domain issues
December 15, 2019 at 6:41pmdomain issues
December 15, 2019 at 6:41pmi bought a domain name and am trying to get it working. using ovh.com dns zone service. is there an example dns zone configuration that should work?
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December 16, 2019 at 10:27pm
Hi this is the official guide by OVH https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/domains/web_hosting_how_to_edit_my_dns_zone/#step-2-edit-your-domain-names-dns-zone
Add a new
CNAME
(Type) entry and point it to pages.grapedrop.com
(Target)December 17, 2019 at 9:14am
Thanks : ) I did
RTFM
though ; )It's just for me it's not clear if that should be the only entry or not.
Also: shouldn't the target be pages.grapedrop.com. (with point at the end, as per the guide - here the 'code' doesn't show correctly).
i'm getting thrown
Error when adding the entry to the DNS zone. (A CNAME RR for a root record is not allowed)
just getting errors thrown at me for anything i try. i'll take it up with OVH support.
December 17, 2019 at 10:15pm
That's quite strange they don't allow CNAME for root records, it should be supported by all major providers.
You can eventually point an
A
record to 45.77.216.22
to make it work but I'd NOT recommend that. It's more likely that the IP changes than the hostname.Note: yes, the target domain, should contain the point at the end but generally, all the DNS managers add it automatically