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Connecting and managing domains in the old Futrou v1.

Connecting a domain to a Serverlet

Any domain can be connected to a Serverlet. Every second-level and third-level domain counts as one separate domain. The www. variant of a domain is routed automatically and does not count towards the number of connected domains. It is enough to connect, for example, the domain mydomain.com; the www.mydomain.com variant will be connected automatically.

Wildcard variants, for example *.mydomain.com, cannot be used.

You will find the connected domains in the administration on the Domains card of that Serverlet.

Once a domain is connected, certificates are generated within hours. We manage and renew them automatically. Certificates are not stored on the Serverlet and are not available to customers; using your own certificates is not possible. Secure transfer over HTTPS (port 443) is handled by the load balancer, which forwards it on to the HTTP port 80 of the Serverlet.

Setting up DNS records

Connecting the domain to the Serverlet alone is not enough for a website to appear on it. At your current DNS provider you have to add a CNAME record, or A and AAAA records, for every connected domain.

CNAME record

For subdomains a CNAME is no problem and we recommend using it. If your DNS provider supports some form of CNAME flattening, we recommend using a CNAME for the main record of the domain as well. Add it as an alias of the physical server domain, which you will find in the administration on the Overview card of the Serverlet:

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www.mydomain.com.      IN      CNAME  rumble.futrou.com.

A/AAAA records

If your DNS provider does not support CNAME flattening, a CNAME cannot be used as the main record of the domain. Set an A record for IPv4 and an AAAA record for IPv6 manually to the IP addresses of the physical server instead:

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www.mydomain.com.      IN      A      159.69.119.71
www.mydomain.com.      IN      AAAA   2a01:4f8:c010:d03::1

You can find the specific IP addresses with the nslookup command on Windows and the host command on Linux, run against the domain of the relevant physical server:

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C:\>nslookup rumble.futrou.com
Server:      one.one.one.one
Address:     1.1.1.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:        rumble.futrou.com
Addresses:   2a01:4f8:c010:d03::1
             159.69.119.71
bash
host rumble.futrou.com
# rumble.futrou.com has address 159.69.119.71
# rumble.futrou.com has IPv6 address 2a01:4f8:c010:d03::1

Registering domains

You can find a list of cost-effective registrars for individual TLDs at tldes.com, for example. A number of registrars offer domains without a margin of their own, charging only the fee they pass on to the registry of the given domain.

Recommended options:

  • WEDOS for ccTLDs, for example .cz, .sk, and .eu.
  • Cloudflare for gTLDs, for example .com, .org, .net, and .info.
  • Namecheap or Spaceship for both gTLDs and ccTLDs.

What to watch out for when registering a domain

Checking domain availability

Check it directly with a trustworthy registrar or domain registry:

  • for .cz at NIC.CZ WHOIS,
  • for gTLDs such as .com, .org, and .net at ICANN Lookup,
  • for other ccTLDs directly with their registry, for example DENIC for .de or DNS.PL for .pl.

Renewal prices

The overview on tldes.com helps you compare not only the entry price but also the renewal price.

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