Domain A record and www

Question

I have a question about domain A records.

I have a VPS and I want to point my domain to its IP.

Now, do I have to add an entry into the A record for mydomain.com AND www.mydomain.com? Or will simply adding an entry for mydomain.com make the www.mydomain.com work automatically?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '13 at 05:28

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Each of the two entries you mention is individual and distinct. So if you want both to work, you need to add both.

answered Jan 20 '13 at 05:28

Michael Hampton

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It is generally considered a good practice to put the 'www' record as a CNAME, not an A record, assuming it is the same. – Scrivener Jan 20 '13 at 08:38
i just put it as an A name and it works fine. – scarhand Jan 20 '13 at 17:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 21 '13 at 23:35

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You may add an A record for your IP and a CNAME record for www. or *. like:

.domain.tld     A      3600 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP)
www.domain.tld  CNAME  3600 domain.tld

and/or

*.domain.tld    CNAME  3600 domain.tld

edited Jan 21 '13 at 23:35

cyberhicham

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answered Jan 20 '13 at 08:00

Caesar

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Domain A record and www

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