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Set up non DigitalOcean DNS

September 16, 2015 3.5k views
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I am using godaddy DNS. All my records are set up there. How do I point those A records to DigitalOcean.
If I understand correctly, creating DNS records at DigitalOcean will interfere with all my other records, right?

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  • paul2eddb7a015a September 16, 2015

    Let me add to this:
    I will create A records at godaddy that point to my DigitalOcean IP address.
    How do I configure the DigitalOcean side of things to accept the requests?

  • Ost September 16, 2015

    If you have a droplet on DigitalOcean and a domain purchased elsewhere, just edit domain's DNS settings (in your case at godaddy) so that A records point at your droplet's IP address.

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anees September 16, 2015
How To Set Up a Host Name with DigitalOcean
by Etel Sverdlov
This article walks you through setting up the DNS for your site. The tutorial includes steps to set up an A records, point your nameservers, and provides some information about MX records.
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  • paul2eddb7a015a September 16, 2015

    Thank you, but NOPE.

    If I do that, I believe my e-mail and all my other A records will stop working. I do not want DigitalOcean to do my DNS. I already have the DNS set up.

    I only want DigitalOcean to host my website.

    DigitalOcean:
    My droplet's host name is the same as my domain name.
    I created a CNAME with "www" pointing to my <domain.name>.

    My current DNS (godaddy):
    For the domain name in question, I pointed "@" and "www" to my IP address here.

    So far it's working. If anything is missing, I'll figure it out as I set up my website.

    • CrypticDesigns September 16, 2015

      This is correct, and your current setup should work fine.
      Just let your DO droplet handle the requests of the domain you would like to use, with a proper VHOST configuration.

CrypticDesigns September 16, 2015

In Apache you can copy the default file, and edit the new VHOST to handle your requests. Or you can simply create a new VHOST and just add whats needed. If you don't want to use the default config, go to #2;

sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/yourdomain.com.conf
2Now edit the new vhost (or create a new one): 
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/yourdomain.com.conf

And you should use a simple, but efficient config like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdomain.com
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

I am not sure were the default directory of Wordpress is, since I never use the one-click application wizard. Just check where it is, and make sure you use the proper one at DocumentRoot
Now enable your VHOST and everything should work fine:

sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com.conf

EDIT
Just run a droplet with the wordpress app installed to test, the default directory is /var/www/html. So inside your VHOST, use:
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

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