{"id":5843,"date":"2021-01-04T14:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T09:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:55:33","slug":"setting-up-domain-in-the-digital-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/blog\/setting-up-domain-in-the-digital-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a domain in the digital ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To set up a domain in the digital ocean account, you need to add any existing DNS records to the control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need assistance in setting up a domain and manage your DigitalOcean account, our DO expert teams are available always to set up it for you. Check our<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynats.com\/digitalocean-management-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DigitalOcean management<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>plan to know more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the<strong>\u00a0control panel,\u00a0<\/strong>select <strong>create <\/strong>in the top right, then click <strong>Domains\/DNS.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the domain name in the <strong>Enter Domain<\/strong> Section.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Note<\/strong>: domain \u2013 Example.com<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0subdomain &#8211;\u00a0www.Example.com\u00a0<br>(you need to add the apex domain to create the DNS records)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0Add Domain. 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