Set the alias to "heroku.com" in the CNAME record. Then, add your app in heroku, which will check if the CNAME record has been entered for your domain. As you found, when it checked, the CNAME record hadn't been added, which is why you got the message.
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Kieran Topping <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > There is slightly conflicting information on heroku.com regarding how to > set up a custom domain name. > > http://docs.heroku.com/custom-domains > > says to add a CNAME alias for "your.custom.domain" -> "heroku.com" > > However, when I try to then add the custom domain via: > > https://heroku.com/myapps/MyAppName > > I get a message saying: > > Please check that you've configured this domain name with your provider. > Check the domain at the command line with "host your.custom.domain", it > should return output like "your.custom.domain is an alias for > proxy.heroku.com" or "your.custom.domain CNAME proxy.heroku.com". > > i.e. it states "proxy.heroku.com" rather than "heroku.com". > > Does anyone know which is correct? > > (NB it's slightly tricky for me to just "try both and see which works" > as I have to go through [two!] third parties in order to add the CNAME > alias!) > > Thanks in advance, > > Kieran > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
