123 Reg - DNS instructions
The instructions below are intended as a guide only.
Please make sure that you only have 1 A record for '@' (or blank) and 1 CNAME record for 'www'. If you have an A record for 'www' you should delete it.
Step 1. Login to your 123 reg account and select the domain you want to change the DNS for from the drop down list and click the 'manage' button.
2. On the next page select the 'manage DNS' link
3. Next, click the 'advanced DNS' tab.
4. Look for an existing record (row in the table) which has a Type of A and where the DNS Entry is @ (an example is shown below). If there is one, click to edit it. If there isn't go to step 6.
5. You should change the Destination/Target value to be 54.247.109.89.
Once you've finished and the record looks like the above click the green tick.
6. Only follow this step if there isn't already an A Record for @.
Go to the bottom of the records and in the empty row in the table enter values as follows
| Hostname |
@ |
| Type |
A
|
| Destination IPv4 address |
54.247.109.89
|
As shown in the example below.
Click the 'add' button.
7. Look for an existing record (row in the table) which has a Type of CNAME and where the DNS Entry is www (an example is shown below). If there is one, click to edit it. If there isn't go to step 9.
8. You should change the Destination/Target value to be
ecommercedns.uk.
Once you've finished and the record looks like the above click the green tick.
9. Only follow this step if there isn't already a CNAME Record for www.
Go to the bottom of the records and in the empty row in the table enter values as follows
| Hostname |
www
|
| Type |
CNAME
|
| Destination IPv4 address |
ecommercedns.uk
|
As shown in the example below.
Click the 'add' button.
The above two records will point your website's DNS records at our servers to show your website at your domain name.
Addition of the next two DNS records is not mandatory but is necessary in order to verify your sending emails.
DKIM
10. Add a new DNS record with the values as follows
| Hostname |
mandrill._domainkey
|
| Type |
TXT/SPF
|
| Destination IPv4 address |
v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCrLHiExVd55zd/IQ/J/mRwSRMAocV/hMB3jXwaHH36d9NaVynQFYV8NaWi69c1veUtRzGt7yAioXqLj7Z4TeEUoOLgrKsn8YnckGs9i3B3tVFB+Ch/4mPhXWiNfNdynHWBcPcbJ8kjEQ2U8y78dHZj1YeRXXVvWob2OaKynO8/lQIDAQAB;
|
As shown in the example below.
Click the 'add' button.
SPF
11. You may already have an SPF record present, if you do you'll need to edit the existing one (step 12). If you don't have an SPF record you'll need to create a new one (step 13).
An existing SPF record will look something like the example below (it will have a Type of TXT/SPF and a Hostname of @ and start with some text v=spf1...
12. If you have an existing SPF record you should click to edit it.
In the
Destination/Target field you need to add in the text include:spf.mandrillapp.com to appear directly after the text v=spf1, e.g.
v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ?all
becomes
v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ?all
Click to save your changes.
13. If you do not have an existing SPF record click to add a new DNS record.
Enter the values as follows
| Hostname |
@
|
| Type |
TXT/SPF
|
| Destination IPv4 address |
v=spf1 include:spf.mandrillapp.com ?all
|
As shown in the example below.
Click the 'add' button.
Update times
Once you've changed the DNS on your domain name please allow a couple of hours for the changes to propagate (be distributed around the internet).
If your website isn't showing live after 24 hours you may have incorrectly setup the DNS records, please contact us for assistance.