Changing webserver for a site

[mark.nicholson]

Hi,

I have moved my website to a new server, how do I update the DNS so Cloudflare points to the new one?

• Mark

[fritex]

Greetings,

Thank you for asking.

In most cases, you just have to change a desired DNS record and make sure it points to the IP address of the new hosting/server (provided to you by your new hosting provider).

Usually, it’s the A yourdomain.com and A www.

• when you navigate to the DNS tab at Cloudflare dashboard, find that hostnames and right next to them click on the blue link “Edit” to change the IP address, therefore click on the blue button “Save” to apply the changes (wait for a minute or two)

Below tutorial could help you how to manage DNS recirds under the DNS tab of Cloudflare dashboard:

Editing DNS Records

This tutorial covers editing DNS records. Go to the DNS app of your Cloudflare dashboard. Enter your credentials and click ‘Log In’ Click the domain in question On this page, you will see a list of the DNS records for your domain. This page is where you edit them. You will see the list of records like this: [DNS Page] You can click the edit button to the right of any record to change it, then click ‘save’ when you’re done. There is also a tutorial on Adding DNS Records Tutorial Refer…

In case you might be missing some record, here are the instructions how to add a new DNS record:

Adding DNS Records

This tutorial covers adding general DNS records and specifically A, AAAA, CNAME, MX and TXT records. Go to the DNS app of your Cloudflare dashboard. Enter your credentials and click ‘Log In’ Click the domain in question Click [image] [Please note, the content of the records below are solely for example purposes and should be replaced by valid records with content provided by your web host] Please select which record you need help adding:

A Record

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More about the DNS tab:

The DNS App

This tutorial covers the most common settings in the DNS app of the Cloudflare Dashboard. [DNS Button] DNS Records [image] The DNS records section is where you can view, add and edit the DNS records for your site. You can also see which records are set to and . There are related tutorials available on: Adding DNS Records, Editing DNS Records and Step 3: Enabling the 'Orange Cloud' Cloudflare Nameservers [image] This is where you can view your assigned nameservers from …

Helpful article:

• Managing DNS records in Cloudflare

In case you need more help, please reply back.

[mark.nicholson]

Thank you very much, that worked perfectly!