A Records

Address Records (A) are the most basic type of DNS record, and are used to map a domain (or a subdomain) to an IP address. A Records can only be mapped to an IPv4 address.

Creating an A record consists of completing the following three fields:

• Host – The hostname for the record, entered as either a simple, one-part name, or as a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) with or without a trailing dot. Examples:

  • hostname

  • hostname.example.biz

  • hostname.example.biz.

  • example.biz

  • example.biz.

• Points To – The IPv4 address for the domain you are mapping.

• TTL – The Time to Live (TTL) for the record. You can provide this value as either an integer or an annotated value (1h = 1 hour).

  • This field is not required, and will be set to the default value if left empty.