Pointing a domain at a server
A records, propagation and the two ways to manage DNS.
Last updated 1 August 2026
There are two places DNS can live: with us, or with whoever currently answers for your domain. Both work; pick one and keep the records there.
Using the VdsRent DNS editor
- Set the nameserversOn the domain page, set the nameservers to the ones shown under Nameservers.
- Create an A recordName @, value the IPv4 address of your service.
- Create a second recordName www, either a second A record or a CNAME to the root.
Keeping DNS elsewhere
Leave the nameservers unchanged and create the same A record with your existing provider. Nothing on our side needs to change.
Propagation
A change is visible to some resolvers immediately and to others after the previous record expires from cache. The old TTL, not the new one, determines that wait.Was this page useful?
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