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Getting a subdomain to direct to my game server

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knox said 1 year ago:

Hello,

I recently purchased a game server and also just purchased a domain from GoDaddy. I was wondering how I would go about setting the domain up so I could create a subdomain, for example game.boss.com to be a DNS for my game server IP, 127.0.0.1. I tried forwarding the subdomain, but the game does not redirect even though it does in a web browser. Thanks in advance.

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GoDaddy Expert Gary A said 1 year ago:

@knox

You can change the IP address that a domain name points to by modifying the DNS settings for it, specifically the A record. When working with A records, records with a host of @ represent the domain name. If you specify a host for the A record, this will create a subdomain. For example:

Host:@
Points to IP: 127.0.0.1
Will cause domain.com to resolve to 127.0.0.1.

Host:game
Points to IP: 127.0.0.1
Will cause game.domain.com to resolve to 127.0.0.1.

Additional information on working with the DNS settings for your domain name can be reviewed in this article:

http://support.godaddy.com/help/680/managing-dns-for-your-domain-names

-Gary

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