In order to transfer a domain name from an old hosting to a new one, you need to obtain information about DNS servers from the new hosting provider. Without this information, it is impossible to transfer a domain, since it is the DNS servers that are responsible for converting domain names to IP addresses and vice versa.
How to find information about DNS
Any hosting provider provides its client with a personal account (control panel), where the client can change any settings, manage the domain and connect services.
Therefore, the first step in linking a domain is to enter your personal account, where all the necessary information about DNS servers is necessarily stored. In the personal account of the new provider, you need to find the menu item that answers the DNS settings. At this point, records of the following form will be indicated:
- DNS1: ns1.myhost.ru
- DNS2: ns2.myhost.ru
These two records are given as an example and are written in general form, instead of "myhost.ru" can be any name specified by a specific provider. And "ns1" and "ns2" are abbreviations that stand for "name server" and stand for primary and secondary name servers. The DNS records should be copied exactly as they will appear. After that, they must be inserted into the appropriate fields of the domain settings.
Where to register information about DNS in order to bind a domain name to hosting
When registering a domain name, the user also gets a personal account access to the control panel. In this personal account, you need to configure the domain. To do this, in the menu you need to find the item responsible for configuring the domain and change the DNS servers to those provided by the new provider. That is, in the fields of the corresponding menu item, it is enough to paste the data copied in the hosting account, after which the domain will be removed from service on the old hosting and delegated to the new hosting.
In the field of Internet technologies, the term "delegation" means the transfer of authority to maintain the domain to another company, that is, to another hoster.
After the settings are changed, the delegation will not happen instantly. Typically, linking a domain to a hosting takes 2 to 72 hours. This time is needed to update the data in the databases of hosters and domain registrars.
Therefore, after linking the domain to the hosting of another provider, the site will be unavailable for some time. If, three days after the linking, the site is still unavailable, then you need to check the correctness of the linking. To do this, you should use any WHOIS service that provides a domain name verification service. If the WHOIS check shows exactly the DNS servers that the new hoster provided and that were specified in the domain settings, then the binding is correct. In this case, the site is unavailable due to any problems not related to moving to another server, therefore, to solve the problem, contact the technical support of the domain registrar and hosting company.
