How can I redirect domain A to domain B without hosting, using only DNS records?

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I want to redirect domain A (without hosting space) to domain B (301), but when I try https://domainA.com or https://www.domainA.com it ends with ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. Is it even possible to use only DNS records?

I'm using OVH.com redirection panel and http:// redirect works fine.

OVH redirects now work for HTTPS too, from what I can tell. – Nemo Jul 01 '22 at 17:04 — Nemo, Jul 01 '22 at 17:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '22 at 18:15

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Redirects cannot be done with DNS only.

However, some providers have HTTP redirect services that are configured via same interface as DNS. These support only HTTP. HTTPS support requires valid certificate for the domain.

Therefore if you want to have HTTPS redirects, you need to set up your own server for it.

answered Jan 26 '22 at 18:15

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There are also third party redirect services which support HTTPS. – pat o. Jan 26 '22 at 22:38
Ok, then I will point to another server with hosting space. Then I will create valid cert for domainA and set up force redirect for https and after that to domainB. @pato. I have heard about cloudflare.com – Patryk Chowratowicz 'Zszywacz' Jan 27 '22 at 06:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 09 '22 at 16:49

Thats not possible on DNS Side,

But if you use CloudFlare DNS, you can configure the redirect via CF proxy [ https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172286-Configuring-URL-forwarding-or-redirects-with-Cloudflare-Page-Rules ]

https://i.imgur.com/2QAHebu.png

https://i.imgur.com/E5NCenQ.png

*Just make sure the domain record use proxy feature.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 23 '22 at 15:55

Another option is such as https://forwarddomain.net/ which (kindly) gives a free redirect service using only DNS records. An example below redirects from sub.example.com to othersite.com

sub.example.com.    IN  CNAME   r.forwarddomain.net
_.sub.example.com.  IN  TXT forward-domain=https://othersite.com/*

score -2 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 26 '22 at 20:18

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You can go to the DNS Management console (dnsmgmt.msc).
Then go to the forward lookup zone.
Create zone named domainA.com
In the domainA.com zone create a record and name it as "www" then for the IP address of www.domainb.com websites.
It should redirect the website without issue.

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answered Jan 26 '22 at 17:38

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How can I redirect domain A to domain B without hosting, using only DNS records?

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