Pointing Your Domain to Hosting with A Records

A Records are what point your domain to your website hosting. The first thing you’ll need to do to add an A Record is to make sure that you are using your registrar’s default nameservers (which point computers looking for your DNS records to where they need to go).

Once you are using the correct nameservers, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to your domain registrar account.
2. Navigate to your domains list.
3. Click on the domain name you wish to create an A record for.
4. Click Manage DNS Records.
5. Here, you will add the desired A record, typically supplied by your website provider or host. If you were provided an IP address then you would typically create two A records:

First A Record

• Leave the drop-down menu Type as A
• Leave the Host field blank
• Copy and paste the IP address into the Answer field
• Leave TTL as 300 (default)
• Click the Add Record button

Second A Record (Wildcard)

• Follow the same steps as the first record, but in the Host field add a * (asterisk) symbol
• This ensures www and all other subdomains resolve to the same server

Once the records are created, the domain should be pointing to the web server within 24 hours.

Important Notes

• Your hosting provider will supply the IP address you need. If you don’t have it, contact them for assistance.
• If your hosting provider gave you nameservers instead of an IP address, you should change your nameservers rather than adding A records.
• A records only point to IPv4 addresses. For IPv6 addresses, use AAAA records.
• DNS changes can take up to 24–48 hours to fully propagate.