Domains & DNS
DNS records, pointing a domain to a VPS, Cloudflare and reverse DNS.
- 3 guides
- DNS records explained: A, AAAA, CNAME, SRV, TXT, MX and PTRHow DNS works, what each record type does, what TTL is and why a change takes a while, how to check a record with nslookup or dig, and which mistakes to avoid.
- How to point a domain to your VPS (including via Cloudflare)Point your domain and www to your VPS's IP address with any DNS provider or in Cloudflare. We explain the orange and gray cloud, the Full (strict) SSL mode and errors 521 and 522.
- Reverse DNS (rDNS/PTR) for your VPS's IP addressWhat reverse DNS is for, how to set a PTR record for your VPS's IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in the Network tab, why the A record has to match too, and how to check it all with dig.
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