Manage your A record

Connect your domain to your website by adding an A record to your DNS zone file when your domain is using Liberation nameservers. A records, or address records, are the most fundamental type of DNS record and are used to indicate the IP address of a domain. The most common A record is for the root domain, like mycoolnewbusiness.com, and typically connects the domain to a hosting Client Portal.

A records are also used to create subdomains that connects to an IP address, such as blog.mycoolnewbusiness.com. If you need a subdomain that connects to another domain, you'll need to add a CNAME record instead.

1. Sign in to your Liberation Client Portal. 

2. If your DNS is with us, you can add, edit or delete DNS records in your Client Portal. To manage you DNS: Click on the domain category on the left hand menu > select the domain you want to manage > select DNS Management to add, edit, delete your records.

   

3. Select A from the Type menu.
4. Enter the details for your new A record:
   
   • Name: The hostname or prefix of the A record, without the domain name. Enter @ to put the record on your root domain, or enter a prefix, such as blog or shop, to create a subdomain that points to an IP address.
   • Value: The IP address the record corresponds to. This is commonly the IP address for a hosting Client Portal.
     
     • Select Add another value to add more IP addresses to this record.
   • TTL (Time to Live): The amount of time the server should cache information before refreshing. The default setting is 1 hour.
5. (Optional) Select Add More Records to add multiple DNS records at the same time. If you change your mind, select Delete to remove any records that haven't been saved yet.
6. Select Save to add your new record. If you added multiple records at the same time, select Save All Records.

Most DNS changes take effect within an hour but could take up to 48 hours to update globally.