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# How to Use a Custom Domain (URL) with Your Server Using GoDaddy

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/banner10_1mgbruh.png)

This guide will help you set up on your server a custom domain using GoDaddy.

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# 🔎 Setting Up a URL 🔎

We want to set up a domain (URL) with Godaddy so our friends can connect to our server with just the URL, like `mydomain.com`. We want to ditch the `198.758.43.3:3532` nonsense. 

**What you need to do:** 

1. Go to the domain list: [https://dcc.godaddy.com/domains/](https://dcc.godaddy.com/domains/)


![Godaddy Domain List](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/godaddydomainlist-red_1bwf7u5.jpg)

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2. Click on the three dots next to your domain, then click `Manage DNS`.

![Manage DNS](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/managedns-red_xbkj9p.jpg)

You should see something like this:

![View DNS Records](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/editdns_1ce6t31.png)

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3. Click on the pencil on the first line that says Type `A`.


![Edit The A Record](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/editdns-red_h2a0cw.jpg)

You should see something like this: 

![DNS A Record](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/dns-pointto_t5e272.png)

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4. For the `Points to` field, we need an IP Address from your server. Find your server by logging in here: https://mc.ggservers.com/index.php?r=server/index

||| [Here](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/getting-started-how-to-access-and-use-your-multicraft-panel-16c29qy/) is our guide for getting access to your Multicraft panel if needed.

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5. Once you have opened your server Multicraft panel, you want to find the line that says `IP` and has a number next to it. You should see something like this:


![IP Address](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/newipred_k9aiha.jpg)

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6. You want to copy and paste the number to the **left** of the colon **exactly** as it is here into the field that says `Points To`. Click `Save` to finish.


![Save](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/dns-pointto-red_k1pdrx.jpg)

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7. Now, we have a URL pointing to our server.

At this point, you could connect to your server using the URL and port number like this: `mydomain.com:25698` But, what's the fun in that? We want people to be able to connect just by typing in `mydomain.com`. If it says anything other than 25565 for your `port` as pictured below, we need to do a little more work to make the URL work right.


![Port](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/newportred_1t5ra9b.jpg)

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# 🔄 Setting Up a Nice URL 🔄

**You will have to do the following steps:**

1. You need to go back to our domain in Godaddy and click `Add`.

![Add DNS Record](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/add-red_30v65i.jpg)

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2. Click on `SRV`. This is a service record, we're telling the world that our Minecraft server is at `mydomain.com:port` but we're calling it `mydomain.com`.


![Add an SRV Record.](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/addsrv-red_b640gr.png)

You'll be greeted with a ton of text boxes. Don't let this scare you.

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3. For the `Service` box we want to add `_minecraft`.

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4. For the `Protocol` box we want to add `_tcp`.

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5. For the `Name` box put `@`.

*If you are using a subdomain like `mc.mydomain.com` you will want to use that instead.*

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6. In the `Target` box put `@`.

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7. For the `Priority` box we want to add `0`.

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8. For the `Weight` box we want to add `5`.

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9. For the `Port` box we want to add the `port` from your server:


![Port](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/newportred_1p4x766.jpg)

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10. Copy and paste the number to the **right** of the colon. You will need to remove any extra spaces caused by copying and pasting to save. Once you have done that, click `Save`.


![Save SRV Record](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/save-red_8qr0jv.png)

You're done! It may take up to an hour to work but usually only takes 5 minutes.

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Now you can connect to your website using just your domain (URL) without needing any fancy numbers or special symbols. It just works.


![fatcats.info](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/fatcatscom_1627ye.png)


![Logged In](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/ba33bb39ceb6d800/fatcatsloggedin_yitf9q.png)

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| If you find any issues setting up your custom domains using GoDaddy please contact us on live chat or via the [ticket system](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/).

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# ❕ Useful Links ❕

- [What Is a Subdomain and How to Change It](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/what-is-a-subdomain-and-how-to-change-it-1mt5pvp/)
- [How to Connect to Your Server Using FileZilla](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-connect-to-your-server-using-filezilla-yl0q5r/)
- [Implement a Custom Resource /Texture Pack In Your Server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/implement-a-custom-resource-texture-pack-in-your-server-gx8viz/)