How to connect an OVHcloud domain name to GoDaddy

Prepare and configure your OVHcloud domain name's DNS zone to connect to a GoDaddy hosting plan

Objective

You are the holder of a domain name with OVHcloud and want to connect it to a GoDaddy hosting plan. This guide explains how to prepare and configure your OVHcloud DNS zone for your GoDaddy hosting plan.

Find out how to connect your OVHcloud domain name to a GoDaddy hosting plan.

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Warning

GoDaddy support does not have access to your OVHcloud domain name settings and therefore cannot advise you on the information you will need to provide.

Requirements

A domain name registered with OVHcloud.
The necessary permissions to manage the domain name.
A GoDaddy hosting plan.
Access to manage this hosting plan with GoDaddy.

OVHcloud Control Panel Access

Direct link:
Navigation path: Web Cloud > Domain names > select your domain name > DNS zone tab

Instructions

Before following the steps in this guide, we recommend reading our guide on Editing an OVHcloud DNS zone.

Warning

Your DNS zone is potentially already preconfigured or linked to a hosting plan. We will look at how to identify each DNS record required to connect to your GoDaddy hosting plan. Some records will need to be deleted to avoid conflicts with DNS records required in this configuration. Others will simply need to be modified or created. For a better understanding, we will use the domain name "mydomain.ovh" as an example. Replace it with your domain name during configuration.

1. Configure your GoDaddy hosting plan

First, prepare your GoDaddy hosting plan by following the instructions from this page of the GoDaddy documentation.

2. Configure your DNS records on your OVHcloud account

Warning

Before you continue:

Open a tab in your web browser.
Open this page of the GoDaddy documentation.
Follow the instructions until step 10 and retrieve the information specific to your website so that you can later modify your OVHcloud DNS records.
The following instructions will help you configure your OVHcloud DNS zone more easily.

Click the tabs below to view each of the 5 steps in sequence.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

In the Web Cloud section, click , select the domain name concerned, then open the DNS zone tab.

DNS zone tab listing the records of a domain name

The table that appears lists all of the DNS records for the selected domain name.

Configuring the A record

1 - Identification: Filter the DNS records by selecting type A using the filter above the table.

Identify any existing "A" records for your domain name alone (e.g. mydomain.ovh.) and for the "www" subdomain (e.g. www.mydomain.ovh.).

2 - Deletion: Delete all existing "A" records for the "www" subdomain. If multiple "A" records exist for the domain name alone, delete all but one, which you will modify in the next sub-step. For each record to delete, on the corresponding row, open the actions menu ⋮ and click Delete the entry.

3 - Modification: If an "A" record exists for the domain name alone, open the actions menu ⋮ on the corresponding row and click Edit the entry. The row expands into an edit form. Leave the Subdomain field blank and replace the target with the IPv4 address from your GoDaddy interface. Confirm your changes.

If no "A" record exists, click Add an entry above the table, then select the A DNS record type, leave the Subdomain field blank and enter the IPv4 address from your GoDaddy interface in the Target field. Click Add.

Then proceed to step 3.

Deleting AAAA records

1 - Identification: Filter the DNS records by selecting type AAAA using the filter above the table.

Identify any existing "AAAA" records for your domain name alone (e.g. mydomain.ovh.) and for the "www" subdomain (e.g. www.mydomain.ovh.).

2 - Deletion: Delete all "AAAA" records identified (domain name alone and "www" subdomain) to avoid conflicts with the new DNS records. For each record, on the corresponding row, open the actions menu ⋮ and click Delete the entry.

If no "AAAA" records exist, proceed to step 4.

Deleting TXT records

1 - Identification: Filter the DNS records by selecting type TXT using the filter above the table.

Identify any existing "TXT" records for your domain name alone (e.g. mydomain.ovh.) and for the "www" subdomain (e.g. www.mydomain.ovh.).

2 - Deletion: Delete all "TXT" records identified (domain name alone and "www" subdomain) to avoid conflicts with the new DNS records. For each record, on the corresponding row, open the actions menu ⋮ and click Delete the entry.

If no "TXT" records exist, proceed to step 5.

Configuring the CNAME record

1 - Identification: Filter the DNS records by selecting type CNAME using the filter above the table.

Identify any existing "CNAME" records for the "www" subdomain (e.g. www.mydomain.ovh.).

2 - Deletion: If multiple "CNAME" records exist for the "www" subdomain, delete all but one. For each record to delete, on the corresponding row, open the actions menu ⋮ and click Delete the entry.

3 - Modification: If a "CNAME" record exists for the "www" subdomain, open the actions menu ⋮ on the corresponding row and click Edit the entry. The row expands into an edit form. Replace only the Target with the value from your GoDaddy interface. Confirm your changes.

If no "CNAME" record exists for the "www" subdomain, click Add an entry above the table, then select the CNAME DNS record type, enter www in the Subdomain field and the value from your GoDaddy interface in the Target field. Click Add.

The DNS zone is now configured to point to your GoDaddy hosting plan.

Info

It may take up to 48 hours to verify your domain name.

If you are using an OVHcloud email solution, or planning to subscribe to one of our email solutions, you will also need to prepare your DNS zone accordingly. Read our guide on configuring an MX record.

Go further

Modifying an OVHcloud domain name's DNS servers

Creating an OVHcloud DNS zone for a domain name

Editing an OVHcloud DNS zone

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