Hello, I’d like to set up a host name with my DigitalOcen droplet, so I tried to follow the How To Set Up a Host Name with DigitalOcean Guide. Unfortunately, my domain host has no support to setup the nameservers, the DigitalOcean requires. My main domain only supports the use of A- and AAAA-records (the setup of NS-records is only supported for the use of subdomains).
Is there a way to setup a DNS to my DigitalOcean droplet only with an A- or AAAA-record configuration?
(my knowledge about DNS configurations is rather limited…)
Thanks!
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You can create A records that simply point to your droplet’s IP address. There is no requirement to use the DigitalOcean DNS services. In general to point a domain you plan to use for a website you would create the following two A records.
@ A [droplet IP address]
This record will point your domain when no subdomain is used (ie. http://example.org). In some systems you would leave the address field blank instead of using a @ symbol. If @ is not accepted try submitting it as blank or entering your whole domain with a trailing dot “.” after it like this example.org.
Then create the following for the www subdomain so www.example.org goes to your droplet as well.
www A [droplet IP address]
Thanks!