Open Domains → Add a domain you own, type the domain and choose what to point it at. Then decide who answers DNS: Keep my DNS where it is (no nameserver change; you add one record at your current DNS provider) or Move DNS to Skyline (your existing mail records are copied first, and records become editable in the console). Either way the domain stays at your current registrar.
What you need
- A domain you own and a sign-in at its registrar or DNS provider.
- Something to point it at in Skyline Cloud: a web hosting plan or a server. Without one the page offers See hosting plans and Launch a server.
How do I add a domain I own?
Open the form. In the console menu open Domains → Add a domain you own.
Enter the domain. Under Your domain type the name. The page shows how it will be added under We will add it as.
Choose what it points at. Under Point it at choose My web hosting or one of your servers.
Choose who answers DNS. Pick Keep my DNS where it is if your DNS is already set up elsewhere and you only want the website to move, or Move DNS to Skyline to manage every record in this console.
Check the summary and add. The Summary repeats the domain, the target and the DNS choice. Confirm; the page then says Domain added.
Finish at your provider. If you kept your DNS, copy the record shown under Add these records at your DNS provider. If you moved DNS, the page lists Records we copied across and Records we set for you, and gives the Skyline name servers to enter at your registrar when you are ready to go live. Go to DNS opens the zone.
Keep DNS or move it: which should I choose?
| Keep my DNS where it is | Move DNS to Skyline | |
|---|---|---|
| Nameservers | Unchanged | Changed at your registrar to Skyline's, when you are ready |
| What you do | Add one record at your DNS provider | Review the copied records, then switch name servers |
| Untouched | Mail records are copied first so mail keeps working | |
| Where you edit records later | At your DNS provider | In the Skyline Cloud console |
A website on Skyline web hosting gets its HTTPS certificate issued automatically once the name points to Skyline.
How do I check that the name servers changed?
Open DNS → Nameservers & Pointing. It lists Skyline's name servers and, for each domain, whether it is pointing to them or Not delegated yet with the name servers currently found. Select Verify pointing after you change them at the registrar; a name server change can take some hours to be seen everywhere.
If something goes wrong
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| That doesn’t look like a valid domain name. | Type the bare name, such as yourcompany.sa, without http:// or a path. |
| Nothing to point a domain at yet | Create a hosting plan or a server first, then return. |
| The website shows the old host after the change | DNS answers are remembered for a while. Wait for the old record's TTL to pass, then test again. |
| Mail stopped after moving DNS | Compare the mail records in the Skyline zone with the ones at your old DNS provider and add any that are missing. |
Frequently asked questions
Does my domain have to be transferred to Skyline?
No. You keep it at your current registrar; only DNS records or name servers change.
Will my email be interrupted?
Not if you keep your DNS. If you move DNS, mail records are copied first so that mail keeps working; check them before switching name servers.
Can I use the same domain for email on Skyline Mail?
Yes. Add it under Skyline Mail → Domains as well; that wizard checks the mail records.
Related guides
- How to edit DNS records in Skyline Cloud and point a name at a website, a server or mail
- How to register a domain name in Skyline Cloud
- How to add your domain to Skyline Mail and pass the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC checks
- Delegating your domain to Skyline name servers
- How Skyline Cloud works: all guides
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