Connect Your Domain to Your Crazy Domains Website
Connecting your domain to your website will make your domain the official URL of your site. This means that people will see your Crazy Domains website whenever they access your domain on their browsers.
Whether your domain is registered here or elsewhere, this guide will help you connect your domain to your Crazy Domains Linux or Windows website.
Step1: Get the Necessary Information
- Get the IP address of your Crazy Domains website.
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Depending on the hosting services connected to your domain, you might have several places to manage your DNS.
To ensure you're making the changes in the correct DNS zone, you must know the current name servers of your domain name. This will help you determine where you can make your DNS update.
Note: You can do a WHOis search to know your domain's name servers.Once you already have the information, proceed to step 2.
Step 2: Connect Your Domain to Your Website
Select the following steps that correspond to the current name servers of your domain:
- ns1.crazydomains.com and ns2.crazydomains.com
- ns1.dnspackage.com and ns2.dnspackage.com
- ns1.syrahost.com and ns2.syrahost.com (with Linux hosting)
- ns1.syrahost.com and ns2.syrahost.com (with Windows hosting)
- External name servers (not owned by Crazy Domains)
Connect Through Account Manager
Use the following steps if the current name servers of your domain are ns1.crazydomains.com and ns2.crazydomains.com or ns1.dnspackage.com and ns2.dnspackage.com:
- Access the DNS settings of your domain in the Account Manager.
- Add or replace the A Record of the main domain with the following value:
Sub Domain IP Address (leave this box empty) (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) IMPORTANT : Ensure you only have 1 A record for your primary domain in your DNS settings. - Add or replace the A Record of the www host with the following value:
Sub Domain IP Address www (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) IMPORTANT : Ensure you only have one A record for www host in your DNS settings. - Wait for the changes to fully work or resolve.
Connect Through cPanel Hosting Manager
Follow these steps if the current name servers of your domain are ns1.syrahost.com and ns2.syrahost.com; and your domain is connected to our Linux Web Hosting service:
- Go to your cPanel DNS editor.
- Add or replace the A record of the main domain with the following value:
Name TTL Type Record (your domain) 14400 A (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) IMPORTANT : Ensure you only have one A record for your primary domain in your DNS settings. - Add or replace the A record of the www host with the following value:
Name TTL Type Record www 14400 A (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) IMPORTANT : Ensure you only have one A record for the www Host in your DNS settings. - Wait for the changes to fully work or resolve.
Connect Through Plesk Hosting Manager
Follow these steps if the current name servers of your domain are ns1.syrahost.com and ns2.syrahost.com; and your domain is connected to our Windows Web Hosting service:
- Go to your Plesk DNS editor.
- Add or replace the A record of the main domain with the following value:
Record Type Domain name TTL IP address A (Leave the box empty) (Leave the box empty) (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) IMPORTANT : Ensure you only have one A record for your primary domain in your DNS settings. - Add or replace the A record of the www host with the following value:
Record Type Domain name TTL IP address A www (Leave the box empty) (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) IMPORTANT : Ensure you only have one A record for the www Host in your DNS settings. - Wait for the changes to fully work or resolve.
Connect Through External DNS Provider
If your domain name is connected to external name servers (not ours), contact the provider and request them to update the DNS of your domain with the following DNS records:
| Host | Record Type | IP Address |
|---|---|---|
| (your domain) | A | (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) |
| www.(your domain) | A | (The IP address of your Crazy Domains website) |