This article describes how to accomplish advanced domain management tasks using the A2 Hosting Customer Portal.
To change the registrant, administrative, or technical contact information for a domain, follow these steps:
Click the icon at the right of the domain you want to configure.
You can filter the list of domains to only display active, expired, cancelled, or expiring domains. To do this, in the View sidebar, click the type of domain status you want to view:
You can update the domain contact information for the following contacts. For each contact, you can select an existing account contact, or enter custom contact information in the text boxes provided:
For detailed information about how to configure custom name servers for a domain you purchased from A2 Hosting, please see this article.
You can use the Customer Portal to manage DNS records for your domain. You can add and modify A, MX, CNAME, SPF records and more.
On the menu bar, click
Click the icon next to the domain you want to configure.
You can filter the list of domains to only display active, expired, cancelled, or expiring domains. To do this, in the View sidebar, click the type of domain status you want to view:
Check the nameservers. Specific nameservers are required to manage DNS in the customer portal.
On the DNS Management page, you can view, add, and modify DNS records for the domain:
If you want to transfer your domain to another registrar, you must obtain an EPP (Extensible Provisioning Protocol) code first. The EPP code is an additional security measure that helps prevent unauthorized domain transfers.
To obtain an EPP code, follow these steps:
The Customer Portal allows bulk updates for nameserver selection, auto-renew status, registrar lock status, and contact information. To update any of these items, follow these steps:
Select the domains to be updated by clicking the checkbox at the left of every domain name to be updated.
Scroll to the bottom of the domain list and click the
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