I created a Jekyll-powered blog and am hosting it with GitHub Pages.
Now, I want to set up a subdomain (blog.example.com), but can't make it work.
I have added a CNAME file with the text: blog.example.com. And I have added two A records in my Dreamhost account for the subdomain, both pointing to 204.232.175.78, provided by GitHub.
Any idea about what the missing part is, or if I'm doing something incorrectly?
The setup is different for domains like example.com and sub-domains like blog.example.com.
In case of a sub-domain: blog.example.com
Go to Domains | Manage Domains in your webpanel
Locate blog.example.com, click Delete in the Actions column
Wait 10 minutes, and then click the DNS link below example.com
Add a CNAME record:
Name = blog
Type = CNAME
Value = yourusername.github.io. (yes there is a . at the end!)
In case of a domain: example.com
Go to Domains | Manage Domains in your webpanel
Locate example.com, click Edit in the Actions column and switch to DNS only hosting (it's at the bottom)
Go back to Domains | Manage Domains in your webpanel
Click the DNS link below example.com
Add an A record:
Name = (blank, nothing)
Type = A
Value = 185.199.108.153 (GitHub, from this page)
Add a CNAME record:
Name = www
Type = CNAME
Value = yourusername.github.io. (yes there is a . at the end!)
(Yes, you need both the A and CNAME records in this case.)
Btw, the only reason I know this is because I did the same thing last weekend. I was quite lost, but the helpful support guys helped me half way, and I figured out the rest. This procedure works for me, I needed both cases so I tested both.
Because of the way DNS records are cached across the internet, these sorts of changes can take a few hours to take effect. It looks like the address you provided resolves correctly now.
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I purchased a custom domain from Google (kairns.rocks) but am having trouble linking it to my Github repo (https://0n11san.github.io/p1/).
I tried "forwarding the domain" but that didn't accomplish what I wanted (for the address bar to read "kairns.rocks" as opposed to "https://0n11san.github.io/p1/"). Moreover, in some browsers (Chrome), I'm noticing the URL cannot be found, yet in others (Firefox / IE) the URL resolves to the github URL. Of course, even in the latter case, this is still problematic b/c I want the address bar to read "kairns.rocks" instead (not merely re-direct).
I've tried adding a CNAME file to the Github repo w/ both "kairns.rocks" and "www.kairns.rocks" listed. I've also tried changing the "DNS settings" > "Custom resource records" on Google domains to list GH's IP address and my GH page URL, but that doesn't seem to work either. Is there some sort of time requirement for the server(s) to catch up or something else I'm missing?
In addition to the CNAME file, ensure your github pages settings have kairn.rocks in the custom domain section.
go to custom resource records and set name: www, TYPE: CNAME, TTL: 1h, and DATA: https://0n11san.github.io/Project1
Once this is all done, you'll need to wait anywhere from 1 hour to 48 hours for the settings to all settle down.
Here are some good resources to help you troubleshoot:
- https://help.github.com/articles/troubleshooting-custom-domains/#github-repository-setup-errors
- https://help.github.com/articles/troubleshooting-custom-domains/#dns-configuration-errors
So to anyone following along, I was receiving 302 / 404 errors not due to an incorrect handling of data but rather b/c the servers were still catching up. I suggest following the guides #cptwonton references and then working on something else for at least and hr or so (if not more time, especially if your website is robust or your hosting service is less accommodating).
I have a github project and have generated a gh pages from it and is forwarding the domain from godaddy. But I am facing issues.
1. First it is a project's website and I can't add '/' and this forces me to opt for domain forwarding.
2. Second, GitHub complains about my setup and I have trouble figuring out what to do.
Thanks in advance.
Check the GitHub docs, in case you want to point the naked domain to your gh-pages add this A records:
your-domain.tld A 192.30.252.153
your-domain.tld A 192.30.252.154
For example check this project: http://go-www.com/
The repository name needs to be go-www.github.com and also you need to have a CNAME file within the repository;
In this case, the content of the CNAME is:
go-www.com
Within your DNS provider, you will need to create a CNAME for your domain pointing to your GitHub account at github.io, for the example.
www.go-www.com CNAME <your-github-account>.github.io
Yes exactly, you can do such a thing with your Gmail to be more shorter and make you so quickly, like mailer#yahoo.com is one example, you can change your account with some none relivant letters but in a proper field like HTML5 !!!
I've been looking for a method with DNS to redirect my domain's subdomain e.g http://server.my-domain.com to https://discordapp.com/invite/server
As i found the answer of this question, i'd love to share it with all of you,
Create a CNAME on your domain named server: (or any other name you want)
Target the CNAME to: discord.gg.opts-slash.INVITECODE.redirect.center but change the INVITECODE to your server invite code
Save it and you are good to go!
Please note that:
If you want to use it for another method other than discord please remember:
.opts-slash means / for example you have http://example.com/123, to redirect your http://example.my-domain.com/ to http://example.com/123 type in the CNAME example.com.opts-slash.123.redirect.center and your CNAME name to example.
As i couldn't get it to work redirecting it directly through a CNAME, i had success by creating a simple netlify app which is just redirecting via JS:
Create index.html with the following content:
<html>
<head>
<title>Discord redirect</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
window.location.replace("https://discord.com/invite/INVITECODE");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Place the index.html inside a folder and upload it to netlify
You'll get a unique name, such as eloquent-noyce-x00xx0
Set a CNAME to your app with eloquent-noyce-x00xx0.netlify.app. (last dot is important!)
Set your mydiscord.mydomain.com as custom domain in netlify
That's it, visit mydiscord.mydomain.com and it'll redirect you
For me redirect like previous answer doesn't work.
Free (minus the domain name) and easy solution is to use Amazon Web Services. Create an AWS account and follow this guide:
https://kennbrodhagen.net/2016/04/02/how-to-return-302-using-api-gateway-lambda/
Then use Route53 to create a CNAME to redirect to the API Gateway:
How to CNAME to Amazon API Gateway Endpoint
1) Create a Discord invite that never expires.
2) Use the .GG URL to find the .COM URL. You will be redirected in the browser when you paste the .GG URL into the browser.
https://discord.gg/abc12de (redirected to) -> https://discordapp.com/invite/abc12de
Note: abc12de (example) stays the same between the two URLs.
3) In your GoDaddy domain, scroll down and to the right. Select Forwarding.
4) FORWARD TO: (Drop down) https:// (fill in box) discordapp.com/invite/abc12de <- Note: remove https from the original URL.
5) FORWARD TYPE: Permanent (301)
6) SETTINGS: Forward Only
7) Save and wait.
8) You'll notice a new A Record is created with a TTL of 600 seconds. This shows your settings have taken and should now work.
URL with additional info: https://www.godaddy.com/help/forward-my-domain-12123
This worked for me:
Create a "A" DNS Record with name "discord" pointing to 8.8.8.8
Create a page rule of url forwarding to your server invite called "discord.mydomain.com"
The CNAME way doesn't work!
It works for me thanks full tutorial in case someone understood it.
This is for CloudFlare
Created Add Record "A"
this type "A" must contain in Name: "Name you want for the sub domain", and in IPv4 address they must place "8.8.8.8", Proxy status activated.
IMG Add Record
Then they go to "Rules"
Here they add a Create a new rule, and place the following data in URL: "yoursubdomanin.yourdomain.com", luen in Then the settings are: Select "Forwarding URL", then in Select status code: Select "301 - Permanent Redirect"
in Enter destination URL (required) you put the url of the Discord invitation: "https://discord.gg/yourInviteCode".
IMG Rules
That's how it works, in case it doesn't load you because you have already tried many methods with "discord.yourdomain.com", try another subdomain while the other one is reactivated or try from another device, example of another dub domain "discord1. yourdomain.com".
That's bye :D
Tumblr's doc 'Using a custom domain name' is quite helpful it that it clearly states that I need to create an A-record for example.com pointing to 66.6.44.4, so that my website is accessible via example.com.
But I don't understand this: How do I make www.example.com take the user to example.com?
It goes without saying that this needs to be done via DNS, in a Tumblr-compatible way (just in case there are any incompatibilities).
From searching, I read that it's NOT possible to redirect example.com to www.example.com. I can only hope this is NOT true.
If, unfortunately, it happens to be true, my only option is to create a CNAME record pointing www.example.com to domains.tumblr.com - isn't it?
Ah! As stated in this answer, you need to create two DNS entries as such:
A record: pointing example.com to 66.6.44.4
A record: pointing www.example.com to 66.6.44.4
I checked the domain in the answer - emmaraviv.com - apparently, www.emmaraviv.com redirects to emmaraviv.com. So yeah, this is it!
You need to create two records, an A record for the two-level domain (example.com) and another A record for the three-level domain (www.example.com), then add example.com in Tumblr > Settings for your blog, and now example.com should redirect to www.example.com without a hiccup — as far as I can see it.
UPDATE: Just tested this with my blog, and yes, I can confirm that it works!
I have created a website and placed it on github in the repo with USRNAME.github.com. First when I went to that website, my website displayed correctly. Then I bought a domain, lets say example.com. I placed a CNAME file in the repo, so now USRNAME.github.com forwards to example.com.
I understand that I have to point my domain at the github server in order to allow my website to be displayed at example.com, but I'm not sure how. I created the site through gandi.net. I tried editing the zone file to have a CNAME entry with USRNAME.github.com but that didn't work. I also tried to edit the DNS server name but no entry I placed in there seemed valid.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
As you understood, the CNAME file on the github side must be completed by a custom DNS setting on the registrar side, in order to complete the matching between your domain name (example.com) and the subdomain on github. The CNAME file is required by github to route incoming request on its own DNS Zone (192.30.252.153) to the proper user subdomain.
Therefore, the missing step is having your domain actually pointing to github's DNS Zone. On the registrar side (gandi.net), you achieve that by editing the DNS Zone file attached to your domain. This zone file describes the hierarchical domain name structure of the DNS Zone that your very domain pertains to. What you are about to do is changing the mapping between some parts of your DNS Zone and IPs. When you want to point a top-level-based domain name to an arbitrary IP v4 (here, github's DNS Zone located at 192.30.252.153), you are interested in redefining an A Record (A simply standing for "Address") in your own zone.
A specific answer for gandi.net:
head to https://www.gandi.net/admin/domain
click on the domain you want to use
at the bottom of its admin page, under "Zone files", click on "Edit the zone"
Here you can see the list of settings for your zone file. A new feature of Gandi is that of "versions": different versions of the zone file can be created and only one is active at a time.
To tweak the zone file for github, first click on "Create a new version". It will simply create a copy of the currently activated version.
The preferred way for wiring is to add a new CNAME mapping, from *.{yourdomain.tld} to {youraccount}.github.io. For instance, my kaibun.net domain must be the facade for chikamichi.github.io, so I added a CNAME mapping *.kaibun.net to chikamichi.github.io. (the final dot is mandatory in gandi's config).
You may want to edit the * and # record types settings as well, for instance if you just want the whole DNS zone to behave like a "proxy" (meaning it will "redirect" to your github subdomain no matter what). This is not required though, so this step is optional. I assume you are still in Normal edit mode. Click on the Pen icon on the right side of the * line. Keep all fields untouched but the "Value" one: paste the github URI in (the github documentation recommends using 204.232.175.78; you may have found different values on the internet, though: don't use them). Validate, then proceed the same for the # line.
Do not forget to click on "Activate this version" when you're ready. Check that the "Active version number" is correct. The changes will take some time to propagate.
Detailled examples and procedure: http://wiki.gandi.net/dokuwiki/en/dns/zone/a-record
You need to setup an A record which points to the github server. You said you used gandi.net, so basically you would change your DNS settings for the top level domain by adding(or modifying) an A record to point to github.
If you want, you can add a subdomain (like www.) by adding a CNAME in your DNS to point to the top level domain or an A record which, again, points to github.