DNS provider guide
Bluehost: add the client portal records
How to publish the two DNS records for your client portal address at Bluehost. Each record below is written the way Bluehost asks for it.
Before you start
Name servers at Bluehost usually look like ns1.bluehost.com. If yours look different, your DNS is run elsewhere: see how to find your DNS host in the full guide.
- You can manage the records only while the domain uses Bluehost name servers.
- Choose Add record, then choose Single record.
- For a name that is not the domain itself, choose Other Host in Refers to, then type the name in the field that appears.
Where Bluehost shows the name servers
Domains, Nameservers tab, in the Bluehost Portal.
Fill in your own values
Enter the address you added in Atlas, and paste the TXT value Atlas shows for it. Every record on this page and on the provider guides then shows your exact values. What you enter stays in this browser.
For example portal.yourfirm.com, without https:// in front of it.
Copy it from the card of your address in Atlas. It starts with atlas-portal-verification=
Your domain is read as yourfirm.com. If your DNS provider shows a different domain at the end of the name field, enter only the part of the name before that domain.
Open the DNS editor
Sign in at Bluehost, then follow this path:
Add the TXT record
Choose + Add record.
In Type, choose TXT.
In Refers to, enter the name shown in the record below.
In TXT Value, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Any value in the list works. The Bluehost examples use 2 Hours and 4 Hours.
Choose Add to save the record.
TXT record
Proves that your firm controls this address.
- Type
TXT- Refers to
_atlas-portal.portalFull name: _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
- TXT Value
Copy this value from the Atlas screen, or paste it above to see it here. It is unique to your firm.
- TTL
Any value in the list works. The Bluehost examples use 2 Hours and 4 Hours.
Add the CNAME record
Choose + Add record.
In Type, choose CNAME.
In Host Name, enter the name shown in the record below.
In the value field, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Any value in the list works. The Bluehost examples use 2 Hours and 4 Hours.
Choose Add to save the record.
- Put portal.wrxstack.com in the field that holds what the record points to.
CNAME record
Sends visitors of this address to your client portal.
- Type
CNAME- Host Name
portalFull name: portal.yourfirm.com
- Value field
portal.wrxstack.com- TTL
Any value in the list works. The Bluehost examples use 2 Hours and 4 Hours.
How Bluehost names the fields
| Atlas shows | TXT record | CNAME record |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Type | Type |
| Record name | Refers to | Host Name |
| Record value | TXT Value | Value field |
| Name form | The part before your domain | |
Things to watch at Bluehost
- Bluehost also offers a Zone Editor inside cPanel on older plans. Use either one, not both, for the same record.
Check that it worked
Go back to Atlas and choose Check now on the card of your address, or ask DNS yourself:
dig +short TXT _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
dig +short CNAME portal.yourfirm.com
nslookup -type=TXT _atlas-portal.portal.yourfirm.com
nslookup -type=CNAME portal.yourfirm.comBluehost says record updates can take up to 8 hours.
Official help from Bluehost
The help articles Bluehost publishes on these steps. If the screens at Bluehost have changed, follow them.
What this guide could not confirm
The help pages of Bluehost do not state the following. Where a label is missing above, look for the field described here.
- The labels of the CNAME form could not be confirmed. Look for the field that holds the record name and the field that holds what it points to.
- Whether the domain is added to the name for you is not stated. Enter the part before your domain, and check the preview of the full name if one is shown.
Other providers
The notes about Bluehost are in English, because they quote the labels Bluehost shows on its screens. Back to the full guide