How do you check who hosts a website?
Enter the hostname and run the check. WebJi® resolves the name, refuses a private or reserved address, then requests HTTPS on that host. The result shows the public IP, the HTTP status, and whether the site answered. Compare that IP with the name servers to see which company hosts the site.
- Enter the hostname without a path or a port.
- Run the check and read the public IP, the HTTP status, and whether HTTPS answered.
- If it did not answer, read the error. A certificate problem is not the same as a dead server.
- Compare that IP with the name servers before you name a hosting company.
How does the hosting checker identify a site's host from IP, ASN, and nameservers?
The checker returns the public IP and whether HTTPS answered. It does not print an ASN by itself. Read the name servers with a DNS record lookup, then match the IP and those servers to a host or a CDN. A name server match is stronger evidence than the company that sold the domain.
| Signal | What this check returns |
|---|---|
| Public IP | The address used for the HTTPS request, after private and reserved addresses are refused. |
| HTTP status | The status code from https on that host, or none if nothing answered. |
| Answered | Yes only when an HTTP status came back. A curl error is not a yes. |
| Name servers | Not in this result. Read them on the DNS record lookup. |
| ASN | Not returned. Match the IP and the name servers yourself, or ask support to read them with you. |
Why does WHOIS show the domain registrar instead of the web host?
WHOIS answers who registered the domain and which registrar holds it. The web host is the company serving the site from the IP you just found. Those are often different firms. Open the WHOIS domain lookup when you need the registrar, the creation date, or the listed name servers.
- The registrar sold or manages the domain name.
- The web host stores the site and answers HTTP.
- The name servers tell you which DNS operator is in front of both.
- A privacy service can hide the person and still show the registrar.
When does Cloudflare or a CDN hide the origin web host?
A CDN such as Cloudflare answers from its own addresses and name servers. The HTTPS check then shows the CDN, not the origin server that stores the files. You see the origin only in the host panel, the A record from before the proxy was enabled, or a mail server left off the proxy.
- Proxied name servers belong to the CDN, so they do not name the origin host.
- The public IP is an edge address, which is why the ASN points at the CDN.
- Mail that is not proxied can still show the origin, and that record is a different tool.
- Turning the proxy off, even briefly, publishes the origin. Do that only when you mean to.
How do you migrate a website to WebJi after checking its current host?
After you know the current host, list the files, databases, and mailboxes to move. WebJi® offers a website migration service, and free migration is subject to terms and approval. Moving the name is a separate domain transfer. Email support@webji.services before you cut the site over.
- Export the files and the database from the current host, or ask that host for a copy.
- Email support@webji.services with the domain and the current host. Free migration is subject to terms and approval.
- Test the copy before you change DNS. Moving the domain name does not copy the site.
- Lower the TTL first if the site is already live, then point DNS only after the test.