DNS pointing — for server administrators only.

Records to update

1. 1

   Identify the records that need to change

   At minimum the WWW record and the domain A record need to be updated to resolve to the IT Design hosting server.
2. 2

   Confirm your MX records

   Review the current MX records carefully. Email will not be hosted with us by default, so MX records should remain pointed at wherever email is being hosted now (or updated explicitly if you are moving email too).
3. 3

   Point to the IT Design hosting IP

   Update the A record on the apex domain to resolve to:

   164.160.89.130

4. 4

   Reference DNS record template

   Use the template below as a guide. The values in curly braces need to be replaced with the specific values for your domain and email infrastructure.

   {domain.co.za}    86400   IN  A       164.160.89.130
   www               86400   IN  CNAME   {domain.co.za}
   mail              86400   IN  A       {your mail server IP}
   mailbackup        86400   IN  A       {your secondary MX server IP}
   {domain.co.za}    86400   IN  MX  0   mail.{domain.co.za}.
   {domain.co.za}    86400   IN  MX  10  mailbackup.{domain.co.za}.
   pop               86400   IN  CNAME   mail.{domain.co.za}.
   smtp              86400   IN  CNAME   mail.{domain.co.za}.
   imap              86400   IN  CNAME   mail.{domain.co.za}.

5. 5

   Let us know when the change is in

   Once you have committed the update, email kobus@itdesign.co.za with confirmation and the TTL (time to live) you set on the records, so we can plan around propagation.