Hi guys. Please assist.
I can’t add the cname for subdomain taxes.akillix.com.
I get that error from my hosting provider.
Not sure what the issue is because I successfully connected another subdomain before. @laura @gualter
I get that error from my hosting provider.
Hello, my site jjazzlab.com has been hosted by Netlify for several years (works great!), DNS and email is managed by OVHCloud.
I’d like to change the domain to jjazzlab.org, which I recently bought via OVHCloud. I was about to add the A and CNAME record as instructed in this thread, but a note on OVHCloud website says that this kind of redirection will not handle https redirections and might impact SEO.
If you confirm, is there some other recommended way ?
Side question: once I will have set up DNS redirection for jjazzlab.org, how should I manage jjazzlab.com => jjazzlab.org redirection to be compatible with Netlify hosting ?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Jerome
Can’t say about SEO as that’s a whole different topic, but HTTP to HTTP redirection will be handled by Netlify once the domain points to us and an SSL certificate is issued.
By using Netlify Redirects: Redirects and rewrites | Netlify Docs
Thank you @hrishikesh
By using Netlify Redirects: Redirects and rewrites | Netlify Docs
So, if I understand well, I should:
- leave untouched the www.jjazzlab.com => jjazzlab.netlify.app redirection on OVHCloud DNS, which is just a
CNAME www jjazzlab.netlify.apprecord (noA @ 75.2.60.5record) - add a www.jjazzlab.org => jjazzlab.netlify.app redirection on OVHCloud DNS : add records “CNAME www jjazzlab.netlify.app” and “A @ 75.2.60.5”
- add a
_redirectsfile to the site withhttps://www.jjazzlab.com/* https://www.jjazzlab.org/:splat 301!
On my Netlify account/Domain management:
- edit primary domain www.jjazzlab.com to use .org instead
- add Domain aliases for “www.jjazzlab.com” and “jjazzlab.com”
- renew Certificate
Does that make sense ?
Yup, I think you’ve got it all correct.
So I got jjazzlab.org to work, but jjazzlab.com addresses are not redirected to jjazzlab.org… I guess I should test different values for the _redirects file. By the way, it’s not clear to me why I need a _redirects file when I have domain aliases ?
It works now! My _redirects file was not in the right folder, but finally I preferred to add the redirect in my netlify.toml file.
Thanks!
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I followed the directions and it works for my index (land-agency.com) but when I click the nav to get to other page, https://land-agency.com/about/ it shows https://land-agency.netlify.app/about/ instead but works when I type in the URL. I’m using Google Domains and have the A and CNAME set up like above - is there something else that I need to do? Thanks!
@Jonathan1 it looks like the land-agency.netlify.app is included in your HTML which is causing this issue:
You’ll need to update those to the production domain land-agency.com to solve the issue.
Hi, thanks for the guide but I still have problems pointing my Cloudflare domain ecendacph.com to d-ecendacph–okdrafts.netlify.app.
I’m pretty sure I have followed the guide, what am I missing?
When I use the host command I get the following
pokho@x1c3:~/dev/okdrafts/plainhtml$ host ecendacph.com
ecendacph.com has address 99.83.231.61
ecendacph.com has address 75.2.60.5
pokho@x1c3:~/dev/okdrafts/plainhtml$ host www.ecendacph.com
www.ecendacph.com is an alias for d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app.
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has address 3.72.140.173
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has address 52.58.254.253
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has IPv6 address 2a05:d014:275:cb00::c8
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has IPv6 address 2a05:d014:58f:6200::64
pokho@x1c3:~/dev/okdrafts/plainhtml$ host d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has address 52.58.254.253
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has address 3.72.140.173
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has IPv6 address 2a05:d014:275:cb00::c8
d-ecendacph--okdrafts.netlify.app has IPv6 address 2a05:d014:58f:6200::64
See configuration in screenshots
Hi there, looking at what you have in your host command and your screenshot, you are attempting to configure records for both Netlify DNS and external DNS. You can only utilize one. Since you have IPV6 records, you’ll need to use Netlify DNS. That means, keep the nameserver records but remove the CNAMES and the A record of 75.2.60.5. Thanks!
Thanks Charlotte, I see what you mean.
At first i tried as you suggested to only use Netlify DNS, but then it would load the wrong site… I am using a single repo with multiple branches serving different sites. When i moved to Netlify DNS it was only the main branch that loaded.
Is there a special way to configure DNS to point to a branch instead of main?
I have solved my issue by moving the content to it’s own separate git repository with its own separate Netlify site configuration and then following the steps in the original post.
I was originally hoping to do the following though:
In my monorepo site served by the github repository sites-with-same-base, I have the following branches
sites-with-same-base.git/
├── main -> basesite.com
├── separatesitebranch1 -> site1.com
└── separatesitebranch2 -> site2.com
I’m curious if any other monorepo/branch-deployment-guys have had the similar issue of DNS that keeps sending traffic to main/production branch instead of your separate feature/other site branch?
Hi, could someone please advise where I am going wrong. I am trying to link my domain name that i bought on Squarespace to my Netlify site. So i followed the steps above on Step 2, but it wouldn’y allow me to add the CNAME record on Sqaurespace… see screenshot below.
Sounds like a SquareSpace problem, not Netlify. Please contact them.
I am having an issue I have purchased my domain name on GoDaddy and I have followed the steps however I am getting the following any ideas?
Hi @James-Burch !
The Support team would love to help you with sorting out your DNS records. Would you mind opening a helpdesk ticket via the form here please: Netlify Support? Please include those screenshots.
Thank you!