Thank you Carson, I am well aware that I haven't added the CNAME record yet. I just wanted to check whether I should add an alias for "heroku.com" or "proxy.heroku.com". Many thanks for clearing up my confusion! Kieran
Carson Cole wrote: > 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 May 21, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
