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How to Point a Domain to Your VPS
How to Point a Domain to Your VPS

Pointing a domain to your virtual private server

Updated over 2 months ago

For your domain to work with your VPS hosting, you need to point the domain to your server. There are several ways to do that.

Before You Continue! 🛑

The changes provided below should be made on your domain provider's website. For example, the platform your domain is pointed to via nameservers.

If you bought the domain from Hostinger, head to the VPS DNS Manager and input your domain there.

Hostinger's add domain input

The domain address will be detected, and you can proceed to the Domains dashboard to follow the next steps.

Hostinger's add domain

If you purchased your domain from another provider, you will find Hostinger's nameservers. You'll need to enter these nameservers into your domain provider’s settings.

Hostinger's name servers

Option 1 – Create A Records

The easiest way to point your domain to your VPS is to create A records:

  1. Access your domain's DNS zone, and delete any A records that include @, www, or cloudflare-resolve-to in its name

  2. Add these two A records:

A Record 1

A Record 2

Name: @

Points to: your VPS IP address

TTL: default

Name: www

Points to: your VPS IP address

TTL: default

Option 2 – Create A and CNAME Records

  1. Access your domain's DNS zone, and delete any A records that include @, www, or cloudflare-resolve-to in its name

  2. Add the A record along with the CNAME record:

A Record

CNAME Record

Name: @

Points to: your VPS IP address

TTL: default

Name: www

Points to: your domain name (e.g., example.com)

TTL default

Keep in mind that it may take up to 24 hours for the domain to fully propagate and point to the VPS 💡

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