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

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

The video has all of the information in this article. But, you can keep reading if you want.

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# 🔎 Setting Up a URL 🔎

We want to set up a domain (URL) with Google Domains 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://domains.google.com/m/registrar/](https://domains.google.com/m/registrar/)  
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2. Click on `Manage`.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60d51bcd29264400/10d26bbc-b7a8-450c-953e-0667ad_1k06jeg.jpeg)

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3. Click on `DNS`.

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You should see something like this:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/34dabad071098200/d9ecaa38-2944-4fa9-8968-a5759a_gnshtn.png)

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4. Scroll down till you see `Custom resource records`:

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5. Where it says `1H`, type `5M` This allows us to make changes within five minutes instead of an hour.  
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6. Next, we need the IP Address from your server. Find your server by logging in here: [https://mc.ggservers.com/index.php?r=server/index](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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7. Once you have opened your server, 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/c02b66ae2c878800/e129a0b1-15a1-465b-85bb-34a2d2_1s8407a.jpeg)

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8. You need to copy and paste the number to the **left** of the colon **exactly** as it is here into the field that says `IPv4 Address`. Click `ADD` to finish.

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

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5e72afbde69fb400/8fc107ad-36cd-4145-a0bd-606591_v0ui1g.png)

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.  
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# 🔄 Setting Up a Nice URL 🔄

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

1. 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`

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/7792cebbb8170400/0725c766-1480-4d71-83b4-554d13_1nnllnu.jpeg)

You should see something like this:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/411a14f4cf2ed800/3a25b981-65f9-474e-bbca-c63dec_195n646.png)

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2. Put `_minecraft._tcp` in the field that has `@` in it. This tells Google what kind of service we’re using.  
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3. In the box marked `1H` type `5M`.  
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4. In the other box we want to type `0 5 PORT @`  
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5. 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_1ykk06j.jpg)

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6. Replace PORT with the number to the **right** of the colon **exactly** as your number appears here into the field that says `IPv4 Address`.

_If you are using a subdomain like_ `mc.mydomain.com` _you will want to use that instead_ of @.

It will look something like this:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5158bd73b7907c0/7f270808-f16d-4cee-bb51-291a7a_c1diga.jpeg)

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7. Click on `ADD`.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/37c79e1fe9255a00/a66db0d4-d6b3-4125-956b-3a1d77_m9ks5a.png)

You’re done! It may take up to an hour to work but usually only takes about 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.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/62146b4bda81000/99d914e2-b4cd-4ca8-91f2-102c89_1ve8mc3.png)

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| If you find any issues setting up your custom domains using Google Domains 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/)  
- [How to Install Datapacks on Your Server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-install-datapacks-on-your-server-nmp6zs/)