Tutorials
How to use an existing domain name
If you already have a domain name registered and you wish to point it to your new site you have installed here, it's literally as simple as 1-2-3 (nameservers).
If you only have a domain name registered, without any webmail or other connected services, you only have to adjust your domain nameservers.
- To get started, log into your existing domain registration provider. That is, where the domain name is currently registered.
- Now look for your domain name and choose to adjust its settings.
- When you have your site's settings in front of you, key to look for is "Nameservers".
- Found it? Great. You may see up to 4 nameservers displayed. In our case, we only need to use three.
- Delete all existing nameserver field values and use the following instead:
ns1.digitalocean.com
,ns2.digitalocean.com
and finallyns3.digitalocean.com
. - Save your settings and you're done!
Please note that it usually takes up to 48 hours before these changes are processed and your domain redirects correctly.
If you have a domain name registered along with webmail and/or other connected services, follow the instructions below:
- To get started, log into your existing domain registration provider. That is, where the domain name is currently registered.
- Now look for your domain name and choose to adjust its settings.
- When you have your site's settings in front of you, key to look for is "DNS Records" or "DNS Settings".
- You'll probably see a bunch of fields and boxes filled with all kinds of domains, IP addresses, etc. Don't worry, we only need to add a few of these.
- You'll need to add/adjust two A records and a CNAME record, using the settings illustrated in the example below. We'll use our domain name "research-lab.nl" for the sake of this demonstration and you should replace it with your own.
- Also note that any existing A records should be deleted.
Type | Hostname | Value |
---|---|---|
CNAME | *.research-lab.nl | sites.labnet.io |
A | www.research-lab.nl | 46.101.251.131 |
A | research-lab.nl | 46.101.251.131 |