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# How to add and connect your new domain to cloud server

| When adding a domain to server, it will not makes the  domain online instantly. You still need to connect your domain to the server by DNS pointing.

Here we will guide you to ADD and CONNECT your domain to your server.

### ADD domain to server.

1. **Adding domain to server is vary depending on control panel you are using.**
[cPanel](https://help.serverfreak.com/en/article/how-to-add-addonsubdomains-domains-via-cpanel-in-new-theme-jupiter-1rsp8ud/)
[Direct Admin](https://help.serverfreak.com/en/article/how-to-create-addon-domain-in-direct-admin-s7wlax/)



### CONNECT domain to server

1. **Check your server IP Address**

###### via Client Area 
 * login to Client Area
 * go to My Services and select your server.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/30c43b4318b81000/productservices_kd8ro4.jpg)

* Choose server information tab 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/30c43b4318b81000/getip_1cxjfe1.jpg)

2. **Point domain DNS to server IP**



|| Pointing IP is differ based on DNS management you are using. Check your nameserver to know which DNS management your domain is using.

* If domain is using ns1.serverfreak.biz/ns2.serverfreak.biz [click here](https://help.serverfreak.com/en/article/manage-dns-via-your-serverfreak-client-area-dns-suite-1mg8mx7/)

* If domain is using pdns1.serverfreak.biz/pdns2.serverfreak.biz [click here](https://help.serverfreak.com/en/article/how-to-add-or-manage-dns-record-inside-your-client-area-12xhd52/)

* if domain using Cloudflare [click here](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records)