Error 1016: Origin DNS error

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Hi,

FIrst off I don’t know anything about DNS, so I am curious if anyone can help me.

To speed up my website www.tuintjevanadam.nl I wanted to implement Cloudflare. Hoping it will speed up my website. I followed the tutorials on WP rocket and did everything step by step.
Did already three times but each time with the same result. Error 1016: Origin DNS error

So, can anyone explain what I need to do, to make it work. I’ve seen the error description and even the tutorial but most of the terms are completely new to me.

I think I need to add an extra DNS info, but I am clueless what

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Greetings,

Thank you for asking.

It did to mine website, and helped with security too :wink:

I am sorry to hear you are experiencing an 1016 error so far with your domain.

May I ask if you are using some kind of Cloudflare integration through some hosting provider maybe?

May I ask what have you tried so far from the suggestions from the article below due to this error?:

Regarding to the WP Rocket, kindly, may I ask you to follow the instructions how to propperly setup WP Rocket while using Cloudflare as follows on below articles:

In case you get some error to add IP to Cloudflare, you could achieve this by adding the origin host/server IP by navigating to the Security → Tools → IP Access Rules, enter the IP, select the action “allow” for your website :wink:

Here is a screenshot of an example:

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Helpful article:

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Hi Fritex,

Thanks for the response!

So the tutorials from WProcket I followed exactly. And this error also happened using a different plugin yesterday.
My hosting company doesn’t have a Coudflare option (inplesk/cpanel), so I used the WP rocket extension for it.

I have a feeling I need to change something on the DNS option in Cloudflare. There are three messages everytime I open the tab. The top two disappear after 2 seconds.
So i took a screenshot of it before it closed again.

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Are these messages related to this issue?

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Hi @fritex,

So doing the check @ DNS Checker - DNS Check Propagation Tool
It’s okay
But all the records CNAME, MX, NS etc. are not working.
Maybe this explains a bit more what I am doing wrong.

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My hosting company solved it by adding the A host, it works now thanks!

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Thanks for feedback.

From the messages you got on the Dashboards, seems to me you are missing some DNS records and might have to add them, if so.

For example, A domain.com and A www pointed to your web hosting server IP and set to proxied :orange:. Sharing an article below for help, a tutorial which contains step-by-step instructions how to manage DNS records at Cloudflare dashboard for your domain name:

I am happy to hear it! :slight_smile:

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