now scroll down and click on the “Change” under “Nameservers”, then paste the name servers that you have copied from your hosting provider. Continue reading for the next method >>
What doe’s DNS stands for?
DNS stands for Domain Name System.
