: Point DNS to VPS IP address on Namecheap I own a domain through Namecheap and a VPS with Linode. I would like to point my domain at the vps ipaddress. So far I have added the following:

@Kimberly868

Here's the setup you want:


An 'A Record' pointing to your VPS server IP. In this case, example.com. Or: "A Record | @ | VPS IP address"
A Cname record stating the subdomain (www) is the same as the root version (@). Or: "Cname Record | @ | example.com . This means when someone looks up 'www.example.com' it redirects them to the A record for 'example.com'
Remove other A or Cname Records with @ or www in them as a 'Host'. These are conflicting with the first two directives.


Now make sure your host is configured to respond to both example.com and example.com in it's config. Redirect the example.com requests to example.com using a 301 redirect in Apache/Nginx/IIS. An example Apache setup using the rewrite module would be:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.%{HTTP_HOST}/ [R=301,L]


It's generally a bad idea to cname your root (@) domain if you're using subdomains. This could save you a headache in the future. You can also set up two A records (one for www, one for @ ) but then when you change the IP it means changing both. A Cname makes it look up another record - so you only need to change one. This is just good practice but your method of setting two A records works fine.

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@Kevin317

As per my experience, here are the basic steps -


Add Linode nameservers as custom nameserver with the domain. You may find this option from your NameCheap account.
After couple of hours, check if your domain is mapped with Linode nameservers. Run this command

host -t ns yourdomain.com

Once nameservers are updated, create a Domain Zone with your domain with Linode IP in Linode DNS Manager with default option. This will create necessary record for the domain, i.e. yourdomain will point to linode ip.
For yourdomain, create a A record, put 'www' in hostname, and IP. This will point yourdomain to your Linode ip.


Reference :DNS Manager Guide - Linode

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