How do I add an A record to point to my root domain?
I can point www.mydomain.com to my linode. But mydomain.com won't work for some reason.
I've done this before (I think) by adding a "@" as the hostname when adding the A record. But when I try adding this in the Linode DNS manager, it says the "@" is an invalid character.
The weird thing is, the IP address that the root domain directs to is totally different to any of the addresses that are in the A/AAAA records. I have waited over 24 hours for propagation. Am I missing something?
4 Replies
jcardillo
Linode Staff
Have you tried leaving it blank? I think that should do the trick for you since leaving it blank is the equivalent of using '@'.
jyoo
Linode Staff
@frantic0 - I agree. I've asked our Docs team to add a line to our DNS Manager guide stating to leave the hostname blank in place of @. Thanks for your feedback!