Originally Posted by
aliov_85
I want to host my site on my server. I've already registered the domain. Also I've an static IP and enabled port forwarding for the Web. So my website is reachable through the IP address. How to do so that instead of entering the IP, the user enters the domain name.
Sorry in advance if this is a stupid question as this is my first experience on publishing a website.
Regards
Hi Aliov
You need to add a record which looks like this (but with your IP address):
It typically takes 5 minutes with a lot of modern domain hosting firms; sometimes it takes place in seconds, sometimes it can take hours.
You test your DNS entries by looking on any DNS lookup page on the web (http://www.mxtoolbox.com/DNSLookup.aspx is one of many). Or alternatively from your command line you can check it at one of Google's DNS servers:
Code:
dig @8.8.8.8 www.yourdomain.com a
Hope that helps.
Kind regards,
Jonathan.
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