Getting a Domain

The domain name is gonna be like 1-15 dollars a year.

In this Example used is etho-nodes.cloud from here: https://www.dynadot.com/ Cost under $5.

Step 1:

Once you got yours go on where you registered the website and setup the DNS by editing “change name servers”,in this case its https://www.dynadot.com​

Click on My Domains then select Manage Domains.

Step 2:

Select your Domain.

Now you will be presented with DNS Settings.

Click on the arrow on the right to open the DNS Settings.

Step 3:

Here you will add the Free DNS Service,click on Add Server to add 2 more,so you have 4.

Add these 4 below & click on Save Name Server.

• freedns1.registrar-servers.com

• freedns2.registrar-servers.com

• freedns3.registrar-servers.com

• freedns4.registrar-servers.com

Once done it should look like this.

Namecheap DNS setup

Step 1:

Go to https://www.namecheap.com/domains/freedns/​

Type your domain name and complete the checkout process!

Make sure you registered there & have an Account.

Step 2:

• Login to your Account

• Click on Dashboard

Step 3:

Click on the Manage option under the House icon.

Step 4:

Next we need to go to the Advanced DNS tab,so go ahead & select it.

Step 5:

In Advanced DNS menu you need to ADD NEW RECORD.

Add these 2:

• CNAME Record

• TXT Record

Add CNAME Record & fill the Host,Value & TTL.

• Under Host add www

• Under Value add dns.ethofs.com.

• Under TTL select 5 min

Next add TXT Record & fill the Host,Value & TTL.

• Under Host add _dnslink.www

• Under Value add dnslink=/ipfs/YOUR_CONTENT_HASH_HERE

• Under TTL select 5 min

Once you are done it should look like this:

Save all changes.

Visit your website! Please Note: Your website might not be available immediately as it can take a bit of time for DNS changes to propagate over the internet.

Congratulations! You just setup your decentralized website on ethoFS attached to your domain!