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cPanel, whether on shared hosting or dedicated servers, allows you to manage a website and email for your domains. To connect your domain name to your cPanel account, it is necessary to update the domain’s DNS settings. For more information on DNS, refer to the earlier article in the Hosting Column. What is DNS (Domain Name System)?
- For shared hosting, websites that have their domains within the same account as their hosting have these settings configured automatically.
- For other hosting, You must set up this DNS at the location where your domain name is registered. Adjustments to DNS settings may require as long as 48 hours to propagate throughout the Internet.
Mandatory Records
| Record Type | Host | Points to |
|---|---|---|
| A (Host) | @ | Your account’s IP address |
| A (Host) | Your account’s IP address | |
| CNAME | www | @ |
| MX (Mail Exchanger) | @ | mail.[your domain name], for example mail.coolexample.com NOTE: Use MX Priority 0 |
Caution: It is essential to remove any existing MX (Mail Exchanger) entries in your DNS zone file for your email to function properly. The MX entry mentioned above must be the sole MX entry.
If your cPanel site is configured on a subdomain (for example, cpanel.coolexample.com), substitute every occurrence of “@” with your subdomain and ensure the domain name incorporates the subdomain in the MX record.
Optional Records
It’s not necessary to include all of these records in your zone file, but adding them can enable specific features like Autodiscovery in Outlook.
| Record Type | Host | Points to/Value |
|---|---|---|
| A (Host) | admin | Your account’s IP address |
| CNAME | autoconfig | @ |
| CNAME | autoconfig.admin | @ |
| CNAME | autodiscover | @ |
| CNAME | autodiscover.admin | @ |
| CNAME | cpanel | @ |
| CNAME | ftp | @ |
| CNAME | webdisk | @ |
| CNAME | webdisk.admin | @ |
| CNAME | webmail | @ |
| CNAME | whm | @ |
| CNAME | www.admin | @ |
| TXT | @ | v=spf1 a mx ptr include:secureserver.net -all NOTE: This record applies only to cPanel shared hosting accounts. |
| TXT | admin | v=spf1 a mx ptr include:secureserver.net -all NOTE: This record applies only to cPanel shared hosting accounts. |
Note: Utilize the TXT records mentioned above solely if your domain is utilizing cPanel email. If you possess these TXT records and are using a different email provider for your domain, you might encounter issues with sending emails.
| Record Type | Service | Protocol | Name | Priority | Weight | Port | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRV | _autodiscover | _tcp | @ | 0 | 0 | 443 | cpanelemaildiscovery.cpanel.net |
| SRV | _autodiscover | _tcp | admin | 0 | 0 | 443 | cpanelemaildiscovery.cpanel.net |
You can also remove the following DNS entries:
| CNAME Records |
|---|
| imap |
| pop |
| smtp |
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