Point your domain to your server | NGP Cloud Help Center

Use your own domain - like yourdomain.com or play.yourdomain.com - instead of an IP address. You do this with DNS records wherever your domain's DNS is managed (your registrar, Cloudflare, or NGP Cloud if you bought the domain from us).

Websites (VPS or web hosting)

Add these records:

Type	Name / Host	Value	TTL
A	`@`	your server's IP, e.g. `203.0.113.10`	Auto
CNAME	`www`	`yourdomain.com`	Auto

For web hosting, use the IP (or nameservers) shown in your hosting control panel.

Game servers (Minecraft example)

To let players join with play.yourdomain.com and hide the port:

Add an A record: name play, value = your server's IP.
Add an SRV record:

Field Value
Service _minecraft
Protocol _tcp
Name play
Priority 0
Weight 5
Port your server's port, e.g. 25565
Target play.yourdomain.com

Field	Value
Service	`_minecraft`
Protocol	`_tcp`
Name	`play`
Priority	`0`
Weight	`5`
Port	your server's port, e.g. `25565`
Target	`play.yourdomain.com`

Players can now connect to play.yourdomain.com with no port.

Wait for DNS to update

Changes usually apply within minutes, but can take up to 24-48 hours to reach everyone. Check progress from your computer:

nslookup play.yourdomain.com

When it returns your server's IP, the record is live.

Next step for websites

Once the domain points to your server, secure it with HTTPS - see Set up an SSL certificate.

Still stuck? Open a ticket on Discord - run /ticket in any channel, pick a department, and include your Server ID or Invoice ID so we can jump straight in.