How to Route Domain Names to DigitalOcean's Custom DNS - Add A Type DNS Record with a WWW. Hostname

In this video, I will show you how to point to DigitalOcean Name Servers (NS) from a domain registrar called Namecheap. A Name Server is a server on the net which is a fundamental part of the Domain Name System (DNS). DNS is a naming system that maps a servers domain name such as, websplaining.com to an IP address, like 138.68.161.215. This is how we are going to route our domain name to our website IP address hosted on our DigitalOcean droplet (cloud server). I will also be showing you how to add an A type DNS record on DigitalOcean. DNS records are text instructions stored on DNS servers and the "A" type DNS Record stands for Address. The A type DNS record that we will be adding in this video guide will contain the WWW. hostname and this will direct to our DigitalOcean Droplet IP address. For example if you have the domain name websplaining.com for a website that has configured an A type (www. hostname) record redirecting to 138.68.161.215, then conveniently all a visitor to your website would need to type into their browser would be www.websplaining.com which is way more memorable when compared to your droplets IP address.

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Steps To Route Existing Domain Name To DigitalOcean's Name Servers:

1. Manage your Domain name on your Domain Registrars dashboard. If you don't have a domain name already, you can grab one at Namecheap with a newcomer discount using my referral link https://namecheap.pxf.io/c/1245219/408750/5618
2. If your domain register is Namecheap, scroll down until you see NAMESERVERS. Change the default Namecheap BasicDNS to Custom DNS and click on Add NAMESERVER to make room for DigitalOcean's three NS
3. Go to your DigitalOcean dashboard and click on Create. If you don't have a DigitalOcean account, you can create a free account using my refferral link https://digitalocean.pxf.io/c/1245219/1373759/15890 and bag yourself $200 worth of free trial cloud credit.
4. Click Domains/DNS
5. Enter your Domain into the text box and click on Add Domain
6. In the DNS records section, copy each of DigitalOcean's three NS values. For your convenience I have listed them below:

ns1.digitalocean.com. ns2.digitalocean.com. ns3.digitalocean.com.

7. Click on the checkmark icon to Save.

Steps To Add an "A" Type DNS Record with a WWW. Hostname:

1. In the networking section of your DigitalOcean dashboard click on the appropriate domain name to manage the DNS for
2. Under "Create new record", Click on the "A" tab to select the A type DNS record
3. For the "HOSTNAME", enter www
4. For "WILL DIRECT TO" click on the text box and select your droplets IP address that hosts your website, app or service.
5. Click Create Record.

Congratulations, you have successfully pointed your domain name to DigitalOcean's Custom DNS.

Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro & Context 0:33 - Change Domain Registrars Nameservers To Custom DNS 1:43 - Create Domains/DNS On DigitalOcean To Add Your Domain
2:59 - Add DigitalOcean's Nameservers To Your Domain 4:02 - Add A Type DNS Record To Point Droplet's IP Address To Domain 5:39 - Closing & Outro

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