The latest articles on DEV Community by Augustine C. Anyasodor (@acanyasodor). https://dev.to/acanyasodor https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F961192%2Fe4b1a175-f6cb-42df-9449-dc398d5c4baf.jpeg https://dev.to/acanyasodor en Augustine C. Anyasodor Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:18:24 +0000 https://dev.to/acanyasodor/assigning-a-namecheap-domain-name-to-a-linode-vm-381f https://dev.to/acanyasodor/assigning-a-namecheap-domain-name-to-a-linode-vm-381f <p>A few days back I tried to map my VM's IP address to a domain name. Unfortunately my VM provider did not have a document that outlines the steps to do that (or in the spirit of sportsmanship, let's say it was difficult to find) . Their community had a few answers to the question but as with question-comment styled documents, there was no standard and in most comments, the detailing was not to the teeth. Luckily I found a slightly comprehensive post but I had to figure out a lot of things, so I decided the next Infrastructure Engineer shouldn't have to go through these. </p> <h2> Here's a straightforward guide to assigning a namecheap domain to a linode VM </h2> <p>You'll have to do some setting on both sides so lezz go</p> <h3> Linode Settings </h3> <ul> <li>On the your dashboard, click <strong><em>Domains</em></strong> </li> <li>Create a domain <ul> <li>Enter the domain name and an email address</li> <li>For <strong><em>insert default records</em></strong> select <strong><em>... from one of my linodes</em></strong> and select a linode</li> <li>click <strong><em>Create Domain</em></strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Now a domain name has been added, next connect to a Linode</p> <ul> <li>Go to your target linode and open <strong><em>Network</em></strong> tab</li> <li>copy the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses</li> <li>Go back to <strong><em>Domains</em></strong> and select the target domain name.</li> <li>Scroll down to find A/AAAA Record and add an A/AAAA Record</li> <li>For each record, add the IPv4 and IPv6 address as the IP address, leave <strong><em>Hostname</em></strong> empty and leave TTL as default; save</li> </ul> <h3> Namecheap/Domain Settings </h3> <ul> <li>Open the domain dashboard</li> <li>Set <strong><em>Nameservers</em></strong> to <strong><em>Custom DNS</em></strong> </li> <li>Add <strong><em>ns1.linode.com</em></strong> till <strong><em>ns5.linode.com</em></strong> to Nameservers</li> <li>Save </li> </ul> <p>You'll have to wait a while for the changes to take effect. According to articles I read during my research, it should take a maximum of 24 hours. It is usually faster in some cases. </p> <p>This guide is also open source. Its available on <a href="https://github.com/ACAnyasodor/assigningDomainName">Github</a>. I'm expecting feedback to make this guide more helpful. I also intend to widen the scope of the project, so i'm accepting contributions with regards to other Domain name services and other VM providers. </p> cloud github tutorial ubuntu