# Use Domain Name instead of IP address

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/use-domain-name-instead-of-ip-address/38649>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [May 9, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-domain-name-instead-of-ip-address/38649 "2012-05-09T09:31:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ernie\_barojas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@ernie\_barojas](https://community.wowza.com/u/ernie_barojas)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-domain-name-instead-of-ip-address/38649/1 "2012-05-09T09:31:09Z")

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We’ve been using an IP address very successfully for our streaming server, but now we want to use a domain name. We’ve updated our DNS to point [video.domain.com](http://video.domain.com) to the IP address, but WHERE in WOWZA CONFIGURATION do we identify that WOWZA should now respond to the DOMAIN NAME too?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/use-domain-name-instead-of-ip-address/38649/2 "2012-05-09T17:43:06Z")

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There is no need (or way) to do anything in Wowza, just use the domain name instead of the IP. For example, using the Wowza example player:

Server: rtmp://[your-new-domain-name]:1935/vod

Stream: mp4:sample.mp4

Richard