Im trying to have a custom domain for my github hosted blog, i changed the CNAME file to have my custom domain, head to my hostgator account, but i don't have access to the Cpanel, only a domain management dashboard where it only has a name server fields to edit, i suppose i need to change my DNS to the following:*
192.30.252.153
192.30.252.154
CNAME username.github.io
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However there is no way i can do that on Hostgator name server only dashboard.
where does the CNAME username.github.io goes ?
Screen Shot to hostgator domain management dashboard
I contacted Hostgator and asked them to edit my DNS information from their side and they were helpful and add the IP address and CNAME for me.
Problem Solved
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After configuring the WHM/cPanel the landing page does not show the index.html in public_html rather it is showing the domain registrar details e.g: www.nexnaira.com.
I have deleted all the files in the public_html (cPanel) but it seems not to have any effect like the site is not pointing to the index.html I uploaded. Maybe I am doing it all wrong, please I need assistance
You need to change your default name servers of domain from domain control panel.
Also you need to create child name servers for your domain .
please follow the below tutorial to setup . Once you done setup in your WHM/cPanel, you need to create the same child nameservers using your domain control panel.
Create Child name servers
In order for your domain to display the content it has on your VPS, it is necessary to either register Private Nameservers or point your domain to BasicDNS and then add A record with the IP Address of your server in order to point it to your VPS.
To register Private Nameservers three steps should be taken:
1) register Private Nameservers on the Domain registrar's side;
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/768/10/how-do-i-register-personal-nameservers-for-my-domain
You can find the IP addressees for your Private Nameservers in. Your Virtual server access details should have been sent to your registered email.
2) set up Private Nameserves on the Hosting provider side ( SOA record which states the privary nameserver for your domain, A records for subdomains ns1 and ns2 and NS records) This guide is for your convenience:
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/207/48/how-to-set-up-private-nameservers-vps-and-dedicated-servers
3) point your domain to the Private Nameservers on the Domain registrar's side.
Mind you I am using these reference links because I am using Namecheap hosting services
I already tried the three step process:
1) Created a CNAME file in my github repo with the domain name, mydomain.com;
2) Redirected the A Record to 192.30.252.153
and 192.30.252.154
3) CNAME Alias has host "www" pointing to "username.github.io"
But for some reason my mydomain.com is still just the default landing page for new domains and when I go to username.github.io, it just goes to mydomain.com with the same default landing page. Can someone please help? I am registered with domain.com
Additionally, there is a warning message on my Github settings stating,
Domain does not resolve to the GitHub Pages server. For more information, see https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-github-pages/.
Any help is very much appreciated.
I'm not sure if this question belongs here but because it is a technical question so I'm asking it here. Feel free to move it to any appropriate website of Stack exchange.
My problem is I have created a subdomain successfully on my website through cpanel and also put an index.html file in it to test it. But when I run it in browser it is not showing contents of index.html file. It shows following errors:
DNS address could not be found and ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED errors. Can someone please tell me how to resolve this problem?
You must be missing A record pointing to your sub domain in your domain panel.
Record Point to TTL
A sub 300
Please check the DNS servers for your domain. You might be using external DNS servers. When you create a subdomain on cPanel, a DNS entry is created in the DNS zone for that subdomain pointing to your server ip. If your domain uses external DNS servers then those servers will be queried to find the ip address for that subdomain. In this case you should manually edit your DNS zone and add an A record for that subdomain to point to your server's ip).
Thanks for all the answers. Here is how solved my problem. The problem was that I have purchased a hosting with one domain name. I also have another domain purchase but there is no hostng on it. I had pointed the second domain to first domain which also has hosting support. So what I was doing is I was creating subdomain on second one on the first domain. But it was not recognising it and showing DNS problem. So I made an entry A record entry in the second domain about the subdomain which I wanted to create on it. And then in 5 minutes DNS was updated and issue was resolved.
After adding the subdomain, go to the DNS editor of the domain and add a CNAME record for the subdomain.
For example:
NAME TYPE VALUE
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subdomain.example.com. CNAME example.com.
I have two hosting accounts (Personal one and a work one). I am doing some testing and would like to create a subdomain of a work domain (manage.domain.com) and host it on my personal account. Currently, my personal host is through 1and1 and is dedicated while the work one is shared with GoDaddy.
Work
I have gone into go daddy and created the subdomain. I have also added DNS records such as A, AAAA AND NS (i did not record a CNAME). I have noticed that if is type manage.domain.com it is redirecting to my personal server. However, it is directing to the blank admin page of the root of the server (which is maintained using Plesk).
Personal
Using Plesk I added the website (domain.com) and created the subdomain (manage.domain.com). I have also updated the websites hosting access using Plesk and assigned it the default values of my personal account. Using Plesk I also set the subdomain to the particular location of the files I want to test. However, I cannot get my server to recognize the address and redirect it to the proper location.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
J
You can just create:
in personal account domain(not subdomain) manage.domain.com
on domain.com add DNS record of type A, name "manage" and IP address of personal hosting:
After that "manage.domain.com" will resolving to hosting of your personal account and can be accessed because such domain exists.
I figured it out
What i did above was correct expect do not change the name servers on the work DNS(godaddy).
Add the website to plesk - it will give you an error about not being able to control the DNS settings which you have already adjusted on the original server (godaddy)
Add a subdomain of the website.
*** Ensure the subdomain is pointed to the correct folder within your server
Done
I would like to ask if its possible to retain the email of my domain to godaddy and is hosted in gmail but the hosting is in different provider like namecheap. I know how to point the nameserver of namecheap to godaddy but my problem is with the email
Assuming I understand correctly, you are using Google Apps For Mail. If so, you may simply host your domain name with Namecheap and then set up Google MX records for your domain name. This way you will have your domain hosted with Namecheap and mail service handled by Gmail. No need to include GoDaddy into this chain.
You may find MX records here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/33915?hl=en
These MX records should be set up in your cPanel (if you have a hosting plan) or at the Advanced DNS page of your Namecheap account (if you are using Namecheap's Premium or Basic DNS).