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Bind domain to IP address

To open a site on a server with a specific IP address when you click on a domain name, you need to associate the domain name and IP address using an A-record.

  1. If you don't already have a zone, create a zone.

  2. Add an A-record with the value of your server's IP address.

  3. If the domain is not already delegated to Servercore NS servers, delegate the domain management.

1. Create a zone

A zone is a logical union of the resource records of a domain and its subdomains.

  1. In the control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select DNS hosting.

  2. Make sure you are creating the zone in the correct project. The current project can be viewed on the left above the section menu.

  3. In the Domain Zones section, click Add Zone.

  4. Enter the DNS zone name - the name of the domain with a dot, such as example.com.

  5. If you do not need to activate the zone immediately, uncheck the Activate domain zone checkbox. You will be able to activate the zone at any time.

  6. Click Add. The NS and SOA resource records are automatically created in the zone.

2. Add A-record

  1. In the control panel, in the top menu, click Products and select DNS hosting.

  2. In the Domain Zones section, open the zone page.

  3. Click Add. In DNS hosting, resource records are stored in groups - one group contains all the resource records of a domain with the same type. For example, a group of NS records contains four records that point to Servercore NS servers.

  4. To create a resource record group for the primary domain (zone name), leave the Group Name field blank. For example, leaving the field blank for the example``.com zone will create a group of records named example.com.

  5. Select the type of resource records in the group - A.

  6. Enter TTL or leave the default value. TTL is the time in seconds that a resource entry in the NS server cache is considered up to date and does not need to be re-cached. The TTL of a group applies to all resource entries in the group.

  7. Enter the value of the entry - the IP address of the server where the site is located.

  8. Optional: enter a comment - any additional information about the group. The comment will be displayed only in DNS hosting.

  9. Click Add.

  10. Wait for the added resource record group to propagate to the DNS servers. The propagation time can take up to 72 hours.

  11. Optional: check resource records. If resource records do not appear on DNS servers 72 hours after creation, create a ticket.

3. Delegate domain management

In order to transfer control of domain resource records to Servercore servers, the domain must be delegated - you must specify these servers in the domain's NS records.

  1. Go to the control panel of the domain registrar where your domain is registered.
  2. In the NS records, replace the values with Servercore's NS servers: a.ns.srv.cr, b.ns.servercore. ru, c.ns.servercore.ru, d.ns.servercore.ru. Each server must be specified in a separate entry.
  3. Wait for the NS records to propagate to the DNS servers. Propagation can take up to 72 hours.