How to Point a Domain to Web Hosting

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To make your website accessible via your domain name instead of a raw IP address, you need to point it to our hosting infrastructure. We offer two seamless methods: fully routing your domain through Cloudflare via our control panel integration (highly recommended for performance and DDoS protection) or manually creating an A record.

Method 1: Connecting via Cloudflare & ISPmanager (Recommended)

This is the preferred and most secure method. By routing your domain through Cloudflare, your website gains enterprise-grade DDoS protection, global CDN caching, automatic HTTPS rewrites, and TLS 1.3 optimization out of the box. Thanks to our built-in Cloudflare module in ISPmanager, the setup is mostly automated.

Note: Only second-level domains (e.g., example.com) can be connected directly to Cloudflare.

Step 1: Enable Cloudflare in your Control Panel

1. Log in to your nSpace ISPmanager panel as a User.
2. Navigate to the Sites menu, click the ... (Actions) button next to your domain, and select Cloudflare.
3. If this is your first login: Enter your existing Cloudflare API token or register a new account as prompted.
4. Go to Sites ➔ ... ➔ Cloudflare, select your domain name from the list, and click Add.
5. Select your Connection type:
   • Full connection (Recommended): Your entire domain zone is fully managed by Cloudflare.
   • Partial connection: Selectively routes only specific subdomains via CNAME records.
6. Click OK.

The connection status will change to "Connection to Cloudflare is in progress". This automated synchronization takes a few minutes.

Step 2: Update Nameservers at your Registrar

1. Check the status in Sites ➔ ... ➔ Cloudflare. Once the initial synchronization is complete, click on the Event Log or view the domain details.
2. Look for the entry: "To complete integration with Cloudflare, change the NS records of the domain zone". It will provide you with two specific Cloudflare nameservers (e.g., dash.ns.cloudflare.com and nova.ns.cloudflare.com).
3. Log in to your domain registrar's panel (Namecheap, GoDaddy, Reg.ru, etc.) where you purchased the domain.
4. Locate the Nameservers (NS) settings for your domain, delete the old records, and paste the specific Cloudflare nameservers provided by ISPmanager.
5. Save your changes and wait for DNS propagation (usually takes from 15 minutes to a few hours).

Once updated, the status in ISPmanager will change to "The domain is connected to Cloudflare".

Method 2: Configuring an A Record Manually

If you prefer to keep full manual control over your DNS zone with your current external provider (or registrar) without utilizing the ISPmanager Cloudflare automation, you can simply point your web traffic to our server IP.

How to set up an A Record:

1. Log in to the DNS management panel of your current provider.
2. Locate the DNS Records, Zone Editor, or Resource Records section.
3. Create a new A record with the following parameters:
   • Type: A
   • Name/Host: @ (or your root domain, e.g., example.com)
   • Value/Points to: 95.111.246.59
   • TTL: 3600 (or leave as default)

To ensure your website also loads via the www subdomain, create an additional A record:

• Type: A
• Name/Host: www
• Value/Points to: 95.111.246.59
• TTL: 3600

Note: An A record typically propagates within 5 to 30 minutes, which is faster than a full nameserver change, but it lacks built-in proxying and proxy-level DDoS filtering.

Verifying the Setup

Once you have completed either method, you can verify if your domain successfully points to the network. Open your terminal and run a quick check:

nslookup example.com

# or
dig example.com A