How to point a website to a remote server?

In order to point your website to a remote server, from the DNS Zone, you must follow these steps:

Editing the DNS Zone of an account is an advanced task. All changes you make will have a propagation time until you see the changes.

1. In the control panel, go to Zone Editor, within the Domains section.

1. Then, click the Manage button on the domain you want to modify.

1. You will enter the DNS Zone editor. In this screen, you will see many data points that you should be aware of:

   1. In the Name column, you will see your domain and all the 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 you the time (in seconds) it will take for the record change 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 data type (IP, domain, string of characters, etc).

   4. The Record column defines where the domain or subdomain will point to, using the defined record type. This is where you will have to configure the destination server.

   5. The Edit button allows you to edit the record. When you modify it, it will turn into the Save the 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 allows you to add a new Record to the DNS Zone.

From this point onwards, the specific steps to point your website to a remote server begin.

1. To point your website to a remote server, you will need to modify the A record of the domain, changing our IP to that of the remote server. Then, save the change.

By changing the IP number in the A record of your domain, you will point it to another server. You can also do the same with any subdomain of 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 allows 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 in point 3 to that of the remote server. Normally, the WWW subdomain is pointed in this way.

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