What are DNS records?

DNS records are useful if you need to point a domain/subdomain to another IP or hostname.

There are several types of DNS records you can create:

‘A’ record:

‘A’ record is used to point domains and subdomains to an IP address. This IP address can be any IP address, not confined to a server IP address. For example, your broadband connection at home is assigned a static IP by your ISP, then you can use A record to point a domain/subdomain to this IP address. After that you can call it by using the hostname, for instance: home.example.com or example.com.
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