Migrating Your Website to Distil Using 123reg.com DNS:
123reg.com provides an easy to use and understand DNS system. Migrating your 123reg.com domain is a simple process that involves two steps:
- Change your CNAME record for www.website.com to point to a CNAME provided by Distil
- Change your A Record entry for website.com to point to an IP provided by Distil
Editing your www CNAME to point to Distil's Network
- Log In To 123-reg
- In the Domain names section, select the domain you want to edit
- Click Manage DNS
- Click Advanced DNS
- Delete the entry you are changing by clicking delete
- In the Add new entry section, add the following:
- In Hostname enter the www subdomain
- In the Type Menu select: CNAME
- In Destination CNAME enter the CNAME assigned to you by the Add Domain phase in the portal or your deployment email. This is usually www.yourwebsite.com.distil.us.
Editing your root domain yourwebsite.com A Record to point to Distil's Network
- Log In to your 123reg account
- In the Domain names section, choose the domain you want to edit from the drop-down menu
- Click the Manage button
- Click Manage DNS
- Click Advanced DNS
- Under Hostname find the @ record
- In the Destination/Target field enter in the root domain IP address assigned to you by the Add Domain phase in the portal or your deployment email
- Click save
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