As far as I can gather (i.e. as fars as my experience goes) you can set your CNAME record to point to either heroku.com OR proxy.heroku.com. Until your DNS change is visible to Heroku, Heroku displays the message (along the lines of) "Sorry, you need to add a CNAME record -> proxy.heroku.com". This message is slightly incorrect, in that it is at odds with the documentation. However, the gist of the message is that "your DNS change isn't live/widely-visible yet". In my experience, unless you lower your TTL value in good time, it can take up to a couple of days for the new CNAME record to be widely visible. Whether heroku.com -> proxy.heroku.com is an official change or not, I can't advise! Kieran
Paul Gallagher wrote: > @ngrandy: Likewise. > > Last week I setup a domain with CNAME -> heroku.com > <http://heroku.com>. No problems adding the custom domain to heroku. > > Setup another domain yesterday with CNAME -> heroku.com > <http://heroku.com> > Now I can't add the custom domain to heroku; it complains that it > needs CNAME -> proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com> > > It seems like something has changed at heroku. But the documentation > still says "CNAME -> heroku.com <http://heroku.com>", and my domains > setup that way still work fine. > > Anyone know if there has there been an official change, or is this a > problem that needs to get fixed? > > Regards, > Paul > > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:57 AM, ngrandy <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I was recently able to add a new custom domain only by using > proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>. However, the > previsouly-created custom domains > pointing to heroku.com <http://heroku.com> still work. > > > On May 21, 4:08 am, Kieran Topping <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 <http://heroku.com>" or > > "proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>". > > Many thanks for clearing up my confusion! > > Kieran > > > > Carson Cole wrote: > > > Set the alias to "heroku.com <http://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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > >> Hi, > > > > >> There is slightly conflicting information on heroku.com > <http://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 <http://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 <http://proxy.heroku.com>" or > "your.custom.domain CNAME proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>". > > > > >> i.e. it states "proxy.heroku.com <http://proxy.heroku.com>" > rather than "heroku.com <http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
