Add a CNAME, A or TXT record at DreamHost

These are the steps DoDomain's hosted connect flow shows a customer whose domain is managed at DreamHost, in DreamHost's own vocabulary. A product using DoDomain never writes them: the connect flow detects the provider, shows these steps beside the exact records to create, and verifies each record against the zone's authoritative nameservers. They are published here for your own support articles, and for anyone who wants to see the steps before they start.

Where the records live

Open DreamHost's DNS management and pick the domain.

Step by step

1. DreamHost panel → Manage Websites → three-dot menu on your domain → DNS Settings.
2. Click Add Record in the section for the record type.
3. Enter Name and Value as below (never include the domain itself), then confirm.
4. Come back here and click Verify.

What goes in the host field

Enter the subdomain only in Name — leave it blank for the apex (@ is added automatically). For a record on the domain itself, leave the host field blank.

Whatever the panel calls the field — Name, Host, Hostname — DoDomain's connect flow shows the value to paste into it already in this provider's format, and shows the fully-qualified name it will verify next to it.

Check the record is live

A saved record is not yet a live record. DoDomain verifies against the zone's authoritative nameservers, which answer as soon as the provider publishes the change; public resolvers can lag behind for as long as the old answer's TTL. The free DNS lookup shows both answers side by side for any name, and the provider detector tells you which provider serves a domain and whether a one-click path exists for it.

If you are the product asking for this record

You do not have to send customers here. Mint a connect session and the hosted flow shows these steps to your DreamHost customers on its own, then verifies and keeps monitoring the records — see the connect flow and the framework guides for Next.js, Rails, Laravel and Django. A customer who wants their bare domain rather than a subdomain is the apex question, which no provider panel solves on its own.

Steps verified against DreamHost's documentation or a live route check at authoring time (July 2026); panel labels do change — the hosted flow is updated when they do.