Are there any decent instructions on creating a domain alias on google
apps? I have tried but it wants me to change the mx records which is
not what I desire.

can we actually have domain alias's for just a sub domain?

Cheers



On Aug 4, 2:25 pm, Ninjamonk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Nick, I willl look into the domains aliases on the single
> account as that might be a good fit. otherwise I guess I will have to
> set it up per client.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Aug 4, 1:31 pm, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ninjamonk,
>
> > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Ninjamonk<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi, I am working on an app I plan to sell to clients.
>
> > > Can we have it so a cname record can just point to appname.appspot.com
> > > without the need for google apps.
>
> > This is not really possible - all App Engine (or any webapp) sees is
> > the domain you requested - finding out what name you've CNAMEd it to
> > would require a lookaside, which would degrade performance.
>
> > You can provide an easier service for your clients by signing up for
> > Apps yourself - either once per client, or just sign up once and add
> > your clients' domains as aliases on the single Apps account. Then, you
> > can set up the mapping yourself.
>
> > -Nick Johnson
>
> > > I have played around with this and I have one domain setup on www. and
> > > created cname on another domain to point to this and this does not
> > > work (it just throws a 404). If I create a cname to
> > > appname.appspot.com I get google loading for me.
>
> > > The reason I ask is its just confusing to clients and adds an extra
> > > layer of support that is not needed(having to setup google apps or
> > > accessing their current one).
>
> > > I think the way that app engine works with domains needs looking at.
>
> > > Kind Regards
>
> > > Darren
>
> > --
> > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine
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