How To Point Domain To Linode
Hello,
I have a domain that is brought from go daddy and i want to point to my server. Is there any tutorials or configuration upon that?
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There are two things you'll need to do, one on the GoDaddy side, the other in Linode Manager.
First, you'll need to point the domain to Linode's name servers:
- ns1.linode.com
- ns2.linode.com
- ns3.linode.com
- ns4.linode.com
- ns5.linode.com
Here's a link to GoDaddy's documentation on how to make this change on their end:
https://www.godaddy.com/help/set-nameservers-for-domains-hosted-and-registered-with-godaddy-12316
For more information on this, there's this other Community post:
https://www.linode.com/community/questions/17718/how-do-i-register-a-website-domain-at-linode
Then, once you've set up the nameservers on GoDaddy, you'll need to create an A record for your domain using Linode's DNS Manager. This Community post outlines the steps needed for that:
https://www.linode.com/community/questions/18793/domain-at-godaddy-to-point-to-linode#answer-69923
Once you have your domain set to point to Linode's nameservers, and an A record to point to your Linode, your site should be up set up to accept traffic. DNS propagation can take a while, sometimes up to 24 hours across the whole internet. If you're not seeing the domain work within a couple hours, I would recommend checking over your DNS record and maybe the documentation one more time to make sure it as set up correctly.