Linode IP Directs to Wrong Domain
Hello,
I was using a test domain to build out our website, but when I redirect it to the live url, it continues linking to the old url.
I went into the Domains tab, disabled the old domains, and added the new domain (which we own and should include all the ns1.linode.com name servers).
Is there anything else I need to do?
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DNS changes can typically take up to 48 hours to propagate around the world…and Linode only submits change batches every 30 minutes or so. Depending on your location and how often your ISP updates it's DNS servers, it may take a few hours. DNS changes are NEVER instantaneous.
I did a bunch of DNS changes today as well and it took at least 2 hrs for them to propagate to my fibre provider in Seattle. That's some kinda record…
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Linode only submits change batches every 30 minutes or so
This is no longer the case since Linode’s 17th birthday just over a year ago.
DNS changes are now pushed out to the nameservers within 60 seconds (source: https://www.linode.com/blog/linode/linode-turns-17/)
DNS changes can typically take up to 48 hours to propagate around the world
This is somewhat of a misnomer, from the days when DNS hosts only updated their nameservers once a day (still typical of registries, but not so much of web hosts), and most TTLs were set to 24 hours - resulting in a 48-hour propagation time.
Your TTL determines the propagation time. If a TTL is set to 12 hours when a record is first retrieved, your propagation time is 12 hours.
If a DNS server that has never read your record does a lookup, it will immediately get the new record because it has never retrieved the old one.
I did a bunch of DNS changes today as well and it took at least 2 hrs for them to propagate to my fibre provider in Seattle.
Check your TTLs. Mine is set to an hour so wherever it gets cached, I know it should be cleared within an hour.
Some unscrupulous ISPs may choose to ignore the TTL for their own purposes but generally in my experience my TTL has always been accurate.
Of course if you know you’re going to be making changes, you can reduce your TTL in advance (at least the amount of time before your current TTL), so changes show up quicker.