How to Manage DNS for Hosting Account
The Domain Name System (DNS) is used to translate a Domain Name into its corresponding IP Address. In simple terms, DNS is the way your browser knows where to take you when you're on the internet.
Every Domain Name registered at Crazy Domains comes with free standard DNS, which includes standard DDoS protection and full control of the following records through the Account Manager:
If you've purchased regular Email Hosting, Web Hosting, or Windows Hosting with Crazy Domains, then you also have the option to manage your DNS via your Hosting Manager.
But, before making any changes to your DNS, you need to ensure that you're using the correct Name Servers that will allow your DNS settings to work.
In this article, we'll cover the correct Name Servers to use, and how you can manage your DNS via Hosting Manager.
What Name Server to Use
Name Servers are a vital part of the whole DNS process. They're specialised servers on the internet that handle queries from your device about the location of a Domain Name and they're also responsible for making the domain function.
Without the correct Name Server records, all the other domain records will not be retrieved by the system, which may lead to multiple errors.
To manage your DNS via your hosting account, please ensure that you set your Name Server records to the following:
- ns1.syrahost.com
- ns2.syrahost.com
You can refer to the table below to know where you can check and update your Name Servers:
| Domain Name Registrar | Web/Email Hosting Provider | Necessary Steps |
| Crazy Domains | Crazy Domains | Access your Account Manager to check/update your Name Servers using this linked guide. |
| Different Host (not with us) | Crazy Domains | Contact your domain name provider and ask them to set the above Name Server records for you. |
| Crazy Domains | Different Host | Follow these steps:
IMPORTANT: Since you are using your external hosting provider's Name Servers, any changes to your DNS should be done through your hosting provider's hosting manager. Instructions on this guide are only for web/email hosting registered with us. |
How to Manage DNS via Hosting Manager
After making sure that your domain's Name Servers are set correctly, you can manage your DNS through the cPanel for regular Web Hosting and Email Hosting and Plesk for Windows Hosting. Follow the steps below to do this on either cPanel or Plesk:
| Steps for cPanel | Steps for Plesk |
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To add any DNS record type:
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Note: DNS Records are applied immediately but may take up to 2 hours to propagate across the internet. If you have created your DNS Records and have seen no change, please wait for this propagation period to finish. Otherwise, contact our 24/7 support for assistance.