Point your domain at Skyline web hosting

If you have a Skyline web hosting plan, you can connect a domain to one of your websites in a single click — and you never need to copy a server IP address. This article shows how.

Before you start

• Make sure your domain's DNS is hosted with Skyline: point your registrar's nameservers to ns1.alskyline.com and ns2.alskyline.com (see DNS → Pointing in the portal).
• You'll need an active hosting plan and at least one website created in your hosting control panel.

Point a domain at your site

1. In the portal, open DNS and choose the domain (zone).
2. Click Point to S Panel (or open Add record → Web hosting).
3. Pick which of your websites the domain should serve from the dropdown.
4. Save. Skyline does two things for you:
   • Publishes the DNS record so the domain resolves to your hosting.
   • Links the domain to the chosen site on the server, so it actually serves that site's content.

You won't see an IP address anywhere — you choose your site by name, the same way you'd pick a resource on a major cloud platform. If the server ever moves, your domains follow automatically and you never have to update anything.

What "serves the site" means

When you point example.com at your website my-shop.com, both addresses show the same site. This is handled on the server as a shared document root, so there is nothing else for you to upload or configure.

Adding HTTPS (SSL)

Once the domain resolves to your hosting — give DNS a little time to propagate — issue a free SSL certificate for it from the SSL section so visitors get a secure padlock.

Switching sites later

To make a domain serve a different website, just point it again and pick the new site. To stop a domain serving a site, remove its record in the DNS editor.

Need a hand?

Open a ticket from Support in the portal and we'll help you get connected.