{"id":1796,"date":"2021-05-20T11:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T10:32:07","slug":"add-an-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/add-an-a-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Add an A Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your domain\u2019s A record is a DNS record that\u2019s useful for connecting your domain to an <\/span>IP address<\/b><\/a> that leads your domain visitors to a website.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cA\u201d in A record stands for address. <\/b>Let\u2019s explore how it works.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How an A Record Works<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a quick guide on how your A record works. You could point your domain name, <\/span>yourdomain.com<\/span><\/i>, to <\/span>an IP address like 95.118.321.13 using an A record.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a visitor lands on your domain name, their browser communicates with a nearby <\/span>DNS<\/b> <\/a>server to try to obtain the IP address on record for your domain name.<\/span> If the DNS server has that IP address, <\/b>it\u2019ll send it to the visitor\u2019s browser, otherwise, it\u2019ll tell the browser where it can find another DNS server that might have it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your A record provides the DNS servers with the IP address that matches your domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step by Step Guide to Adding an A Record to Your DNS on the SPanel<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Follow this guide to add an A record to a domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Log Into SPanel’s User Interface<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The default login URL for SPanel’s User Interface is yourdomain.com\/spanel<\/strong><\/em>. <\/em>Through it, you’ll be able to manage your domain’s DNS zone.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3: Open the DNS Editor
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The DNS Editor is available under the Domains section on SPanel’s Homepage.
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Step 4: Add, Edit, and Remove an A Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s explore how to manage\u2014add, edit, and delete\u2014your domain\u2019s A records from your <\/span>SPanel<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Add an A Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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In the <\/span>Name<\/b>, enter @ to redirect to your current domain or the domain name or subdomain you want to redirect to. If adding a domain name, make sure to add a period at the end of the domain name. For example, your <\/span>yourdomain.com.<\/span><\/i> with the period in the end.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also use other names like FTP if it\u2019s an FTP record.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/span>TTL<\/b> (time to live) is given in seconds automatically. Its default s<\/span>etting 14400 seconds and you can change it to as short as 30 seconds if you wish.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose <\/span>A<\/b> from the dropdown of the types of records in your SPanel account.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the <\/span>Value<\/b> box, enter the IP address you\u2019re setting as the host destination.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Edit or Remove an A Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You can remove an A record by scrolling down the DNS editor page in your SPanel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you\u2019ve found the A record you want to change or delete, take these steps.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the blue Edit button on the record you want to alter. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There you can change the records as you want. And click Save when you\u2019re done editing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to delete the record, click Delete.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And if you\u2019ve made changes but don\u2019t want them to apply, click Cancel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Need Help?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now you know how to add, edit, or remove an A record from your SPanel account. If you need any help you can <\/span>contact our support at any time<\/span><\/a>. We are available, around the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your domain\u2019s A record is a DNS record that\u2019s useful for connecting your domain to an IP address that leads your domain visitors to a website. The \u201cA\u201d in A record stands for address. Let\u2019s explore how it works. How an A Record Works Here\u2019s a quick guide on how your A record works. You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-hosting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4356,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/4356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}