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title: Using External Addresses
eleventyNavigation:
  key: Using External Addresses
  parent: Websites
  order: 2
---

To use your own addresses without [managing your domain](/en/docs/domains/add-an-external-domain) at alwaysdata, proceed as follows:

1. From the domain DNS provider, create [DNS records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types) pointing to your alwaysdata account,

	 - The server where an account is located may change. We recommend to use *CNAME* type records with an `<account>.alwaysdata.net` value (where `<account>` is the name of your account) rather than *A*/*AAAA* type records.

> [!TIP]
> The *CNAME* is not available for the blank subdomain, *A*/*AAAA* or *ALIAS* types will be used with the server HTTP's IP address as the value (to be found in the **Advanced > Server status** section of the alwaysdata administration interface).


2. From the alwaysdata administration interface [declare the addresses](/en/docs/web-hosting/sites/add-a-site) in **Web > Sites**.