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How to point a website to a remote server?

To be able to point your website to a remote server from the DNS Zone, you should follow these steps:

  1. In the control panel, go to Zone Editor, inside the Domains box.
  1. Then, press the Manage button on the domain you want to modify.
  1. You will enter the DNS Zone editor. On this screen you will see many data that you should know:
  1. In the Name column you will see your domain and all subdomains created in your account. Each domain or subdomain, according to its Record, will point to one server or another.
  2. The TTL column will show the time (in seconds) that the record change will take to process.
  3. The Type column is very important. It defines the Type of Record assigned to the domain. Each Record (A, CNAME, MX, etc) allows a specific type of data (IP, domain, character string, etc).
  4. The Record column defines where the domain or subdomain will point, using the defined record type. This is where you will have to configure the destination server.
  5. The Edit button will allow you to edit the record. When modifying it, it will become the Save Record button.
  6. The Delete button will delete the record from the DNS Zone.
  7. At the top right you will see a dropdown menu. This menu will allow you to add a new Record to the DNS Zone.
  1. To point your website to a remote server, you will need to modify the domain’s A record, changing our IP to the remote server’s IP. Then save the change.

By changing the IP number of your domain’s A record, you will point it to another server. You can do the same with any subdomain in the DNS Zone or a new subdomain.

There is another type of record that is also commonly used to point a website to a remote server. The CNAME record will allow you to point a domain using a domain name instead of an IP number. This method is often used in services like Tienda Nube.

The procedure is the same but you will have to change the domain from step 3 to that of the remote server. Usually the WWW subdomain is pointed this way.

That’s all. By modifying the A record (IP) or the CNAME record (domain) you can point your domain or subdomain to different servers or external services.