{"id":1949,"date":"2026-01-28T04:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/docs\/domains\/how-to-point-your-domain-to-veerhost-using-a-records\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","slug":"how-to-point-your-domain-to-veerhost-using-a-records","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/docs\/domains\/how-to-point-your-domain-to-veerhost-using-a-records\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Point Your Domain to Veerhost Using A Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veerhost domains are connected by <strong>pointing DNS records to your server IP<\/strong> (not by changing nameservers). Once your A records are correct, visitors will reach your Veerhost server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you start<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your <strong>Veerhost server IP address<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to your domain\u2019s <strong>DNS manager<\/strong> (where the DNS zone is hosted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Get your Veerhost server IP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find the server IP in your Veerhost welcome email or inside cPanel (often in the sidebar or \u201cServer Information\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Update the root domain (@)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your DNS manager, create or edit an <strong>A record<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Host\/Name: <code>@<\/code> (or leave blank, depending on provider)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type: A<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Value\/Points to: <strong>your Veerhost server IP<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TTL: default is fine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Update www<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have two good options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A record: <code>www<\/code> \u2192 same Veerhost IP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OR CNAME: <code>www<\/code> \u2192 <code>@<\/code> (recommended if your provider supports it)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Remove conflicts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure you don\u2019t have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Another A record for <code>@<\/code> pointing to a different IP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <code>www<\/code> record pointing to a different service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forwarding\/redirect rules at the registrar overriding DNS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Wait for DNS propagation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most updates apply within a few hours, but may take up to <strong>24\u201348 hours<\/strong> due to caching.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veerhost domains are connected by pointing DNS records to your server IP (not by changing nameservers). Once your A records are correct, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1947,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1949","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1951,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1949\/revisions\/1951"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}