Adding a domain you own to your Vultr account allows you to manage its DNS records using Vultr's DNS control panel or Vultr API. This lets you map your domains to your cloud infrastructure and manage records like A, CNAME, MX, and TXT directly within the Vultr DNS dashboard.
To manage your domain's DNS using Vultr, you must delegate your domain to use Vultr's name servers. This involves updating your domain's name server settings at your domain registrar (the seller from where you purchased your domain). Vultr is not a domain registrar and does not offer domain registration services.
Domain registrars such as Namecheap, GoDaddy, and others allow you to either manage DNS records directly on their platforms or delegate DNS to another provider such as Vultr. DNS records control how your domain behaves on the internet, including routing web traffic and email.
If you set up a server on Vultr and want to map your domain to that instance, you have two main options:
We recommend using Vultr DNS for record management when hosting services with Vultr, as it centralizes control and simplifies configuration within the same environment.
To use Vultr's DNS service, you must update your domain's name servers at your registrar. Name servers act as the authoritative source for your domain's DNS records. When a user accesses your domain in a browser, DNS queries are directed to the configured name servers to retrieve the appropriate records.
Update your domain to use the following Vultr name servers:
ns1.vultr.com
ns2.vultr.comThe process for updating your domain's name servers varies depending on your domain registrar. Most registrars offer an option to configure custom name servers. Below are links to documentation from popular registrars that explain how to update your domain's name servers:
After updating your domain's name servers, it can take up to 48 hours for the changes to fully propagate across the internet. During this period, DNS servers around the world update their records to reflect the new name server configuration.
You can verify the update using any public DNS lookup tool that checks NS records.
After you have updated your domain's name servers to point to Vultr, you can begin managing DNS records from the Vultr DNS dashboard. You can create and manage A, CNAME, MX, TXT, and other record types to control how your domain functions.