Launch

You have a domain. You have a server. Typing the domain shows nothing.

This step points your domain at your server and configures the server to respond. When it is done, your domain loads your app.

Cost: 1 creditTime: 20 minutes + DNS propagationRequirement: Live EC2 server and registrar access.

This step points your domain at your server and configures the server to respond. When it is done, your domain loads your app.

Owning a domain and having a live server are two separate things. Until you connect them, typing your domain in a browser shows nothing. This tool walks you through adding the DNS records that point your domain at your server, waiting for those records to spread across the internet, and updating your server to respond to your domain name. Both your root domain and the www version. When you are done, your app loads at your real address.

01

Confirm your server is live

Before touching DNS, you visit your server's IP address in a browser and verify your app loads.

02

Add two DNS records in your domain registrar: one for your root domain and one for www

Both point at your server's IP address.

03

Wait for the DNS records to spread

Use the nslookup command to check when your domain is pointing at the right place.

04

Update your server configuration to respond to your domain name, reload it, and visit your domain in a browser to confirm it works

What you get

01

Both your root domain and the www version pointing at your server and loading your application

02

Your server configured to respond to your domain name, not just the IP address

03

A verified live connection confirmed with nslookup so you know it is working globally, not just on your machine

Audience

This is for you if

1

"You have a domain and a server but typing the domain in a browser shows nothing"

Founder

2

"You want both yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com to work, not just one of them"

Product builder

3

"You are one step away from a fully live product and just need the domain connected"

Team lead

FAQ

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