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Subdomains through registrar or DigitalOcean?

Posted on December 7, 2013

I have my domain registered through 1&1. If I want to create a subdomain (i.e. test.example.com), do I need to add “test” in my 1&1 dns settings area or do I do it through DigitalOcean? Or do I need to create the subdomains in both places?



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Check out <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean”>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean</a> <br> <br>Once you’ve added <strong>example.com</strong> to the DNS Manager, you can proceed to creating the subdomain DNS record: <br><pre>Type: A <br>Name: test <br>Value: 1.2.3.4</pre> <br>where 1.2.3.4 is your droplet’s IP address.

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