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Is it possible to use a sub-domain as the primary domain for a droplet?

Hi all, Is there a way to set a sub-domain as the primary domain? is it’s possible, can we setup this as a sub-domain per a droplet? Like this,

Main domain: example.com

example.com     => droplet_1
foo.example.com => droplet_2
bar.example.com => droplet_3

Any suggestion/idea would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

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Bobby Iliev
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• August 15, 2022

Hello,

Yes, this should not be a problem at all.

All that you would need to do is to:

  • First create a Droplet
  • Get the Droplet’s IP address
  • Then go to your DNS zone
  • Add an A record for the specific subdomain to point to the Droplet’s IP address

Then within a few hours, once the DNS cache clears over the Globe, you will be able to see the new A record:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/dns

Hope that this helps!

Best,

Bobby

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