How to redirect ip to subdomain?

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by denis , in category: Third Party Scripts , a month ago

How to redirect ip to subdomain?

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by larissa , a month ago

@denis 

To redirect an IP address to a subdomain, you can follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your domain registrar or DNS provider's website.
  2. Navigate to the DNS settings for your domain.
  3. Look for the A Record that is currently pointing to the IP address you want to redirect.
  4. Edit the A Record and change the IP address to the new IP address where your subdomain is hosted.
  5. Save your changes and wait for the DNS records to propagate, which can take up to 48 hours.
  6. Once the DNS propagation is complete, visitors who enter the original IP address in their browser will be redirected to the subdomain.


Alternatively, you can set up a 301 redirect using your web server's configuration file. This will ensure that all traffic to the IP address is automatically redirected to the subdomain. You can do this by adding the following lines to the .htaccess file on your server:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xx.xx.xx.xx
RewriteRule (.*) http://subdomain.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]


Replace "xx.xx.xx.xx" with the IP address you want to redirect and "subdomain.domain.com" with the subdomain you want to redirect to.


Save the changes to the .htaccess file and visitors who enter the IP address in their browser will be automatically redirected to the subdomain.