DNS provider guide
Hostinger: add the client portal records
How to publish the two DNS records for your client portal address at Hostinger. Each record below is written the way Hostinger asks for it.
Before you start
Name servers at Hostinger usually look like ns1.dns-parking.com. If yours look different, your DNS is run elsewhere: see how to find your DNS host in the full guide.
- The records take effect only while the domain uses Hostinger name servers. Records saved while the domain points elsewhere are stored and applied only once the name servers point back to Hostinger.
- If your domain and your hosting plan are in different Hostinger accounts, the DNS tools are not available. Sign in to the account that holds the domain.
- With a hosting plan, the same editor is also under Websites, your site, Advanced, DNS Zone Editor.
Where Hostinger shows the name servers
Domains, your domain, DNS / Nameservers shows the name servers in use.
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 Hostinger, then follow this path:
Add the TXT record
Choose Add Record.
In Type, choose TXT.
In Name, enter the name shown in the record below.
In TXT Value, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Keep the default of 14400 seconds (four hours), or lower it to 3600 if you expect to correct a record.
Save the record.
- Hostinger adds your domain to the name for you, so enter only the part before it.
TXT record
Proves that your firm controls this address.
- Type
TXT- Name
_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
Keep the default of 14400 seconds (four hours), or lower it to 3600 if you expect to correct a record.
Add the CNAME record
Choose Add Record.
In Type, choose CNAME.
In Name, enter the name shown in the record below.
In Target, enter the value shown in the record below.
Time to live
TTL: Keep the default of 14400 seconds (four hours), or lower it to 3600 if you expect to correct a record.
Save the record.
- Hostinger states that the domain name is appended automatically. Do not type your domain after portal.
CNAME record
Sends visitors of this address to your client portal.
- Type
CNAME- Name
portalFull name: portal.yourfirm.com
- Target
portal.wrxstack.com- TTL
Keep the default of 14400 seconds (four hours), or lower it to 3600 if you expect to correct a record.
How Hostinger names the fields
| Atlas shows | TXT record | CNAME record |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Type | Type |
| Record name | Name | Name |
| Record value | TXT Value | Target |
| Name form | The part before your domain | |
Things to watch at Hostinger
- If a record already exists with the name of your portal address, delete it or choose another address. A CNAME record cannot share its name with any other 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.comHostinger says a change can take up to 24 hours to reach everyone.
Official help from Hostinger
The help articles Hostinger publishes on these steps. If the screens at Hostinger have changed, follow them.
What this guide could not confirm
The help pages of Hostinger do not state the following. Where a label is missing above, look for the field described here.
- Hostinger articles name the value fields differently (Content, TXT Value, Target or Points to). Use whichever value field the form shows.
- Whether the CNAME target may end with a dot is not stated. Enter it without one.
Other providers
The notes about Hostinger are in English, because they quote the labels Hostinger shows on its screens. Back to the full guide