: How do my A records have to look like - are these correct? I'm using some fictional IP addresses here, but the problem is real. My default A Record: * # this is for anysubdomain.example.com,

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If I understood correctly, you want your root domain (aka example.com) to resolve to 1.2.3.4. In this case, all what you have to do is to create an A record that points to that IP

example.com A 1.2.3.4


depending on your DNS hosting interface, you may either need to leave the record name empty (to match example.com) or other providers asks you to reference it with @ . In that case
@ A 1.2.3.4


If then you also what the www hostname (aka example.com) to map to the same server, you can either add another A record

www A 1.2.3.4
# or depending on your DNS hosting interface example.com A 1.2.3.4


or a CNAME to the root domain

www CNAME example.com
# or depending on your DNS hosting interface
www CNAME @


The wildcard records *.example.com allows you to map any subdomain of a specific level to a server. For instance

*.example.com A 1.2.3.4


will map any one-level subdomain of example.com (including example.com but not example.com root domain) to that IP. It also works with a CNAME

*.example.com CNAME example.com


You should avoid wildcards unless you really need it, for instance for a subdomain-based multi-tenant application

Note. In my examples I always use the format

DNS NAME - RECORD TYPE - CONTENT


but how you create those records and the order of the items depends on your DNS hosting provider interface.

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