Question
How can I point a subdomain to a different host?
- Posted on August 26, 2015
- DNSNetworkingDigitalOcean
Asked by eldertsijmons
I have my main website hosted with Digital Ocean but I need to point a subdomain to a different host (smugmug). How do I do this? I am using Serverpilot.io with a Digital Ocean droplet.
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If your domain is pointed to our nameservers you will just need to create an A record for your subdomain pointed to the IP address on the other host where your content is located. For example, if your subdomain was mysite.example.org and the IP address of your other host was 1.2.3.4 you would create the following record under example.org.
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Thanks in advance for all the help,
For smugmug you need to set up a CNAME record. This info is taken from SmugMug’s website.
Point your CNAME ‘www’ to domains.smugmug.com. (You can use whichever sub-domain you’d like) Using a subdomain to point at SmugMug? There is no need to set up an A Record.
Visit your SmugMug Account Settings > Me > Account tab for the “Custom Domain” line. Paste your new domain name into the box and click “Save Changes.” That’s it!