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Is it possible to point a domain to a dns address?

Why do I want to do this?

I want to point X number of domains to a server, if that server needs to be switched out (or whatever reason), I just want to update one DNS instead of all domain / sites on that server. So what i need is a proxy for the domains pointing to that one server. If I decide to switch server/ip. Im currently on a LAMP setup.

Maybe this is "bad practice" so I’m open to alternatives. But for the sake of this question, if this is possible answers is appreciated.

sdfgg45
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Very common and exactly what I do on my personal blog, just set a low ttl (30) and make sure your nameservers can handle the query load.

Also, this is why I never use the naked domain (example.com vs www.example.com) whereas I have multiple A records for example.com that only does a 301 to www.example.com which is a CNAME to the active server.

Jacob Evans
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