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Resolve an error "The web host domain.xyz does not exist"
This guide is for you if you encounter the error The web host does not exist
when visiting the address of a site on an Infomaniak Web Hosting.
Preamble
- This type of error usually occurs because your domain name is not correctly linked to your site (your domain name is probably pointing to the wrong IP address or is misconfigured).
- Example: a domain
abc.xyz
that is misconfigured and would point to an IPv4 Starter hosting and to a shared hosting in IPv6...
- Example: a domain
Resolve a Domain - Website Linking Issue
To be able to put your site back online:
- Check the DNS zone of your domain name, especially its A records.
- Correct them if necessary by indicating the IP address of your hosting.
- Any DNS addition/modification can take up to 48 hours to propagate.
To do this, the simplest way is to use the Infomaniak DNS Diagnostic Tool to automatically correct the pointing, by previously grouping the products in the same Organization if necessary.
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