Bought a new domain but it cannot be reached

Website, Application, Performance
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What is the name of the domain?

dav3.cc

What is the issue you’re encountering

trying to ping the domain I get Unknown host

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

I also tried to link a worker to a subdomain but that also cannot be reached

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

buy a domain
try to access the domain
Unknown host

2

You will need to obtain the relevant DNS record(s) (typically such as AAAA, A or CNAME) from your hosting provider.

DNS records can be added/modified/deleted over here:

→ https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records

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Thank you for the reply, to add a configuration I need an IPv4 or IPv6 ip, but I think a worker does not have an explicit ip, right?
I am not hosting a website yet, I just created a worker for which I want to use a subdomain (I followed this guide https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/).
Any suggestions?

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For stuff like Workers, or other origin less hostnames, such as those host names you may use to redirect e.g. example.com to www.example.com, or vice versa, you should use the IPv6 Discard prefix.

For the apex (naked domain), it will be like this:

Type: AAAA
Name: @, or example.com
IPv6 address: 100::
Proxy status: :orange: Proxied:

Or, for the specific (sub-)domain, e.g. development.example.com, it will be like this:

Type: AAAA
Name: development, or development.example.com
IPv6 address: 100::
Proxy status: :orange: Proxied:

5

I see, now it works indeed.
Did I miss these details in the documentation or is it something not written?

6

The IPv6 address “100::” is documented in various places.

Previously though, I’ve been under the impression that the documentation could have been be a bit more consistent regarding things like this, as multiple possible options were listed, in order to accomplish the same thing as here, which may be confusing for some.

So I wouldn’t necessarily put the blame on you alone, if you’re looking at it that way.

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I just wanted to know if there is additional documentation about the topic so I can read it further for future needs, I would not want to ask too many questions that can be read in the docs.

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