Hi, I have a domain on godaddy and I am using digitalocean hosting. I have mapped dns servers on godaddy and now I can see the zone file in digital ocean account. but I am still not able to access the website. I also tried whois and got the correct information but with below lines: ** Domain Name: ITSPAWAN.COM Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM Name Server: NS2.DIGITALOCEAN.COM Name Server: NS3.DIGITALOCEAN.COM Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientRenewProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited** Not sure what is wrong here. Can anybody guide me?

Can see the Zone file but I can't access my site.

asb MOD September 5, 2014

It looks like your root domian (itspawan.com) resolves to your blog, so you have successfully setup an A record pointing to it. If you want www.itspawan.com to also point to your blog, you need to create a CNAME like:

Reply

pawanspace September 5, 2014

Thanks. I have made the change. Do you know how much time it takes to actually reflect this change?
asb MOD September 5, 2014

Unfortunately, it can take sometime for DNS to propagate and it's not entirely predictable. It could be up to a few hours, but it's usually less.
pawanspace September 5, 2014

Thanks you so much. Its weird actually I was trying on firefox and it was appending www to domain. Now I tried itspawan.com (without www) on chrome and it works. I will try after Propagation is done. Thanks for you help

aguilar1181 September 5, 2014

I know my answer might sound stupid but I have to double check. Have you added your domain under the DO DNS tab? and is it set up properly?

Reply

pawanspace September 5, 2014

You mean under godaddy or domainocean?
aguilar1181 September 5, 2014

Under Digital Ocean.
pawanspace September 5, 2014

I just went under DNS and then Add domain. Entered my domain name and then selected droplet.
aguilar1181 September 5, 2014

Ok there is a few more things you got to do to make it work. You need to add A records and CNAME records. here is the tutorial I follow when I got started with DO (digital ocean)

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean

If you have any other questions feel free to ask

How To Set Up a Host Name with DigitalOcean
by Etel Sverdlov
This article walks you through setting up the DNS for your site. The tutorial includes steps to set up an A records, point your nameservers, and provides some information about MX records.
pawanspace September 5, 2014

Thanks I have seen the tutorial. Its confusing. I am not sure what all is required. I have added A record and CName. but I am getting this error when I am trying to access my site: can't find the server at www.itspawan.com. I m doing something wrong but not sure what.
aguilar1181 September 6, 2014

I've visited your site www.itspawan.com and is working fine I guess you solve your problem