Help setting the DNS records for namesilo

I am unsure what to put to point the new domain I bought with them to my remote server.

I just want to redirect to the IP of ther server to send all webtraffic there.

I know but the IP address of the server but what should I put for hostname field if I want all traffic pointed there? Should I delete ALL others that were there by default, including the _domainconnect one?

I know it is A record I want right but what do I put for hostname? I forgot what I put in the past and the last domain was suspended at netim so I can't check what I put in there for the details which that old domain was the domain pointing to this server.

Do I also have to make a CNAME one as well?

I did a search for this already in search engine but stupid AI slop just talking nonesense and not giving actual x,y,z how to.

What I tried is to put 'www' in the hostname field but that only allows access via 'www.domain.org' and just without 'www' gives blank page and says on the tab name 'Redirecting' and doesn't do anything. So how to make it for root and also any other subdomains, wildcard, I would use? wildcard is ok right? security wise?

Oh I'm confused now, should I change the nameservers or the DNS records on namesilo? if I want the domain to go to my vps? or both?

301 can help you solve this problem. Generally, it is configured on nginx to parse everything together and use 301 to redirect traffic

A record: @ and then ip address.
CNAME: www and then yoursite.com

Assclown said:

A record: @ and then ip address.
CNAME: www and then yoursite.com

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Cheers, I had the www, but in the wrong record name.

Oh and just leave the nameservers as default?

Also delete all others that came with the original dns, including this _domainconnect TXT record one?

slopppyfart said:

Cheers, I had the www, but in the wrong record name.

Oh and just leave the nameservers as default?

Also delete all others that came with the original dns, including this _domainconnect TXT record one?

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WWW can either be A or CNAME

the default txt record can be deleted or not. (No effect at the moment on deployment)

As for deleting nameservers, it depends on whether you are thirdparty like cloudflare or not

Use chat gpt or any AI. It will guide u like a babby. Also youtube.

I am new too but configuring DNS records in NameSilo is quite simple. You just go into DNS Manager, create the record you want, enter the values from your provider and save.

Assclown said:

WWW can either be A or CNAME

the default txt record can be deleted or not. (No effect at the moment on deployment)

As for deleting nameservers, it depends on whether you are thirdparty like cloudflare or not

Use chat gpt or any AI.

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No. I will not bow to this AI masters that everyone else has. Convenience comes at a cost. I just saw on the front page of bhw before logging in a thread titled 'ai is making me dumber'.

Your first response did the trick for me and working well now it seems.

Nobara Kugisaki said:

I am new too but configuring DNS records in NameSilo is quite simple. You just go into DNS Manager, create the record you want, enter the values from your provider and save.

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It is the create the record you want part I didn't know. I didn't know what I wanted but assclown told me right.

yeah if you set up the records on namesilo you have to keep their default nameservers. if you change them to a third party later then whatever you just configured in namesilo stops working. as for the default txt records and _domainconnect, you can safely delete them, they wont affect your site. wildcard is fine security wise but make sure your web server config is set up to handle it or you'll just get default server pages on random subdomains.

xSERPICOx said:

yeah if you set up the records on namesilo you have to keep their default nameservers. if you change them to a third party later then whatever you just configured in namesilo stops working. as for the default txt records and _domainconnect, you can safely delete them, they wont affect your site. wildcard is fine security wise but make sure your web server config is set up to handle it or you'll just get default server pages on random subdomains.

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Can you explain the comment about wildcards? what designates a wildcard on dns? * like most things or something else?

Usually DNS problems come down to one small mismatch. Check the record type, host/name, and target value first. Also give it some time after changes, because the saved record and the publicly visible DNS result may not update at the same moment.

for A record the hostname is @ which means root. then your IP
cname is also for you domain.... like www so it loads your domain.com