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Network Solutions Custom Domain #67

Open somecallmejosh opened 4 years ago

somecallmejosh commented 4 years ago

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My question in a little more detail

I am trying to setup a custom domain name in Netlify. The domain name is managed at Network solutions. I've tried setting this up on their admin page, but I'm pretty sure I've done something wrong. The options in their DNS Admin are:

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If I choose to use Netlify DNS, how can I ensure that email will not be interrupted?

overlordofmu commented 4 years ago

@somecallmejosh, the instructions for adding a custom domain with a third-party DNS service (not Netlify DNS) are found here:

https://docs.netlify.com/domains-https/custom-domains/configure-external-dns/

For example, if your custom domain is example.com (the apex domain) then you would create an ALIAS/ANAME record for the apex pointing it to the custom subdomain at Netlify (ivfcryo.netlify.com). ALIAS/ANAME records types are unofficial DNS record types and only some DNS services support them. If this is the case for your DNS service, create an A record pointing to our load balancer IP address of 104.198.14.52 instead for the apex domain.

For subdomains (like www.example.com), create CNAME records pointing to the Netlify subdomain (ivfcryo.netlify.com).

One last note: If you are making the apex domain record an A record, then is it recommended to make the www subdomain your primary domain. If you make the apex domain your primary domain all global HTTP request will go this this server in California in the US (the IP address 104.198.14.52). This will mean you are not utilizing the full CDN and site performance will suffer. If you make the www subdomain your primary domain, the full CDN will be used. Again, this caveat only applies if you use the A record for the apex domain. It doesn't apply with Netlify DNS either.

Regarding this question:

If I choose to use Netlify DNS, how can I ensure that email will not be interrupted?

There is a detailed answer to this question here:

https://community.netlify.com/t/common-issue-how-do-i-migrate-a-domain-to-netlify-managed-dns-with-zero-downtime/3397

Please feel free to ask questions like this in our Community site (link above) going forward for a faster response.