How to point a subdomain to another server

[smeko]

Hello,

I own a VPS server and for one of accounts i need to update a subdomain ip to point to another external server. (ps: now this subdomain already point to another external ip)
I updated A record for this subdomain at zone file of the parent domain but it does not propagate also after 24 hours.
The parent domain is registered on a registrar and dhe zone file is not providered by the registrar.
I tried to delete and add again this A record from whm-edit dns zone but there is no change.

Is there anyone who can help me with the solution of this problem ?

Thank you in advance

Silvi

 

[cPanelLauren]

The only way to do this is to create an A record for the subdomain where DNS is hosted for the parent domain. This is typically where the Nameservers are pointed.

 

[cPAdminsMichael]

Hi Silvi,
Are your cPanel server/environment also hosting DNS zones? Or are they hosted at 3rdparty? If at 3rd party you cannot neccessarily update DNS records from within cPanel/WHM but would have to do that at the DNS hosting service.

PS: If you are manually editing zone files remember to also increment the serial number