Domain name management
Domain names are like street addresses for the internet, they're useful, everyone has one, but they
aren't really 100% necessary from a functionality point of view. However, they do make your
website easier to find for your users, so from a marketing standpoint they're very necessary.
There are a few things you need to know about domains though (in order to get your digital ocean
instance working) and those things are outlined below. Firstly, you have the domain name servers these servers provide rules so that your website can be found. In order to use your domain with
Digital Ocean, you'll need to set these to be: ns1.digitalocean.com, ns2.digitalocean.com and
ns3.digitalocean.com.
Once you've done that with your domain registrar, you can start looking at the DNS manager in
Digital Ocean. All you need to do is add your domain to the control panel. Once your instance is up
and running, you'll need to do the following.
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Firstly, create an A record (named @) that points at your servers IP address.
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Next, create two cname records.
◦ One should be www in the left column & example.com in the right hand column.
◦ The next should be * in the left column & example.com in the right hand column.
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