Need help with setting up domain and connecting with the droplet.

January 18, 2017 1.1k views
DNS Getting Started Ubuntu
anuragsharma
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anuragsharma

Hi,

Here is what I have done:

  1. I have created a Ubuntu LAMP on 14.04 droplet.
  2. I have a domain registered with Godaddy.com. I went into my Godaddy account and set the DNS servers as ns1.digitalocean.com, ns2.digitalocean.com and ns3.digitalocean.com
  3. I came back to digitalocean account and clicked on 'Networking' to add my domain.
  4. Added the domain name without www.

When I type in the domain name in the browser it just keeps searching for it. When I ping my domain name from terminal it say it could not resolve the host. What am I a missing here?

Thanks

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xMudrii January 18, 2017

If you just changed NS records to DigitalOcean in GoDaddy, then you probably have to wait for DNS propagation to finish. That can take up to 24-48 hours. After that period you should be able to access your Droplet via domain.
If that period already passed, make sure you have correct A record under DO Networking settings.

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  • anuragsharma January 18, 2017

    I updated the NS records yesterday. When I do a 'whois' lookup on my domain it shows the updated DNS.

    Coming to the A record:

    1. Is it mandatory to add A record?
    2. If yes, then I also tried that. I entered the domain name in the first field and then droplet IP address in the second field. Is that what I am supposed to do?

    Thanks.

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