How to associate a domain name and IP address?
- by StackedCrooked
The situation is as follows:
I am renting a dedicated server using SliceHost. On this server I have installed a small HTTPServer. I can verify that it works by nativating directly to its IP address (example).
I have also purchased a domain name from gandi.net and would like to link it with to my server. However, I'm having much trouble finding clear instructions on how to create this link. After a few hours of reading documentation and trying out things I ended up the following configuration.
on the DNS registrar I have specified the following settings:
on the Slicehost server I specified these "records":
But it doesn't seem to work. I end up on this page telling me the domain name is not available.
Does anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong?