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07-11-2015 07:38 AM #1 mrkent (Member)
Unable to Point Domain To a Rackspace Website

Hi, I'm unable to make my domain load my simple website page hosted on rackspace

1) I do not have a server, so I did not create a A record in NSone
2) This is the simple business website created using one of the resource here.
3) This is my domain which is not loading anything. I have edited the dns record in namecheap to point to NSone.

Appreciating help to my issue

TIA



07-11-2015 12:29 PM #2 zeno (Administrator)

Several issues.

1. You cannot use a CNAME record for the root domain. I can't recall if *.domain.com actually covers "domain.com" but if you are trying to load that, it won't work. You need to use e.g. www.domain.com. The "domain.com" entry should be an A record. There are some technical ways around this limitation of the DNS system but I won't go into them.

2. Your answer has a protocol and a filename. The DNS system uses neither of these. All CNAME answers should be a hostname only, such as "derpderp.something.domain.com". Nothing else.

So, change it to the current answer with the http:// and /index.html removed.


07-11-2015 01:48 PM #3 mrkent (Member)

thanks zeno for the help.

I've changed it as follows. now my website seems to have 404 issues. I do not have a A record, what is the ip address to enter if i create a A record?

Thanks

edited to show correct picture


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