{"id":939,"date":"2025-12-29T08:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=939"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:36:03","slug":"what-is-an-a-record-in-your-domains-dns-zone","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/what-is-an-a-record-in-your-domains-dns-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an A record in your domain&#8217;s DNS zone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The A record<\/strong> located in your domain&#8217;s DNS zone determines which <strong>IP address<\/strong> you want your domain to point to. This is the main record on which many others are based, including, for example, <strong>CNAME<\/strong> records that specify the settings of subdomains, which also include the address with the www prefix of your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking for your account IP in mybox.com?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Log in to the mybox panel, then go to the <strong><em>Domains<\/em><\/strong> section in the menu on the left. Click on the domain of your choice and after expanding the details, you will find the IP associated with it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-286-1024x266.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-286-1024x266.png 1024w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-286-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-286-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-286-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-286.png 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"mybox-1495482210\" class=\"mybox-content mybox-entity-placement\"><div class=\"early-access-banner-inpost\">\r\n  <div class=\"banner-left-inpost\">\r\n    <div class=\"icon-box-inpost\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/square-info-icon.svg\" alt=\"Info\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"text-box-inpost\">\r\n      <span class=\"label-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Early access<\/span><\/span>\r\n      <h4><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Still need help?<\/span><\/h4>\r\n      <p><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Contact our customer service team.<\/span><\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"banner-right-inpost\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/panel.mybox.com\/helpdesk2\/v\/list\/\" class=\"banner-button-inpost\"><span class=\"translation-block translation-block-banner-text\">Message us<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a situation where the domain is not delegated to <a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\">mybox.com<\/a> servers, and the website is to run from our servers, the <strong>IP address<\/strong> that needs to be entered in the zone of another service provider can be found in the settings previously parked in the myBox panel of the domain. Instructions on how to park a domain can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/parking-a-domain-in-mybox\/\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[62,128],"manual_kb_tag":[772,997,1014,1088,177,1089,203,1090,242,1091,283,1092,328,1093,353,358,360,583,588,668,669],"class_list":["post-939","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-domain-management-in-panel","manualknowledgebasecat-domains","manual_kb_tag-domain","manual_kb_tag-dns-record","manual_kb_tag-mybox-com","manual_kb_tag-ip-address","manual_kb_tag-a-record","manual_kb_tag-subdomain-settings","manual_kb_tag-dns-zone","manual_kb_tag-www-prefix","manual_kb_tag-mybox","manual_kb_tag-mybox-servers","manual_kb_tag-mybox-panel","manual_kb_tag-zone-file","manual_kb_tag-domain-management","manual_kb_tag-dns-provider","manual_kb_tag-domain-delegation","manual_kb_tag-parked-domain","manual_kb_tag-domain-parking","manual_kb_tag-subdomains","manual_kb_tag-website","manual_kb_tag-domain-settings","manual_kb_tag-nameservers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/939\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}