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Point a domain or subdomain to your VPS (A / AAAA record)

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If your website or application runs on a VPS, you must point your domain to the VPS IP address using DNS records.

1) Find the VPS IP address

  • In My.GARMTECH, open your VPS service and locate the public IPv4 (and IPv6, if provided).

2) Decide which records you need

  • A record → points to an IPv4 address.
  • AAAA record → points to an IPv6 address (optional).

3) Update DNS where your domain is hosted

DNS must be edited in the place that is authoritative for your domain:

  • If your domain uses GARMTECH nameservers — manage DNS in the GARMTECH DNS zone (often available from Plesk for the domain).
  • If your domain uses third‑party nameservers (Cloudflare, registrar DNS, etc.) — edit DNS there.

4) Recommended DNS records

Root domain (example.com):

  • A record: @YOUR_VPS_IPV4
  • (Optional) AAAA record: @YOUR_VPS_IPV6

WWW subdomain (www.example.com):

  • Option A: CNAME record: www@
  • Option B: A record: wwwYOUR_VPS_IPV4

Only a subdomain (app.example.com):

  • A record: appYOUR_VPS_IPV4

5) Wait for DNS propagation

DNS changes are not always instant. If you changed records recently, allow time for propagation before testing from different networks.

Important note about email

Pointing A/AAAA records to a VPS does not automatically move email. Email is controlled by MX records. If you want to keep email at GARMTECH, do not change MX records.


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