A Records pointing to new webhost

DNS & Network
#1

Hi there guys

First time posting here. I’ve recently migrated my websites from one host to another. I was instructed by BlueHost to change the A records IP addresses for each of my websites. Easy peasy.

When confirming with them that everything has been completed before I quit my other host, I was told that the IPs for my websites were not pointing to Bluehost on there end, they were pointing to a website called sitelock.

Can anyone share why this is the case? Is sitelock something to do with Cloudflare? Thanks guys

#2

Please share your DNS records for better guidance

#3

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#4

I can see that your website is hosted on Cloudflare nameservers

apov.xyz

is hosted on Cloudflare

Hosting Provider:

Cloudflare

Host Name:

apov.xyz

IP Address:

172.67.192.40

Location:

101 Townsend Street San Francisco CA 94107 United States

Name Servers:

elliott.ns.cloudflare.com nelly.ns.cloudflare.com

If this is so , then there is nothing to worry

#5

I believe that you have added many unnecessary A records that are causing a disturbance in connecting to the Bluehost servers.
To make sure that the A records are propagating correctly to the Bluehost hosting you would have to delete the other A records, don’t delete the Bluehost A records.
Let me know if it worked for you

#6

Ok so please tell me which number to leave as is, and what to change and to what number?

#7

If you have purchased the hosting from Bluehost then you would receive the credentials on your email address or in your Bluehost dashboard .
Make sure to enter only those values which are given by Bluehost and make sure to delete other A records.

It should take about 2-3 hours in most cases, and max about 24 hours.
Let me know if it worked for you :blush:

#8

For starters, you have a security issue that you should fix first.

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#9

I spoke directly with Bluehost on the phone. These were there instructions to change all the A records.

Security issue… ok will check that out. cheers

#10

The DNS records are all right, it’s really mostly the broken security on your server that you need to address. The article has all on that.

#11

Ok thanks. I think everything is fixed. Cheers. Show the same on your side?

#12

Seems to look all right.

Just make sure you did change to Full Strict and you should be good to go.

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#13

Bluehost just said they made all the sites SSL secured. Not sure what full strict means… When I now put my cursor over the lock on browsers it says ‘cloudflare secured’

#14

As I already mentioned

Once again, switch to Full Strict and you should be good to go. Until then your site is not secure.

#15

Ok done! Cheers for that

#16

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