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Add a domain

5 minutes, plus up to an hour to propagate

Point your domain at SimpliCloud's nameservers once, then manage every record from the console next to your apps and servers. DNS is free, and TLS certificates for your apps are issued automatically.

1. Add the domain in the console

Open Domains & DNS, type the domain without https:// or www, for example korafoods.ng, and choose Add domain. It shows as Pending until the nameservers change.

simplicloud domains add korafoods.ng
# korafoods.ng added. Point it at ns1/ns2.simplicloud.ai.

2. Copy your existing records first

If the domain already has email or other services, add those records in SimpliCloud before you switch nameservers, so nothing stops working. Check what exists today with dig.

dig +short korafoods.ng A
dig +short korafoods.ng MX
dig +short korafoods.ng TXT
dig +short www.korafoods.ng CNAME

3. Change the nameservers at your registrar

Sign in where you bought the domain (for a .ng domain, your NiRA-accredited registrar) and replace the nameservers with these two. Remove any others.

4. Check it is active

When the domain shows Active, records you add go live within a minute. You can confirm from any machine:

dig +short NS korafoods.ng
# ns1.simplicloud.ai.
# ns2.simplicloud.ai.

• •Record types: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, CAA and SRV.
• •TTL is set automatically unless you choose one.
• •Owners, admins and developers can change records; viewers can only read them.