What is a FQDN?
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Tag: DNS
Using Liquid Web’s Nameservers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen setting up your new website with Liquid Web it’s often beneficial to use our DNS servers. If you’ve purchased your domain through a 3rd party registrar then we are not able to assist with DNS issues. By using our DNS servers this will allow our Support Team to provide DNS assistance for the domain.
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Enabling DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
Reading Time: 5 minutesDomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a way to attach an encrypted digital signature to emails sent by your domain/server. Similar to adding an SPF record to your server, DKIM help to prevent email spoofing.
Email spoofing is when spammers send email that looks like it’s coming from your email address. Spammers spoof your address to make it more likely that recipients will open spam emails, less likely that messages will be marked as spam, and harder to find the true spam source. If your address is spoofed, your server could get flagged as a spam server and you can have trouble sending legitimate mail, even if you aren’t doing anything wrong. This is commonly known as having a bad mail reputation. Continue reading “Enabling DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)”
Where Is My DNS Hosted?
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom time to time, you’ll have to make changes to your DNS records. For example, if you change IP addresses, your DNS A records will change. You’ll also change DNS if you want to add SPF records to help email authentication. For these changes to work properly, it’s vital to know where DNS is hosted. Continue reading “Where Is My DNS Hosted?”
DNS Record Types
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the many challenges that we may face while attempting to make modifications to a zone file, is knowing what the different records are used for. This article highlight several of the commonly used records in an attempt to help demystify them.
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How to Configure Your DNS for CloudFlare
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Getting Started With CloudFlare™
I. How To Add CloudFlare to Your Website
II. How to Configure Your DNS for CloudFlare
III. How To Configure Your Server to Log Real Visitor IPs
IV. Exploring the CloudFlare Dashboard
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How To Add a Record With the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel
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This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.
cPanel Tutorial: Paper Lantern Walkthrough
I. How To Log In To cPanel
II. How To Create an Email Account in cPanel
III. How To Set Your Default Address in cPanel
IV. How To Set up an Autoresponder in cPanel
V. How To Set up Email Forwarding in cPanel
VI. How To Set up Email Filters in cPanel
VII. How To Enable Spam Protection in cPanel
VIII. How To Add an MX Entry in cPanel
IX. How To Use Webmail from Within cPanel
X. How To Change Your cPanel Password
XI. How To Update Your Contact Information in cPanel
XII. How To Change Your cPanel Theme
XIII. How To Change the Primary Language in cPanel
XIV. How To Add a Record With the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel
XV. How To Back up Your Website in cPanel
XVI. How To Use the Disk Space Usage Tool in cPanel
XVII. How To Create Additional FTP Accounts in cPanel
XVIII. How To Password Protect a Directory in cPanel
XIX. How To Use the IP Blocker in cPanel
XX. How To Set up Hotlink Protection in cPanel
XXI. How To Create a Subdomain in cPanel
XXII. How To Create an Addon Domain in cPanel
XXIII. How To Create a Domain Alias in cPanel
XXIV. How To Set up Domain Redirects in cPanel
XXV. How To Create a MySQL Database in cPanel
XXVI. How To Use the Index Manager in cPanel
XXVII. How To Create Custom Error Pages in cPanel
XXVIII. How To Set up a Cron Job in cPanel
- Let’s learn how to add an “A record” with the DNS Zone Editor.
- Click the “Simple Zone Editor” icon.
- Select the domain you want to edit.
- Then enter the “A Record”, followed by the IP address you want it to point to.
- Click Add a Record.
- That’s it! We’ve successfully added an “A Record” to our domain.
- You can see the new record listed here at the bottom …
- Which is also where you can click to delete the record when it’s no longer needed.
How to Add or Modify DNS Records in Manage
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Pre-Flight Check
Continue reading “How to Add or Modify DNS Records in Manage”How To Add a DNS Record For Your Hostname in Manage
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Pre-Flight Check
- These instructions are intended for domain names using Liquid Web’s nameservers.
- If the main domain uses other nameservers, such as at a registrar, you will need to log in there and add an “A” record for the hostname in the main domain’s DNS zone file. The record should point to the server’s primary IP address.
Most Common Support Requests
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs you might expect, most support requests on managed cPanel servers fall into a few basic categories. What you might be surprised to discover is that many common problems can be resolved by following a few simple steps.
None of the common cPanel support requests listed here are server-critical issues that require an experienced system administrator to troubleshoot and resolve, and we recognize that many of our customers are curious about their servers and actively engaged in learning more about cPanel server administration. Continue reading “Most Common Support Requests”