soooo i just updated my a records for my gaming site and now everything is just crashing. i keep getting this weird error on my browser and im literally panicking cuz im supposed to go live tonight!! i tried flushing my dns and even restarted the router but it still isnt working. is it just taking forever to propagate or did i mess up the settings?? 😭
DNS PROPAGATION OR IS MY DOMAIN JUST DEAD???
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Jump to the replytbh, if its crashing instead of just showing a 'site not found' page, u might have a configuration issue rather than just slow propagation... propagation usually just means the old IP is still sticking around for a bit. check if u have any conflicting cname records or if u accidentally pointed the a record to an internal ip or something lol. also, try checking your site via a tool like dnschecker.org to see what ips are actually resolving globally. if it shows the wrong ip everywhere, then yeah, u definitely messed up the settings somewhere in the dashboard. double check your record types too, sometimes people swap a=record for a cname by mistake and it breaks everything!!
tbh, if its crashing instead of just showing a 'site not found' page, u might have a configuration issue rather than just slow propagation... propagation usually just means the old IP is still sticking around for a bit. check if u have any conflicting cname records or if u accidentally pointed the a record to an internal ip or something lol. also, try checking your site via a tool like dnschecker.org to see what ips are actually resolving globally. if it shows the wrong ip everywhere, then yeah, u definitely messed up the settings somewhere in the dashboard. double check your record types too, sometimes people swap a=record for a cname by mistake and it breaks everything!!
i get what @milann502 is saying about checking records, but i actually think it might be more about the nameservers than just a single record error. if the site is literally "crashing" (like a 500 error or a timeout) instead of just 404ing, the dns is likely resolving but the server isnt handling the request right... or u might be hitting a firewall because of the new ip!! i'd suggest checking if your new host is whitelisted yet. if the dns is pointing to a fresh ip, some hosts block incoming traffic by default until u confirm the setup. maybe check the server logs instead of just the dns records? could be a huge difference lol.
been there man wowww i totally get the panic!! 😅 if u are getting a crash error id also check if ur ssl certificate is still valid for teh new ip... sometimes if the dns points to a new server but teh cert isnt set up right itll just break everything immediately. also check if u have any ipv6 records (aaaa records) still pointing to teh old stuff? sometimes those stay bheind and cause huge headaches lol. good luck with the launch!!
WOWWW omg yayyy it finally worked!! @milann502 was totally right, i had a total brain fart and accidentally pointed the a record to an internal ip address instead of teh public one lol. litreally such a rookie mistake... i feel so dumb now 😭 fixed it and the site is loading perfectly on dnschecker now!! thanks sooo much for teh help!!
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