---
title: "A record"
canonical_url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb/a-record/"
post_type: "ht_kb"
published: "2024-05-10T12:01:53+00:00"
modified: "2024-10-03T10:52:31+00:00"
language: "en"
author: "silver"
taxonomies:
  ht_kb_category:
    - name: "Nameserver"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-categories/nameserver-en/"
    - name: "Technical (Nameservers, DNS-records, etc)"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-categories/technical-nameservers-dns-records-etc-en/"
  ht_kb_tag:
    - name: "A-record"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-tags/a-record/"
    - name: "DNS"
      url: "https://www.zone.eu/support/kb-tags/dns-en/"
---

# A record

A domain A record is essentially the location of your website’s hosting server on the Internet.

The A record refers to the IP address of the web server that hosts the page.
You can find your Zone server IP address [here](https://eu.myzone.app/dashboard/en/webhosting/webhost/server-info).

When you visit a website from the Internet, the domain name communicates with the IP address (in technical language, name extension) in the background. This connection locates the correct server, a request is sent to the server, and as a result your website is displayed to the visitor.

If necessary, you can change the A record of a domain that uses name servers in the Zone via domain management in the “`DNS record`s” section.

Other services that operate on your domain are also identified by A records, such as your mail server or FTP server.