I was recently able to add a new custom domain only by using proxy.heroku.com. However, the previsouly-created custom domains pointing to heroku.com still work.
On May 21, 4:08 am, Kieran Topping <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
