How to Point a Domain Name to an IP Address (DNS A record example)

Learn how to point a domain name to a VPS or server's IP address with a DNS A record. Although I use Linode in this video, the same concepts apply for GoDaddy, Bluehost, Namecheap, and pretty much any other hosting provider.

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[AhmedBalfaqih]

Thank you, Tony. I have never subscribed to a channel after watching less than the first 5 minutes of the first video. I appreciate that you took the trouble to show two different domain services.

[JimKernix]

Straight forward and make sense - that was excellent! Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Just subscribed.

[JasonParkerMagic]

Really enjoy your calm and peaceful explanation of how this works! Easy to understand. Thanks

[kwenzathanda]

This video has helped me many times in many situations. this info is easy to forget and once you do a new project need a refresher. Spotting this one more time is such a relief...

[BadassMcGraw]

I've struggled on my own for about two years on and off to get this to work with Google Domains, and never quite got it to work all the way through. using @ to specify root of the domain was the little bit that helped me complete this project, so thank you very much!!!

[sylvesterfernandes]

Thanks Tony. It was no rocket science indeed. Very lively explanation. Appreciate your work !

[Deesaigh]

You’re awesome man, I did everything wrong and after watching this I redirected my dns the right way and it worked. Thank you 🙏 😂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[ampedandvolted]

Clear explanation. I stumbled upon this video because I had google domain forwarded (FROM WEBSITE SECTION) to the ip address so it forwarded fine but then the IP address remained in the browser URL instead of the domain name. I thought it was a nginx issue and I needed to translate the output path, spent like 4 hours playing with nginx config only to realise that I needed to setup a DNS record and not domain forwarding. What a nightmare haha, thanks!

[osisrzt]

Hi,
Tony Teaches Tech, This video is simply superb straight forward. You help me a lot, love you. Keep doing your explanation is simple even though without technical knowledge person can also understand very well.

[CodySchichtl]

Love your work! Had to leave a comment after you had the exact solution with no fluff for like the 5th time!

[TiffanySmith-pwuh]

Thank you for the simple explanation- very helpful!

[AtifShafiinheritance]

Thanks man, i was so confused initially with A records, this made it

[lstanford]

Great Video man! Truly appreciate the info!!!

[nikanzamani]

hi there, it was a really good tutorial, I just wanted to note that you don't need to open a private window to avoid cache data, you could just press CTRL + SHIFT + R (or CTRL + f5 as far as I'm aware)

[weeseenman]

Thank you, Tony. Very useful video for me 👏

[aimes_js]

Hi Tony, your videos are amazing and educative. What's brand of microphone are you using?

[AchillesPlayzGG]

Hey man, really love your tutorials, i've almost watched them all! Do you think you could make a video on how to host multiple and point multiple domains to the same server please?

[Nexus_Dawn]

Thank you, Tony, you are a life saver!

[adamfils]

Quick Tip:
I realized your TTL (Time To Live) was 1H.
If you changed it to like 1M (1 Minute) the propagation will be a lot faster.
Great Tutorial.

[michalroesler]

Thanks for this video Tony. It helps a lot.