Setting DNS for Github Pages

Question

I am attempting to direct a top level domain to a site hosted by Github pages.

The documentation can be found here but it is unclear to me what to set the Host to in my A record.

And on that note, what is the functional purpose of the Host within a record?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '12 at 21:13

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You would just point

domain.com -> 204.232.175.78
www.domain.com -> 204.232.175.78

both of those owuld be A records in your dns tool.

or you can do

www.domain.com -> domain.com

with a CNAME alias

answered Aug 28 '12 at 21:13

Mike

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so `domain.com` is what I set as my `Host`? – rudolph9 Aug 28 '12 at 21:16
ya.. host can be anything.. you might want to move domain.com or code.domain.com – Mike Aug 28 '12 at 21:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '12 at 21:17

The Host Record is the same thing as an A Record. The A Record (Host Record) allows you to point different "hosts" on your domain to different IP addresses.

I.e

example.com               A     101.1.1.1
server1.example.com       A     101.1.1.2
server2.example.com       A     101.1.1.3

So, in other words, the A record just allows you to setup different IP addresses to different subdomains on your parent domain.

Setting DNS for Github Pages

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