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Doc: Show how to update the A record
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![Save nameserver changes](/images/linode/buy_domain/save_nameserver_changes.png)
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Both Linode and Namecheap say that the changes I have made will take some time, usually 24 - 48 hours, to take effect.
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Both Linode and Namecheap say that the changes I have made will take some time, usually 24 - 48 hours, to take effect. In computer jargon, this is known as a "DNS propagation delay".
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### Use the DNS Manager to Add a New Record to Your Domain
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Within my domain list in Linode's dashboard, there is a button called "Create Domain".
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![Create domain](/images/linode/buy_domain/create_domain.png)
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To add my new domain name, I will click on this button.
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![Create domain in linode](/images/linode/buy_domain/create_domain_in_linode.png)
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I have added a temporary email _[email protected]_ which does not exist yet. "Create Domain" button will create this new domain and redirect me to Linode's domain management page.
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![Linode domain management](/images/linode/buy_domain/linode_domain_management.png)
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At first, this might look very intimidating, but it is actually very simple. What I am interested in here is to add some DNS records to my domain. Example of DNS records are A records, CNAME records, MX records, and TXT records.
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The first record that I am going to add is an A record. This record is used to point my domain name to a specific IP address. I will use the IP address of my Linode. This record requires the following fields:
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- `Hostname`: This is the domain name that I want to point to my IP address.
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- `IP Address`: This is the IP address that I want to point to my domain name.
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- `TTL`: This is the time to live of the record. It sets the lifespan of the cache for the DNS record
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I will click on "Add an A/AAAA Record" button to update my hostname, IP address, and TTL.
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![A record](/images/linode/buy_domain/a_record.png)
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I have added my host name as `www`, my IP address as 212.71.247.241 and I left TTL as it was, that is "Default". The IP address that I am using currently is different from the one you saw in [the previous tutorial](deploy_on_linode.md). This is because I recreated the entire project and obtained a new IP address. Moving forward, I will be using this new IP address.

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