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Bring a domain to Netlify DNS

Bring an existing domain you’ve already registered to Netlify DNS and set it as a custom domain for your production site.

# Step 1: Add custom domain to your Netlify site

  1. Go to your Site Overview dashboard in Netlify and in the left sidebar, select Domain management.

  2. Select Add domain, then Add a domain you already own.

  3. Enter your domain and select Verify. Next, confirm with Add domain.

The custom domain you added will be the primary domain for your production site by default.

# Step 2: Update your DNS configuration

The next steps will vary depending on your DNS provider, domain, and the DNS records you need but here is a general overview.

  1. Go to the DNS provider settings for your custom domain.

  2. Based on the custom domain you entered, you typically need to add a new DNS record for your domain.

Which DNS record type?

It’s important you understand the DNS record type you need. Check out your DNS provider’s documentation or our DNS reords docs for help.

  1. Select or enter the DNS record type you need, add your custom domain or subdomain.

  2. In Netlify, go to your domain dashboard for your site and select Awaiting External DNS next to your custom domain. You’ll find more details there you can use to set up your custom domain. These details are customized for your domain.

For example, you may find this instruction:

Create an A record for blueberry.com pointing to our load balancer’s IP address 75.2.60.5.

blueberry.com A 75.2.60.5

You can copy the value 75.2.60.5 to add to an A record in your DNS provider for blueberry.com.

For more detailed help, check out Configure external DNS.

# Step 3: (Optional) Verify your setup

After updating your DNS settings, you may need to wait up to 48 hours for your changes to take full effect.

In the meantime, you can re-review your setup and then verify your DNS propagation is working with the dig command in your terminal.

For example:

dig YOUR-DOMAIN @DNS-IP-ADDRESS

Or you can try a Dig lookup site like https://www.digwebinterface.com/.