Address Records (A) are the most basic type of DNS record, and are used to map a domain (or a subdomain) to an IP address. A Records can only be mapped to an IPv4 address.
Creating an “A” record consists of completing the following three fields:
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Host – The hostname for the record, entered as either a simple, one-part name, or as a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) with or without a trailing dot. Examples:
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hostname
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hostname.example.biz
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hostname.example.biz.
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example.biz
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example.biz.
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Points To – The IPv4 address for the domain you are mapping.
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TTL – The Time to Live (TTL) for the record. You can provide this value as either an integer or an annotated value (1h = 1 hour).
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This field is not required, and will be set to the default value if left empty.
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