My CNAME don't work but why?

August 25, 2015 5.2k views
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Dennys
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Dennys

I have a free domain (ownhosting.tk). The A Record work perfectly.I add a CNAME for my mail server (mail.ownhosting.tk) but it doesn't work. i try to open the cmd and type ping mail.ownhosting.tk but it says : "Host Not Found mail.ownhosting.tk etc..."

What I can do?

This is my zone file:
$ORIGIN ownhosting.tk.
$TTL 1800
ownhosting.tk. IN SOA ns1.digitalocean.com. hostmaster.ownhosting.tk. 1440501919 10800 3600 604800 1800
ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN NS ns1.digitalocean.com.
ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN NS ns2.digitalocean.com.
ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN NS ns3.digitalocean.com.
ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN A 104.236.90.56
ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN NS ns4.digitalocean.com.
info.ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN CNAME ownhosting.tk.

mail.ownhosting.tk. 1800 IN CNAME ownhosting.tk.

Also info.ownhosting.tk doesn't work.

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JustSomeTech August 25, 2015

If you are trying to setup these records in your DO domain manager, you first need to set the nameservers to digitalocean. Currently you haven't got this: 

#1  ns03.freenom.com    ownhosting.tk   NS  IN  300 (5 min)
#2  ns02.freenom.com    ownhosting.tk   NS  IN  300 (5 min)
#3  ns01.freenom.com    ownhosting.tk   NS  IN  300 (5 min)
#4  ns04.freenom.com    ownhosting.tk   NS  IN  300 (5 min)

If you done this, wait atleast 24 hours before you are trying to get things working threw digitalocean.

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Dennys August 25, 2015

Sorry for the question but how do I do this?
Could you tell me step by step how do I fix?
Thanks anyway

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  • JustSomeTech August 26, 2015
    • Login to the registrar its control panel.
    • Find the nameserver options
    • Change the nameservers to ns1/ns2/ns3.digitalocean.com.

    Thats it, if you cant find this optiin anywhere contact your domain registrar.

  • Dennys August 28, 2015

    Thanks

MrPeppah August 25, 2015

You have to change the nameservers at the .tk domain host. They need to point to ns1/ns2/ns3.digitalocean.com. This will tell the domain to look at DO's nameservers which is where your records are.

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