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quick question about dns records > vps.
I have a VPS which I plan on using to host files for my website, I've registered the domain today.
I've created an A record inside my domain registrars control panel to point the domain to my VPS. What else will I need to do? or is it simply a case of waiting for the records to update?
I know LET is not a helpdesk but this place is full of knowledgeable people who are very quick to reply and a minimal amount of trolls 
Cheers.
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Flush your DNS cache and you're set.
Everything should be fine however you can also confirm this by going to intodns.com and typing your domain name.
It gets to the bottom and complains then of Reverse MX A records (PTR) not being there and WWW A Record - no A record but it does say anything recently added may not show, apart from that there don't seem to be any other issues.
I used to use no-ip previously and adding the A record always seemed very quick..
I've added the A record inside crazydomain.co.uk's panel and it says at the bottom it may take up to, two hours, however the mx for the email forwarding seemed instant.
You should add a record for 'www' if you want people to access your site via both domain.com and www.domain.com.
I have two A records
vps.dominname.co.uk > IP of VPS
www.domainname.co.uk > IP of VPS
That should suffice?
vps.dominname.co.uk > IP of VPS
www.domainname.co.uk > IP of VPS
You should also add a CNAME record for domainname.co.uk (without any prefix) that points to www.domainname.co.uk. In most panels this is achieved by entering a "@" as the name.
When I look at the CNAME options on crazy-domains its basically
[blank box - assuming sub domain].domainname.co.uk ...................... alias for > [blank box]
Is there anything I need to do from my VPS to match up to this?
[blank box - assuming sub domain].domainname.co.uk ...................... alias for > [blank box]
Try entering a "@ in the first box, and www.domainname.co.uk" in the second.
Not necessarily. Your HTTPd may require vhost configuration though. You'll have to read up on the docs for your HTTPd for that.
I think it would be sensible to let the A records register correctly if there are still issues at that point I'll look to the VPS. It is managed so shouldn't be too much drama on that front.
"Try entering a "@ in the first box, and www.domainname.co.uk" in the second."
Comes back with invalid sub-domain.
Comes back with invalid sub-domain.
You'll have to check up on the documentation of your registrar then. It should be somewhere in there.
Comes back with invalid sub-domain.
Leave the subdomain box blank. That usually works.
you can try * and %
It cries over there being no sub domain.
I'll give it 24 hours - thanks for all the help people, much appreciated.
or
domain.com in A 1.2.44.5
www.domain.com in cname domain.com
blah.domain.com in cname domain.com
whenever you change the first domain.com A record, the rest will have the same IP address.
I think someone else said something like that, but with a bunch of tl;dr