{"id":1952,"date":"2026-01-28T04:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/docs\/domains\/how-to-verify-your-domain-is-pointing-to-veerhost\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:44:18","slug":"how-to-verify-your-domain-is-pointing-to-veerhost","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/docs\/domains\/how-to-verify-your-domain-is-pointing-to-veerhost\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Verify Your Domain is Pointing to Veerhost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After updating DNS, you should confirm the domain is actually reaching your Veerhost server. This prevents guessing during troubleshooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check 1: Confirm the A record values<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In your DNS provider panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>@<\/code> should point to your Veerhost IP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>www<\/code> should point to Veerhost IP or CNAME to <code>@<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check 2: Test from multiple networks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DNS caching can mislead you. Test using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Incognito window<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile data (4G\/5G) instead of Wi-Fi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A different device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check 3: Confirm the domain is added in cPanel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with correct DNS, the server must know where to serve your domain.<br>In cPanel, go to <strong>Domains<\/strong> and confirm the domain exists and has the correct document root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What \u201csuccess\u201d looks like<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When pointing is correct, you\u2019ll see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your website loads, OR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A default page from your hosting account (meaning DNS is correct, but website files may not be uploaded yet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After updating DNS, you should confirm the domain is actually reaching your Veerhost server. This prevents guessing during troubleshooting. Check 1: Confirm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1947,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1952","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1952","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=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1952\/revisions\/1954"}],"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=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veerhost.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}