hermes-skills/skills/devops/server-provisioning-standard/references/siteground-dns.md

SiteGround DNS Management

Key discovery — Jul 10, 2026: Multiple domains under IT Pro Partner use SiteGround nameservers, NOT Cloudflare. This was discovered when Cloudflare API queries for app1.itpropartner.com returned zero results.

Affected Domains

Domains with ns1.siteground.net / ns2.siteground.net nameservers:

• itpropartner.com — confirmed SiteGround DNS
• apextrackexperience.com — confirmed SiteGround DNS
• forefrontwireless.com — likely SiteGround
• germainebrown.com — likely SiteGround
• Others — verify per domain

Detection

host -t NS <domain>
# If nameservers are ns1.siteground.net / ns2.siteground.net → SiteGround
# If nameservers are *.ns.cloudflare.com → Cloudflare

Management

DNS changes must be made through the SiteGround control panel (siteground.com login), NOT Cloudflare. There is no known API for SiteGround DNS management.

Migration Plan

Germaine is moving DNS from SiteGround to Cloudflare gradually. Until then, always check host -t NS before assuming a domain is managed through Cloudflare.