Need Help Regarding DNS
reddit / selfhosted

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f9RfsR · 2023-11-08 09:21

We are talking about following setup:

static domain (united-domain) --> dyndns (duckdns) --> nginx reverse
Proxy on my local unraid machine --> different services

the specific problem i have is that i could get it work with
[https://www.domain.eu](https://www.domain.eu) pointing and to a
static webpage. as soon as i type just
[https://domain.eu](https://domain.eu) i receive a placeholder page
from united domains. i suspect it's somewhere in the A and CNAME
entries of united domains.

my desired behavior is  that [domain.eu](https://domain.eu) or
\*.domain.eu redirects to the static webpage "https://www.domain.eu",
BUT i only can input an ip in the A entry.

do you know how i could solve this?

Thank you very much :)

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-08 09:30

Use a CNAME record.

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adamshand · 2023-11-08 09:55

It sounds like your dns A record is different between www.domain.com
and domain.com.

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f9RfsR · 2023-11-08 10:03

they are. because i am not allowed to input another url in the the
[domain.com](http://domain.com) and for
[www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com) i am using the CNAME record

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f9RfsR · 2023-11-08 10:03

CNAME record is working for [www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com)
but i am not allowed to enter a CNAME record for
[domain.com](http://domain.com)

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-08 12:51

Correct.

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f9RfsR · 2023-11-08 12:58

So. What would be the right way to forward domain.com to a service
which is behind a non static IP?

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-08 13:57

`A` record to that IP.

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f9RfsR · 2023-11-08 14:00

The IP is changing a lot. That's why I'm using a dyndns like duckdns

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-08 14:04

And? Just update the  `A` record whenever the IP changes, you dont
need a dyndns domain for that, any halfdecent DNS provider has support
for tools like `ddclient` etc.

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adamshand · 2023-11-08 18:42

You can't use CNAMEs on the base domain.com.  You need to add an A
record to point to the IP address you want.

If you want, you can make WWW a CNAME record which points to
domain.com.

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ZAFJB · 2023-11-09 13:05

Web traffic is being routed to a default united-domain webserver.

You must reconfigure your DNS (the DNS pointed to by your Name
Servers) to point www.domain.eu to the IP address of your device
instead of united-domain's webserver.

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RuffKez · 2023-11-10 02:08

Use cloudflare ddns Service. Hassle free...