Pointing DNS at this server

🛰 Pointing DNS at this server

Three ways to bring a domain here, how to edit A / CNAME / MX / TXT records, and how to confirm it worked

Pick your route first

There are three routes; you only need one. Route 1 is the easiest to live with because everything is then edited inside this panel.

Route	What you do	Best when
1. Use our nameservers	Change the nameservers at your registrar to `th1ns1.f4host.com` and `th1ns2.f4host.com`	You want to manage every record from this panel
2. Set an A record yourself	At your current DNS provider (e.g. Cloudflare) point the domain and www to `157.254.192.88`	Your DNS already lives elsewhere and you want to keep it
3. Through the Cloudflare API	An administrator adds a Cloudflare API Token in Settings; records are then editable from the site's DNS tab	The domain sits in the server owner's Cloudflare account

Route 1 — delegate to our nameservers

Create the website first — a DNS zone is created automatically if the server owner enabled that. If not, go to DNS and click “Add DNS zone”.

Log in at your registrar (GoDaddy, Namecheap, THNIC…), find the Nameservers setting and change it to th1ns1.f4host.com and th1ns2.f4host.com.

Wait for the change to propagate — usually 5–30 minutes, sometimes up to 24 hours.

Come back to DNS and open the zone. A green ✅ “delegated to our nameservers” banner means it is live and records edited here now take effect.

💡 A new zone starts with sensible defaults: an A record for the domain, an A for www pointing at 157.254.192.88, and a basic SPF TXT record.

Route 2 — an A record at your own provider

If you would rather not move the nameservers, add these two records wherever your DNS lives now.

Type	Name	Value
A	`@` (the domain itself)	`157.254.192.88`
A	`www`	`157.254.192.88`

On Cloudflare the orange cloud (proxied) is fine, but set SSL/TLS → Overview to Full, not Flexible.
To issue a Let's Encrypt certificate, switch the cloud to grey (DNS only) first; you can turn it back on afterwards.

Editing records in the panel

Open DNS → click the domain to see every record with add / edit / delete buttons. Supported types are A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA.

Field	What to put in it
Name	`@` means the domain itself · `www` means `www.yourdomain` · just the label, no need for the full name
Content	A = an IP · CNAME = a target hostname · MX = a mail server · TXT = free text such as SPF or a verification code
TTL	Use `0` for the system default. Lower means faster updates but more lookups.
Priority	MX only — a lower number is tried first.

⚠️ Subdomains have no zone of their own. To edit api.example.com, add a record named api inside the example.com zone. Creating a second, nested zone is refused because one name would then be served from two files.

Check whether it worked

The zone page tells you directly — a green banner means delegated, amber means not yet — and shows the NS records the internet actually sees. You can also check from your own machine:

dig NS example.com +short dig A example.com +short nslookup example.com

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🚀 Getting started 🌐 Creating & managing websites 🛰 Pointing DNS at this server 🔒 SSL / HTTPS certificates 🌿 Subdomains & extra domains 📁 File manager & code editor 📡 FTP / FTPS 🖥 SSH / SFTP and the web terminal 🐙 Deploying from Git 🗄 Databases 🧩 The app installer ⏰ Cron jobs — scheduled work 🔌 API & integrations 👤 Your account & security 🧯 Common problems